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	369.6	71.6	87.7	72.8	100.0	95.7
2	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	366.7	67.9	84.9	74.2	99.0	100.0
3	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	328.5	62.3	74.8	85.9	85.2	89.0
4	Stanford University Stanford University United States	312.5	54.3	100.0	72.3	79.2	64.5
5	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	305.6	59.6	80.2	67.3	64.2	88.2
6	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	288.9	71.8	80.6	72.3	48.5	73.6
7	Harvard University Harvard University United States	287.4	53.8	85.8	73.4	79.2	54.0
8	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	284.0	57.5	74.2	66.7	52.4	86.6
9	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	278.2	48.0	90.8	72.6	48.5	76.4
10	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	260.4	60.8	71.8	73.6	48.5	64.5
11	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	248.9	52.3	85.6	82.5	65.7	28.9
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	245.8	57.3	72.5	64.2	56.0	47.1
13	The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine United Kingdom	236.9	59.7	75.8	81.5	44.3	40.8
14	Cornell University Cornell University United States	230.5	42.7	80.4	66.3	48.5	45.6
15	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	225.9	100.0	69.4	50.5	46.4	0.0
16	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	224.2	53.7	87.1	62.7	42.0	28.9
17	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	222.5	60.1	62.3	76.1	56.0	28.9
18	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	222.0	42.8	87.5	71.4	48.5	28.9
19	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland	221.8	56.9	88.7	83.7	59.4	0.0
20	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	221.5	39.2	79.1	69.6	48.5	40.8
20	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	221.5	82.9	85.6	79.6	37.0	0.0
22	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	221.4	60.7	79.1	65.0	68.6	0.0
23	Tohoku University Tohoku University Japan	217.5	80.4	56.5	66.7	67.2	0.0
24	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	215.5	75.3	78.9	74.5	46.4	0.0
25	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	212.8	65.7	61.5	57.8	74.1	0.0
26	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	210.9	44.7	72.0	71.1	34.3	45.6
27	University of California, Riverside University of California, Riverside United States	205.2	32.0	82.5	65.9	19.8	57.7
28	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	198.2	59.1	70.8	79.5	52.4	0.0
29	Rice University Rice University United States	197.7	42.0	99.7	70.3	42.0	0.0
30	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	197.5	84.5	67.9	54.3	34.3	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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