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	263.2	89.1	81.8	57.4	82.9
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	256.7	74.1	78.4	62.6	100.0
3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	250.7	86.5	76.9	53.6	77.1
4	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	240.6	77.7	79.1	54.2	79.1
5	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	239.5	100.0	69.1	81.5	46.8
6	Columbia University Columbia University United States	228.4	67.5	76.7	59.1	82.9
7	New York University New York University United States	228.2	71.7	82.1	45.7	75.0
8	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	221.2	86.3	64.1	66.8	53.0
9	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	219.8	76.2	73.2	51.6	63.7
10	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	219.5	84.5	68.5	54.9	53.0
11	Cornell University Cornell University United States	218.2	81.9	73.6	55.4	53.0
12	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	217.1	71.5	81.8	51.5	63.7
13	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	212.2	69.4	72.3	58.3	66.1
14	Yale University Yale University United States	209.2	66.9	77.8	62.2	63.7
15	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	207.4	73.0	74.8	45.9	55.9
16	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	204.0	68.8	73.6	53.5	58.6
17	Princeton University Princeton University United States	203.5	59.2	90.8	55.4	63.7
18	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	200.8	67.6	77.3	48.5	55.9
19	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	199.8	67.8	69.1	49.4	58.6
20	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	199.2	66.7	71.7	45.8	58.6
21	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	195.9	93.0	66.4	55.0	17.7
22	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	194.9	63.1	79.0	48.5	55.9
23	Duke University Duke University United States	192.8	55.9	81.3	70.2	61.2
24	University of Washington University of Washington United States	192.4	58.0	82.7	54.0	58.6
25	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	189.7	81.0	72.3	70.6	25.0
26	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	184.2	79.8	77.8	79.0	17.7
27	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	182.4	66.9	67.2	51.1	43.3
28	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	181.0	69.7	64.5	88.3	35.4
29	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	180.6	63.3	74.5	51.8	43.3
30	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	177.1	60.6	75.2	52.9	43.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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