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
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	299.6	96.0	88.6	75.1	100.0
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	264.8	72.9	100.0	71.5	77.6
3	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	233.9	70.1	76.5	70.6	73.2
4	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	224.3	100.0	43.3	52.7	70.4
5	Stanford University Stanford University United States	222.7	70.0	68.1	71.0	70.3
6	Cornell University Cornell University United States	214.3	70.5	62.1	70.8	67.5
7	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	208.5	65.7	64.7	77.9	62.4
8	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	207.2	67.8	61.6	84.8	60.8
9	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	202.6	65.6	57.6	80.7	63.3
10	University of Washington University of Washington United States	202.0	63.0	62.4	65.9	63.4
11	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	200.9	82.3	48.9	51.9	59.3
12	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	200.8	58.4	69.4	73.0	58.4
13	University of Wageningen University of Wageningen Netherlands	199.9	69.3	50.7	78.7	64.2
14	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	199.1	56.8	73.9	71.0	54.3
15	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	197.3	69.8	49.9	76.6	62.2
16	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	196.9	70.9	54.8	68.4	57.5
17	University of Florida University of Florida United States	196.7	68.3	53.5	67.6	61.3
18	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	196.3	64.2	59.1	64.4	60.1
19	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	196.0	67.4	55.0	64.4	60.7
20	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	195.7	71.6	51.3	78.5	57.1
21	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	194.8	59.9	59.6	80.8	59.2
22	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	194.6	64.9	56.2	79.7	57.6
23	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	194.2	67.8	53.2	66.3	60.0
24	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	192.0	68.0	50.3	64.0	60.9
25	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	191.5	79.7	44.0	56.3	56.5
26	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	190.5	60.4	58.8	63.0	58.7
27	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	189.9	57.2	62.7	84.2	53.2
28	University College London University College London United Kingdom	189.4	63.8	55.5	79.6	54.1
29	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	189.1	78.8	42.4	52.3	57.5
30	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	186.0	62.6	50.9	54.7	61.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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