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	Harvard University Harvard University United States	360.6	100.0	75.4	72.2	100.0	70.7
2	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	271.3	55.1	69.0	54.2	54.7	81.6
3	Duke University Duke University United States	253.3	48.1	65.1	49.2	48.6	81.6
4	Cornell University Cornell University United States	252.7	43.6	71.4	55.6	44.9	81.6
5	University of Washington University of Washington United States	252.4	50.1	68.2	59.3	51.5	70.7
6	Rice University Rice University United States	243.4	34.9	70.1	50.4	28.4	100.0
7	Boston University Boston University United States	231.8	34.2	69.5	50.2	36.4	81.6
8	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	230.2	62.0	83.6	71.0	70.4	0.0
9	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	229.5	69.9	75.2	57.8	72.8	0.0
10	Stanford University Stanford University United States	228.1	66.0	77.6	67.6	71.0	0.0
11	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	225.6	35.0	68.7	49.7	30.4	81.6
12	Fudan University Fudan University China	222.4	48.8	93.1	48.9	70.8	0.0
13	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	222.2	66.5	74.9	75.9	65.5	0.0
14	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	211.5	64.9	69.5	57.0	65.7	0.0
15	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	205.1	57.7	76.9	57.7	59.1	0.0
16	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	203.7	63.9	63.1	47.3	67.3	0.0
17	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	203.2	66.1	65.1	63.5	59.3	0.0
18	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	202.3	62.9	66.2	56.4	61.9	0.0
19	University College London University College London United Kingdom	200.8	65.2	67.6	76.7	52.6	0.0
20	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	200.4	62.0	67.1	62.6	58.8	0.0
21	Soochow University Soochow University China	196.6	38.9	100.0	57.2	46.2	0.0
22	Peking University Peking University China	196.5	48.1	81.3	53.8	56.3	0.0
23	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	191.9	53.5	69.2	81.6	52.9	0.0
24	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	191.7	53.5	74.7	52.1	53.1	0.0
25	The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine United Kingdom	190.9	58.1	69.5	71.7	48.9	0.0
26	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	189.5	53.0	74.4	61.8	49.8	0.0
27	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	185.2	49.8	70.8	56.9	53.1	0.0
28	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	183.7	51.4	70.3	59.4	50.1	0.0
29	University of Munich University of Munich Germany	181.9	55.2	64.2	75.1	47.4	0.0
30	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	181.6	45.4	79.5	73.9	41.9	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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