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	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	356.6	89.8	57.8	77.6	93.5	100.0
2	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	337.1	94.3	58.9	80.2	85.3	82.6
3	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	335.2	100.0	46.8	69.5	87.9	86.6
4	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	321.9	83.5	56.7	79.0	92.0	73.9
5	Harvard University Harvard University United States	319.4	89.9	56.9	83.4	77.7	78.3
6	Princeton University Princeton University United States	311.5	72.4	61.2	76.6	77.3	85.3
7	Stanford University Stanford University United States	309.4	72.4	62.1	75.7	60.9	98.9
8	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	289.7	86.4	59.3	83.4	63.4	64.0
9	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	285.9	60.6	65.4	77.9	56.4	87.9
10	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	282.4	60.6	54.7	74.2	56.3	95.9
11	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	276.2	58.8	56.7	88.9	52.4	90.5
12	University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11) University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11) France	275.3	80.5	52.2	85.4	80.3	45.2
13	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	269.1	99.2	52.6	85.9	100.0	0.0
14	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	268.4	58.9	56.2	91.6	61.1	73.9
15	Cornell University Cornell University United States	254.5	55.0	55.7	75.7	49.0	79.8
16	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	248.3	62.1	57.1	74.1	62.0	52.2
17	Nagoya University Nagoya University Japan	239.8	63.5	43.7	68.8	45.0	73.9
18	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	232.7	87.8	54.3	85.5	73.5	0.0
19	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	232.3	77.3	59.1	87.7	78.5	0.0
20	Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Belgium	230.8	41.8	56.7	89.6	40.5	73.9
21	Columbia University Columbia University United States	229.8	55.8	60.4	81.3	54.6	42.6
22	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	226.5	51.7	57.1	83.2	48.7	52.2
23	University of Munich University of Munich Germany	224.5	59.4	57.5	85.7	58.5	32.0
24	Kyoto University Kyoto University Japan	224.2	77.7	44.0	66.3	57.2	32.0
25	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	221.8	61.4	53.6	80.6	53.7	36.9
26	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	219.0	72.6	54.7	77.0	76.3	0.0
27	University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 France	217.7	73.5	57.3	90.0	69.0	0.0
28	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes France	216.9	76.7	49.9	84.5	73.4	0.0
29	Sapienza University of Rome Sapienza University of Rome Italy	215.7	67.3	57.5	86.8	73.6	0.0
29	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	215.7	46.7	57.6	77.7	50.6	45.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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