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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	277.1	87.7	81.2	50.6	100.0
2	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	264.0	100.0	80.8	57.0	67.8
3	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	256.7	98.4	78.7	43.7	65.5
4	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	246.7	87.0	81.7	52.2	70.1
5	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	220.4	81.9	70.5	45.3	57.7
6	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	218.1	81.4	68.5	54.1	56.3
7	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	215.0	80.0	81.0	41.4	50.4
8	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	212.5	68.7	78.2	48.8	65.5
9	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	211.9	83.5	65.7	33.5	50.4
10	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	211.2	76.4	66.8	28.4	60.4
11	Cornell University Cornell University United States	203.8	61.7	95.9	41.5	59.1
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	203.1	75.6	79.8	43.1	45.4
13	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	202.8	74.3	76.1	45.8	48.8
14	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	196.9	71.2	92.5	40.0	39.8
15	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam Netherlands	196.1	56.0	87.6	65.5	61.7
16	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	195.4	64.8	69.3	32.3	60.4
17	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	195.1	71.2	78.9	34.2	45.4
18	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	194.7	72.9	75.2	42.0	43.6
19	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	183.2	66.3	73.1	35.8	43.6
20	University of Washington University of Washington United States	181.7	63.4	81.5	40.4	41.8
21	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	180.5	58.8	79.2	72.4	45.4
22	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	177.9	63.4	85.6	44.1	35.6
23	University of Munich University of Munich Germany	171.9	59.3	64.4	71.2	43.6
24	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	170.1	66.3	60.5	70.0	33.3
25	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	169.0	65.2	62.4	43.7	35.6
26	University of Vienna University of Vienna Austria	168.9	59.3	68.7	78.3	37.8
27	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	166.8	60.3	74.0	37.1	35.6
28	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	166.8	66.1	72.9	30.5	28.2
29	University of Kentucky University of Kentucky United States	164.7	59.1	83.1	36.7	30.9
30	The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa United States	163.9	68.3	63.1	47.0	25.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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