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	357.4	77.3	68.2	69.9	89.4	100.0
2	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	251.9	65.2	69.0	68.7	0.0	57.7
3	Stanford University Stanford University United States	243.8	71.0	69.7	65.9	0.0	50.0
4	Harvard University Harvard University United States	239.8	61.9	73.7	70.8	0.0	50.0
5	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University United States	236.5	74.1	57.1	69.8	89.4	40.8
6	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	233.4	55.5	60.8	65.9	0.0	57.7
7	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	230.4	68.0	75.5	85.0	89.4	28.9
8	Princeton University Princeton University United States	221.5	49.0	67.8	68.2	44.7	45.6
9	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	207.0	58.2	67.8	68.1	77.5	28.9
10	Weizmann Institute of Science Weizmann Institute of Science Israel	205.3	28.2	58.3	74.7	0.0	57.7
11	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	202.8	37.3	59.6	79.9	0.0	50.0
12	University of Oslo University of Oslo Norway	201.7	33.5	62.2	79.8	0.0	50.0
13	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	201.1	60.2	61.2	75.0	63.2	28.9
14	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	200.2	60.7	65.8	64.3	44.7	28.9
15	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	198.8	51.3	57.3	83.7	0.0	40.8
16	Cornell University Cornell University United States	196.6	46.5	61.5	61.7	63.2	35.4
17	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	194.6	88.7	71.3	83.3	89.4	0.0
18	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	194.1	38.9	68.6	65.4	0.0	40.8
19	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	191.8	100.0	62.6	68.1	77.5	0.0
20	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	170.7	78.4	62.6	85.0	63.2	0.0
21	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	169.2	84.9	58.8	63.9	63.2	0.0
22	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	168.7	75.1	67.6	66.9	63.2	0.0
23	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	166.8	74.0	70.7	65.7	44.7	0.0
24	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	166.6	68.3	70.5	61.7	77.5	0.0
25	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland	163.2	61.9	66.7	83.5	89.4	0.0
26	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	163.1	68.5	60.8	79.8	89.4	0.0
27	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	162.2	68.5	71.9	63.9	44.7	0.0
28	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	162.0	67.2	65.8	67.4	77.5	0.0
29	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	161.5	77.9	61.7	65.0	44.7	0.0
30	King Abdulaziz University King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia	161.4	48.8	80.0	99.6	63.2	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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