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	AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	261.3	82.3	72.6	63.7	95.1	62.0
2	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	248.1	80.8	63.6	64.6	88.6	0.0
3	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	239.5	63.3	75.7	66.8	100.0	0.0
4	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	239.4	85.4	69.5	93.0	67.3	0.0
5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	237.0	82.3	68.3	70.8	72.4	62.0
6	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	236.9	80.5	71.7	67.4	73.5	0.0
7	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	234.7	83.1	75.9	84.2	63.6	0.0
8	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	227.9	75.7	76.4	65.0	69.6	34.0
9	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	225.6	68.9	67.2	85.0	80.2	0.0
10	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	225.5	100.0	72.1	73.2	32.1	0.0
11	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	224.6	69.1	74.7	69.6	76.6	27.7
12	INSEAD INSEAD France	224.1	56.6	68.8	93.0	95.5	0.0
13	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	216.6	80.0	70.2	73.5	54.2	0.0
14	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	216.2	69.0	71.9	67.1	70.1	34.0
15	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	211.8	74.5	86.0	66.7	50.4	24.0
16	Stanford University Stanford University United States	211.0	61.8	73.0	66.3	75.1	32.0
17	New York University New York University United States	208.7	60.1	65.1	73.7	78.7	51.9
18	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	208.7	82.8	68.3	75.8	42.7	0.0
19	University of Montreal University of Montreal Canada	206.4	84.4	67.7	82.2	37.8	0.0
20	Columbia University Columbia University United States	204.8	60.2	63.6	65.7	76.1	73.4
21	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong, China	202.1	62.8	78.2	77.8	61.1	0.0
22	Cornell University Cornell University United States	201.9	67.7	62.6	66.4	62.4	0.0
23	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	201.1	63.7	61.6	64.2	68.4	0.0
24	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	200.7	68.1	77.6	63.7	53.5	0.0
25	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	199.4	72.6	68.8	81.4	48.0	0.0
26	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	199.1	69.3	68.1	61.8	54.9	0.0
27	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	197.1	65.1	65.8	68.9	59.8	63.0
28	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	197.0	60.3	59.5	49.6	71.8	0.0
29	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	194.5	61.0	68.1	65.0	62.4	19.6
30	The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas United States	193.9	59.5	64.8	73.3	64.9	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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