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	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	307.4	56.5	83.7	71.8	66.3	86.6
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	265.2	43.5	87.6	67.1	44.3	76.4
3	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	263.6	29.5	100.0	67.1	44.3	76.4
4	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	261.5	99.9	54.8	41.7	98.4	0.0
5	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	259.8	100.0	53.2	47.7	97.0	0.0
6	East China University of Science and Technology China	253.6	94.8	50.6	41.4	100.0	0.0
7	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	252.9	51.5	71.7	58.9	53.4	64.5
8	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	246.3	99.0	59.6	55.1	76.7	0.0
9	Princeton University Princeton University United States	245.6	42.9	80.3	74.2	43.1	64.5
10	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	240.5	47.9	73.8	69.1	47.3	57.7
11	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	240.4	32.0	65.4	65.4	29.9	100.0
12	Beijing University of Chemical Technology China	240.1	80.8	52.2	37.3	99.7	0.0
13	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	237.3	73.5	72.3	74.6	76.7	0.0
14	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	232.4	61.4	86.9	82.3	67.6	0.0
15	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	227.5	54.9	59.2	76.3	57.4	40.8
16	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	222.0	80.2	61.0	47.5	71.3	0.0
17	The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine United Kingdom	221.2	70.7	69.3	76.9	65.8	0.0
18	University of Delaware University of Delaware United States	217.0	35.2	64.8	63.4	39.8	64.5
19	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	211.3	45.0	77.3	66.0	46.9	28.9
20	University of Science and Technology of China China	204.3	62.4	69.9	52.6	61.5	0.0
21	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	203.2	53.6	72.5	63.4	64.5	0.0
22	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University United States	202.3	46.6	63.5	75.6	48.3	28.9
23	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	200.4	64.2	67.9	77.4	52.8	0.0
23	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	200.4	42.7	63.2	63.1	41.0	40.8
25	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland	199.0	42.5	91.4	76.5	49.7	0.0
26	Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands	198.1	62.1	56.8	71.2	65.0	0.0
27	Polytechnic Institute of Milan Polytechnic Institute of Milan Italy	197.9	58.0	80.5	64.4	46.5	0.0
28	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	197.2	78.7	57.0	46.9	52.1	0.0
29	University of Porto University of Porto Portugal	196.2	63.9	61.5	73.1	56.2	0.0
30	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	196.1	64.0	60.6	48.0	62.0	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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