2017 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	Princeton University Princeton University United States	349.9	66.7	71.0	60.9	100.0	100.0
2	New York University New York University United States	286.4	60.0	73.2	69.9	65.0	74.3
3	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	284.0	100.0	64.5	69.5	73.4	32.2
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	282.1	77.7	70.0	61.6	89.9	32.2
5	University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11) University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11) France	277.9	69.1	58.5	69.4	62.0	74.3
6	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	264.3	62.8	66.3	69.3	76.0	45.5
7	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	263.3	64.8	63.2	74.3	67.9	52.5
8	Stanford University Stanford University United States	263.2	63.9	72.4	62.1	62.0	52.5
9	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	250.9	62.0	71.6	65.2	58.8	45.5
10	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	248.8	73.3	63.9	73.5	70.7	26.3
11	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel	242.6	50.6	56.6	77.3	87.7	32.2
12	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	241.3	69.3	65.2	62.9	67.9	26.3
13	Stony Brook University Stony Brook University United States	231.0	44.2	60.5	59.2	62.0	52.5
14	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	230.9	57.3	70.6	65.6	89.9	0.0
15	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	229.4	56.4	61.4	76.3	43.9	52.5
16	Harvard University Harvard University United States	227.0	46.0	66.9	59.5	65.0	37.1
17	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	225.5	57.8	65.2	67.3	51.9	37.1
18	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	221.2	56.3	63.4	66.0	62.0	26.3
19	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	213.4	55.1	59.3	69.2	48.0	37.1
20	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	210.4	63.8	65.0	82.8	65.0	0.0
21	The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine United Kingdom	208.9	60.2	67.7	79.2	65.0	0.0
22	Kyoto University Kyoto University Japan	208.1	68.5	57.8	58.4	43.9	26.3
23	Columbia University Columbia University United States	207.2	56.1	71.0	61.0	67.9	0.0
24	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	205.0	71.8	54.0	68.4	39.2	26.3
25	University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 France	204.0	66.5	64.3	71.9	58.8	0.0
26	KTH Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden	200.6	44.0	56.8	75.3	39.2	45.5
27	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	193.1	61.2	57.6	77.1	58.8	0.0
28	King Abdulaziz University King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia	192.8	96.0	77.9	94.8	0.0	0.0
29	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	190.3	62.1	62.5	69.3	51.9	0.0
30	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	188.7	65.3	56.3	57.9	55.5	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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