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	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	273.9	100.0	61.6	61.6	100.0
2	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU Norway	268.6	98.9	66.2	56.4	92.1
3	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon Portugal	259.9	82.3	79.0	58.3	86.9
4	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	245.3	92.7	53.2	51.8	89.0
5	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	233.1	66.4	76.6	71.6	75.9
6	University of Cantabria University of Cantabria Spain	222.8	46.5	100.0	59.6	64.4
7	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	216.2	58.6	69.1	85.9	71.4
8	Plymouth University Plymouth University United Kingdom	211.9	61.1	77.4	67.9	59.9
9	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	208.7	59.7	66.9	67.6	68.7
10	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University China	208.0	67.0	62.0	54.9	68.0
11	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	203.7	76.2	54.0	64.2	60.7
12	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	202.8	75.4	54.0	37.8	65.9
13	Colorado State University Colorado State University United States	202.7	45.1	81.6	53.7	65.2
14	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	202.4	52.9	69.1	66.1	67.3
14	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde United Kingdom	202.4	58.6	65.6	68.8	64.4
16	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	201.9	55.6	69.7	68.4	62.9
17	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	201.8	61.4	64.0	67.5	62.9
18	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	201.4	49.1	74.1	79.8	62.2
19	University of Oklahoma - Norman University of Oklahoma - Norman United States	196.7	50.0	66.2	35.6	73.3
20	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	195.1	61.8	59.5	54.4	62.9
21	Pusan National University Pusan National University South Korea	194.8	74.5	58.5	66.3	48.6
22	University College London University College London United Kingdom	193.5	49.6	72.6	65.0	58.3
23	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China China	183.3	58.9	53.6	62.5	58.3
24	Hohai University Hohai University China	180.4	58.6	55.5	69.8	52.3
25	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	179.4	43.2	68.7	38.1	59.9
26	University of Washington University of Washington United States	179.2	44.6	66.2	54.3	57.5
27	Aalborg University Aalborg University Denmark	175.6	38.5	74.9	78.1	46.6
28	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	174.2	36.8	74.6	91.3	44.5
29	University of Miami University of Miami United States	174.0	41.7	65.3	60.4	54.9
30	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	172.1	35.7	76.0	49.9	50.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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