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	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	297.6	54.4	64.6	65.6	100.0	65.5
2	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	265.6	29.8	63.3	73.0	57.9	100.0
3	Stanford University Stanford University United States	265.1	39.2	68.2	59.2	70.2	75.6
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	260.3	49.4	66.7	69.3	76.9	53.5
5	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	247.5	34.5	66.5	80.4	37.9	92.6
6	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	245.5	24.8	65.4	62.9	58.1	84.5
7	Harvard University Harvard University United States	236.4	20.3	77.2	72.6	31.8	92.6
8	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	234.6	87.8	58.2	52.1	78.2	0.0
9	Xian Jiao Tong University Xian Jiao Tong University China	234.3	92.4	59.1	45.1	73.7	0.0
10	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	231.0	55.8	58.5	58.7	58.6	46.3
11	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	230.0	63.5	59.1	65.7	67.6	26.7
12	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	228.6	100.0	56.4	48.1	62.6	0.0
13	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	228.2	41.4	60.3	56.8	49.8	65.5
14	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	219.0	43.4	60.8	69.2	54.6	46.3
15	The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine United Kingdom	213.5	51.8	63.8	67.9	84.3	0.0
16	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea	209.2	55.3	57.0	45.7	41.5	46.3
17	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	209.1	39.0	58.8	55.4	40.4	59.8
18	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	205.9	51.7	61.4	63.9	53.3	26.7
19	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	205.5	65.9	61.7	56.0	66.7	0.0
20	Princeton University Princeton University United States	203.1	30.9	84.4	75.0	72.8	0.0
21	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	199.0	67.5	65.9	46.8	56.2	0.0
22	University of Science and Technology of China China	198.8	47.4	71.0	59.5	68.6	0.0
23	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	194.8	67.5	56.4	61.0	58.6	0.0
24	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute United States	190.9	29.5	69.0	57.7	43.1	37.8
25	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	186.5	45.3	57.9	62.3	44.1	26.7
26	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	185.3	80.9	56.1	47.9	38.6	0.0
27	Cornell University Cornell University United States	183.2	28.4	56.1	48.6	51.2	37.8
28	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	182.7	54.1	65.7	73.8	48.1	0.0
29	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	182.5	58.2	64.4	79.0	44.1	0.0
30	Beihang University Beihang University China	181.2	74.7	54.9	47.2	42.1	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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