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.

385 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	293.6	96.4	76.8	54.1	85.1	100.0
2	Yale University Yale University United States	263.3	70.8	80.4	48.0	100.0	60.3
3	Stanford University Stanford University United States	253.6	72.7	87.0	54.2	80.9	73.9
4	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	252.9	94.1	67.0	64.0	71.9	0.0
5	Princeton University Princeton University United States	247.7	68.5	85.3	47.4	87.1	52.2
6	Columbia University Columbia University United States	241.8	79.0	61.5	46.0	71.9	79.8
7	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	237.0	100.0	64.0	58.9	49.1	0.0
8	New York University New York University United States	217.5	67.5	67.0	53.5	67.0	52.2
9	Duke University Duke University United States	201.7	55.9	79.9	58.9	71.9	0.0
10	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	195.1	64.3	72.4	49.4	41.5	79.8
11	Georgetown University Georgetown University United States	194.3	71.9	59.9	40.2	52.5	0.0
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	194.3	66.3	67.2	49.3	41.5	73.9
13	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	188.1	50.0	75.5	51.3	61.6	42.6
14	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	185.1	54.2	68.8	50.4	64.3	0.0
15	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	175.9	56.1	61.9	50.6	55.7	0.0
16	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	175.6	54.0	68.4	47.1	55.7	0.0
17	The George Washington University The George Washington University United States	171.8	63.2	61.7	45.7	41.5	0.0
18	The Australian National University The Australian National University Australia	170.6	79.2	54.5	59.0	18.6	0.0
19	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	168.7	59.9	70.5	65.5	37.1	0.0
20	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	168.1	44.9	80.1	50.5	55.7	0.0
21	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	168.0	50.3	69.1	43.7	41.5	60.3
22	University College London University College London United Kingdom	167.6	60.4	67.0	63.4	37.1	0.0
23	University of Essex University of Essex United Kingdom	166.8	52.6	67.7	85.5	45.5	0.0
24	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	165.9	48.5	79.2	44.6	49.1	0.0
25	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	165.5	77.8	50.8	47.9	18.6	0.0
26	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	165.4	49.7	67.7	45.6	52.5	0.0
27	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	164.5	50.0	70.2	51.9	49.1	0.0
28	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	163.9	50.0	78.1	43.3	45.5	0.0
29	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	162.6	54.7	67.2	53.7	41.5	0.0
30	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	161.5	46.6	91.5	43.4	41.5	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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