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.

50 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	329.0	63.8	57.3	39.3	100.0
2	Beihang University Beihang University China	318.9	100.0	63.7	40.8	73.5
3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	303.0	49.1	82.8	49.5	80.5
4	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	283.6	52.2	62.2	69.8	77.5
5	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	274.1	50.3	61.4	45.2	76.7
6	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	265.0	43.6	67.4	44.1	72.6
7	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	263.0	41.1	72.9	37.7	70.7
8	Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Israel	261.2	44.1	62.2	62.4	71.2
9	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	251.7	67.7	67.6	48.8	53.3
10	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States	250.3	39.6	56.7	58.5	71.2
11	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University China	249.7	63.6	60.4	41.1	58.7
12	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	247.5	43.6	66.8	38.2	64.7
13	National University of Defense Technology China	247.3	71.5	71.6	41.7	47.9
14	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	242.9	45.1	68.2	49.5	59.8
15	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	242.4	48.0	67.6	41.0	59.3
16	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	230.9	32.5	74.1	45.8	57.5
17	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	229.3	46.4	75.4	44.4	49.3
18	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	225.7	29.1	87.2	67.8	47.9
19	Stanford University Stanford University United States	225.4	35.4	73.4	63.1	52.0
20	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea	222.9	52.4	55.0	38.5	53.9
21	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	221.9	40.4	50.8	55.4	59.8
22	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	221.6	30.8	78.0	77.7	48.6
23	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	219.7	40.5	66.5	36.7	52.6
24	University of Florida University of Florida United States	219.5	40.0	68.7	34.0	52.0
25	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde United Kingdom	218.2	34.5	75.6	61.0	47.9
26	Sapienza University of Rome Sapienza University of Rome Italy	216.2	45.8	75.4	47.9	42.7
27	Polytechnic Institute of Milan Polytechnic Institute of Milan Italy	214.9	40.5	61.9	68.7	49.3
28	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	211.8	36.4	62.8	62.5	50.0
29	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	207.4	31.3	76.4	33.6	46.5
30	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China	206.0	56.9	54.7	29.3	44.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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