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	Tongji University Tongji University China	313.1	100.0	38.2	68.1	76.7	84.5
2	Lehigh University Lehigh University United States	252.1	39.7	44.9	56.7	90.7	65.5
3	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	250.9	63.9	42.0	75.6	45.4	84.5
4	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	248.8	66.2	39.1	66.6	76.7	53.5
5	Polytechnic University of Madrid Polytechnic University of Madrid Spain	226.9	59.4	33.3	49.3	24.3	100.0
6	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	226.1	85.8	46.6	66.6	80.4	0.0
7	National Technical University of Athens National Technical University of Athens Greece	217.2	54.7	42.0	53.3	34.3	75.6
8	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	213.7	72.6	48.2	71.8	78.6	0.0
8	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	213.7	67.9	40.2	66.4	92.4	0.0
10	University of Canterbury University of Canterbury New Zealand	204.2	36.4	38.5	77.0	48.5	65.5
11	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	202.4	59.2	42.2	75.8	85.7	0.0
12	Western University Western University Canada	201.9	42.0	41.0	69.7	51.4	53.5
13	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	197.3	39.6	44.5	66.3	100.0	0.0
14	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	192.8	56.4	45.8	79.1	74.8	0.0
15	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	189.9	56.1	46.2	74.5	72.8	0.0
16	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York United States	185.3	40.3	39.7	64.1	92.4	0.0
17	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	183.9	47.1	36.2	71.4	48.5	37.8
18	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	183.7	77.8	36.2	64.0	56.9	0.0
19	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	181.7	50.9	38.7	67.3	78.6	0.0
20	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	180.2	63.6	41.4	66.9	61.8	0.0
21	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	176.2	75.8	40.4	57.6	48.5	0.0
22	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	174.4	76.6	47.6	59.0	38.3	0.0
23	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	174.3	56.0	36.2	57.1	70.7	0.0
24	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	174.2	56.4	45.5	64.7	59.4	0.0
25	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland	173.8	53.8	54.8	83.7	48.5	0.0
26	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	173.3	75.5	43.0	82.4	38.3	0.0
26	University of Stuttgart University of Stuttgart Germany	173.3	36.0	32.5	75.2	24.3	65.5
28	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States	172.8	59.2	38.2	55.6	64.2	0.0
29	McMaster University McMaster University Canada	172.0	36.4	39.7	68.1	82.2	0.0
30	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	171.7	69.4	38.5	61.7	51.4	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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