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	Stanford University Stanford University United States	341.2	72.9	91.5	69.3	76.3	86.6
2	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	334.9	87.8	80.4	83.4	100.0	50.0
3	Harvard University Harvard University United States	333.1	76.5	83.2	76.6	58.1	100.0
4	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	315.3	83.3	71.6	66.3	60.5	86.6
5	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	307.1	69.5	80.4	63.5	44.5	100.0
6	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	285.0	98.0	80.0	66.4	93.8	0.0
7	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	278.2	69.4	78.0	80.7	44.1	70.7
8	Princeton University Princeton University United States	275.8	48.9	90.3	78.5	34.2	86.6
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	273.8	56.5	83.9	69.8	48.8	70.7
9	University of Alberta University of Alberta Canada	273.8	66.2	68.0	73.7	54.1	70.7
11	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	264.6	74.2	76.8	82.9	35.8	61.2
12	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	264.4	70.0	84.7	68.7	34.8	61.2
13	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	254.8	100.0	72.1	61.9	70.3	0.0
14	Technical University Munich Technical University Munich Germany	245.3	47.0	69.8	81.3	25.7	86.6
15	Peking University Peking University China	244.1	85.2	75.2	66.6	70.3	0.0
16	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	243.5	56.8	77.3	80.3	22.6	70.7
17	University of Wageningen University of Wageningen Netherlands	242.6	97.0	80.2	82.7	48.8	0.0
18	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	242.5	64.1	68.3	63.1	36.3	61.2
19	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	240.4	91.1	76.6	76.3	57.4	0.0
20	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	235.9	41.9	96.6	71.3	33.1	50.0
21	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	232.3	87.2	67.3	60.5	65.7	0.0
22	Stockholm University Stockholm University Sweden	228.7	70.4	80.2	83.4	61.4	0.0
23	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	228.1	71.6	68.3	72.9	73.6	0.0
24	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	225.5	46.3	65.9	66.3	38.8	61.2
25	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	225.0	73.6	75.7	62.6	63.2	0.0
26	Duke University Duke University United States	224.1	66.2	81.5	68.8	62.6	0.0
27	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	222.1	87.1	68.3	59.7	54.8	0.0
28	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	221.9	73.2	76.1	63.1	59.9	0.0
29	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	220.8	67.1	79.1	63.2	62.0	0.0
30	Yale University Yale University United States	218.0	58.4	85.9	67.0	60.2	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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