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.

399 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	254.8	75.9	78.0	62.7	95.7
2	Harvard University Harvard University United States	249.8	100.0	68.5	60.3	59.5
3	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	235.5	60.8	75.8	63.7	100.0
4	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	231.9	79.9	70.5	60.9	70.7
5	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	231.2	78.8	77.0	83.8	66.1
6	Tilburg University Tilburg University Netherlands	226.1	67.5	73.0	79.7	80.4
7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	219.3	70.2	77.2	62.1	69.2
8	Columbia University Columbia University United States	216.4	64.6	65.6	62.4	80.4
9	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	215.0	67.0	77.6	64.4	69.2
10	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	213.2	66.0	74.4	62.4	70.7
11	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	212.4	69.8	80.5	62.1	61.2
12	Cornell University Cornell University United States	212.2	70.8	69.4	68.3	64.5
13	Duke University Duke University United States	210.5	50.5	88.2	64.6	84.2
14	Stanford University Stanford University United States	207.8	60.3	75.3	61.9	73.6
15	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	207.2	51.2	76.0	81.8	84.2
16	Georgia State University Georgia State University United States	199.0	60.8	76.0	68.2	62.9
17	University of Alberta University of Alberta Canada	196.3	50.7	91.2	85.1	66.1
18	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	196.1	58.4	86.6	55.9	59.5
19	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	195.1	63.0	73.6	79.9	55.9
20	New York University New York University United States	194.8	52.5	71.8	66.4	73.6
21	University of Florida University of Florida United States	193.7	52.8	65.4	54.7	76.4
22	Monash University Monash University Australia	193.6	78.3	61.6	70.8	38.2
23	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia United States	193.4	54.0	81.0	57.3	66.1
24	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	193.2	57.2	70.5	60.9	66.1
25	York University York University Canada	192.3	63.1	74.4	84.5	52.0
26	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	190.4	63.2	67.4	78.8	54.0
27	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	189.5	51.2	81.2	59.3	66.1
28	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	189.5	57.3	67.0	54.5	64.5
29	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	188.1	63.5	86.9	61.0	43.3
30	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	186.8	60.9	75.5	55.8	52.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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