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.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	275.8	93.3	70.1	49.3	95.9
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	257.4	76.2	75.5	53.9	100.0
3	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	249.8	78.0	75.7	33.0	91.7
4	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	244.3	84.8	71.3	39.4	77.5
5	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	242.6	83.6	67.6	34.9	80.0
6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	237.8	83.7	72.4	39.8	72.1
7	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	234.7	82.2	64.1	45.2	74.8
8	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	232.6	77.2	69.7	45.0	77.5
9	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	231.2	82.2	63.6	39.8	72.1
10	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	214.8	81.0	64.9	43.1	56.6
11	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	214.7	74.0	67.8	34.5	66.3
12	University College London University College London United Kingdom	214.5	100.0	61.8	53.6	28.3
13	University of Washington University of Washington United States	214.5	71.7	73.5	39.2	66.3
14	New York University New York University United States	211.7	67.4	67.8	46.6	72.1
15	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	211.6	67.8	73.5	38.4	69.3
16	Monash University Monash University Australia	211.5	87.5	59.7	56.8	44.7
17	Columbia University Columbia University United States	211.1	79.9	62.1	37.3	56.6
18	University of Virginia University of Virginia United States	206.5	65.5	71.5	31.7	69.3
19	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	201.9	73.7	69.0	39.5	52.9
20	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	200.8	59.1	66.6	41.1	74.8
21	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	200.6	65.9	74.8	42.9	60.0
22	Florida State University Florida State University United States	197.2	65.3	71.5	35.2	60.0
23	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	196.3	68.7	63.9	47.1	56.6
24	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	193.1	57.5	80.9	31.7	63.2
25	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	192.3	70.2	68.3	39.7	49.0
26	Vanderbilt University Peabody College Vanderbilt University Peabody College United States	192.1	45.4	82.6	26.8	80.0
27	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	189.6	42.8	83.8	35.7	80.0
28	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	188.8	75.6	62.8	39.1	40.0
29	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	187.6	80.2	65.9	60.4	28.3
30	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	185.7	78.0	59.7	41.7	34.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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