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.

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	291.4	100.0	70.7	60.2	100.0
2	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	233.9	93.3	74.8	68.3	49.8
3	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	219.6	65.1	88.5	45.0	73.2
4	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	213.9	77.3	70.3	50.5	57.7
5	University of Washington University of Washington United States	197.9	76.6	61.4	51.0	47.1
6	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	197.2	74.9	77.7	89.3	37.0
7	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	191.9	72.5	80.3	51.3	37.9
8	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	190.6	66.5	89.2	50.9	41.2
9	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	189.4	72.2	78.9	54.9	36.2
10	Columbia University Columbia University United States	188.2	59.6	73.8	47.8	57.2
11	University of Utah University of Utah United States	186.5	60.5	70.7	49.7	55.4
12	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	184.6	70.2	78.1	89.6	31.3
13	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	183.9	71.0	65.2	44.6	40.4
14	Stanford University Stanford University United States	183.5	57.1	77.3	55.4	53.6
15	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	183.0	80.3	52.6	49.4	31.3
16	University of Montreal University of Montreal Canada	181.9	68.6	83.6	80.5	29.1
17	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	181.0	73.5	70.0	55.6	30.2
18	University of Wolverhampton University of Wolverhampton United Kingdom	180.2	65.9	100.0	70.2	24.3
19	Georgia State University Georgia State University United States	179.8	62.6	85.8	78.8	35.2
20	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	179.8	62.0	77.3	62.0	42.0
21	McGill University McGill University Canada	179.0	66.5	60.9	76.3	41.2
22	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	177.4	78.3	49.8	48.3	30.2
23	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	177.2	64.8	62.2	61.2	42.8
24	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	174.8	72.0	61.7	91.5	26.8
25	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	174.4	73.2	61.2	71.2	26.8
26	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	173.6	64.5	66.4	74.1	36.2
27	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston United States	173.1	45.0	87.2	53.1	56.6
28	University of Granada University of Granada Spain	172.6	77.8	57.2	58.9	21.4
29	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	171.2	66.5	64.7	78.4	31.3
30	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	171.1	85.6	56.1	66.6	8.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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