2018 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking first introduced the world university rankings by academic subjects in 2009, which was officially renamed the ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) in 2017. GRAS evaluates world universities across 57 subjects in the fields of Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. GRAS is based on nine objective indicators grouped into five categories: World-Class Faculty, World-Class Research Output, High-Quality Research, Research Impact, and International Collaboration. Each year, GRAS presents around 20,000 subject units from approximately 2,000 universities across some 100 countries and regions.

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	291.2	100.0	92.3	44.7	90.6
2	Yale University Yale University United States	268.8	78.2	95.3	39.0	100.0
3	Columbia University Columbia University United States	221.3	80.6	86.7	37.4	53.3
4	New York University New York University United States	219.1	87.2	77.8	37.2	45.7
5	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	209.5	74.0	89.5	33.5	50.4
6	Georgetown University Georgetown University United States	194.6	71.2	84.1	34.2	42.3
7	Stanford University Stanford University United States	185.9	68.3	87.0	32.6	36.7
8	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	185.8	89.3	59.2	49.1	17.3
9	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	183.7	69.4	82.3	39.5	34.6
10	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	178.3	69.8	80.2	35.5	29.9
11	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	171.3	62.4	77.8	43.4	34.6
12	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	170.1	87.8	64.4	62.9	0.0
13	University of Virginia University of Virginia United States	168.4	61.7	86.7	26.0	29.9
14	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	167.9	60.8	89.1	48.6	27.3
15	Duke University Duke University United States	160.0	58.3	88.8	37.4	24.4
16	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	154.1	48.1	88.8	29.2	34.6
17	The George Washington University The George Washington University United States	153.2	66.4	64.9	37.9	17.3
18	George Mason University George Mason University United States	153.1	54.8	81.6	56.3	24.4
19	Florida State University Florida State University United States	152.6	56.7	90.3	51.5	17.3
20	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	149.2	63.2	74.3	50.8	12.2
21	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	147.5	55.6	85.5	40.0	17.3
22	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	147.3	62.8	73.6	40.1	12.2
23	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	147.0	63.4	68.9	52.0	12.2
24	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	144.8	53.7	89.1	24.9	17.3
25	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	141.3	60.8	92.5	39.5	0.0
26	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	139.9	58.6	70.6	45.6	12.2
27	Fordham University Fordham University United States	138.3	52.9	70.6	25.2	21.2
28	Cornell University Cornell University United States	137.1	55.2	65.9	40.3	17.3
29	University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati United States	135.8	54.2	75.0	47.9	12.2
30	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	134.0	63.8	64.1	62.4	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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