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.

193 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	281.5	100.0	61.7	49.9	95.7
2	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	259.8	87.2	69.2	52.1	89.3
3	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	257.8	75.7	78.2	50.8	100.0
4	Cardiff University Cardiff University United Kingdom	252.9	77.3	72.0	61.0	94.8
5	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	242.2	69.0	77.3	62.4	93.9
6	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	240.1	73.4	75.5	58.6	86.4
7	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	226.8	71.7	59.9	48.6	84.4
8	Harvard University Harvard University United States	218.0	69.7	68.5	56.2	73.6
9	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	216.2	75.4	63.6	61.8	65.1
10	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham United Kingdom	211.2	77.6	64.1	59.3	56.7
11	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	211.1	59.0	78.2	53.8	78.1
12	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	208.5	68.6	65.4	53.0	67.6
13	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	206.9	57.7	73.5	43.7	79.2
14	The Australian National University The Australian National University Australia	205.3	79.5	46.5	45.8	58.2
15	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	205.2	63.0	73.0	52.9	68.9
16	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	202.2	64.5	60.2	76.5	67.6
17	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	201.5	54.2	76.1	40.2	78.1
18	University of Oslo University of Oslo Norway	200.0	63.0	56.0	73.9	70.1
19	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	199.4	71.7	55.2	60.0	58.2
20	Leiden University Leiden University Netherlands	197.2	57.7	69.2	59.1	70.1
21	University College London University College London United Kingdom	194.6	61.8	64.4	58.8	63.8
22	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	193.5	61.8	68.1	56.4	61.1
23	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	192.1	69.7	51.3	66.9	55.2
24	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam Netherlands	188.5	67.5	61.3	78.5	48.7
25	Florida State University Florida State University United States	188.3	53.8	69.1	54.1	67.6
26	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	187.4	51.9	73.3	64.2	66.4
27	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	185.9	63.4	52.4	63.9	58.2
28	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	185.5	60.6	58.0	44.9	61.1
29	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	185.2	73.8	58.6	61.6	39.1
30	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Sweden	184.9	58.2	57.1	53.1	63.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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