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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	368.7	100.0	75.9	94.2	92.3	81.6
2	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	352.2	83.4	73.5	80.3	87.9	91.3
3	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	350.0	84.3	75.9	75.0	93.1	81.6
4	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	338.9	90.9	82.5	77.5	100.0	50.0
5	Columbia University Columbia University United States	337.2	74.1	81.4	83.7	83.3	81.6
6	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	321.1	80.1	71.4	89.0	70.2	81.6
7	Stanford University Stanford University United States	317.2	70.5	67.6	75.8	63.9	100.0
8	University of Washington University of Washington United States	312.4	71.5	81.6	75.9	73.4	70.7
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	308.6	67.1	75.5	80.7	73.4	76.4
10	Harvard University Harvard University United States	303.7	52.5	78.5	81.4	56.4	100.0
11	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	296.8	64.4	78.5	76.6	67.9	70.7
12	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	294.8	74.9	77.9	92.0	65.8	57.7
13	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	285.0	83.4	66.7	74.9	62.2	57.7
14	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	278.8	60.2	71.8	77.5	60.6	70.7
15	Brown University Brown University United States	276.6	48.3	77.9	74.9	53.8	81.6
16	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	275.5	71.0	73.9	79.5	56.9	57.7
17	University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Hawaii at Manoa United States	271.9	49.5	68.7	82.4	55.6	81.6
18	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	267.0	90.2	69.2	90.2	89.6	0.0
19	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	254.2	48.4	68.3	80.4	39.8	81.6
20	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	253.6	50.6	74.5	69.9	56.8	57.7
21	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	250.7	50.3	77.5	81.4	48.8	57.7
22	The University of Reading The University of Reading United Kingdom	246.2	42.8	82.3	81.0	47.2	57.7
23	University of Bristol University of Bristol United Kingdom	245.8	79.0	80.5	91.9	68.0	0.0
24	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	245.2	51.6	71.4	80.7	48.4	57.7
25	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	241.5	88.1	59.4	73.3	79.3	0.0
26	University of California, Santa Cruz University of California, Santa Cruz United States	241.4	49.0	83.6	81.1	51.7	40.8
27	University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 France	240.9	58.7	71.6	88.9	64.0	28.9
28	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	240.7	76.0	81.0	95.0	64.7	0.0
29	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	240.1	63.4	70.7	96.0	45.9	40.8
30	Cornell University Cornell University United States	238.6	45.4	81.2	78.7	38.5	57.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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