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	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	277.2	100.0	66.1	55.7	100.0
2	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	247.4	73.6	67.9	81.1	89.7
3	Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University China	241.5	79.8	62.0	79.4	83.8
4	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	228.4	66.7	65.0	70.7	82.6
5	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) France	215.5	57.3	71.8	88.4	68.6
6	University of Twente University of Twente Netherlands	213.1	58.3	63.8	91.1	72.7
7	Boston University Boston University United States	205.1	40.5	94.7	83.1	53.2
8	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon Portugal	192.6	32.2	98.8	91.6	43.3
9	University of Wageningen University of Wageningen Netherlands	191.2	42.2	75.2	96.3	54.5
10	University of Iceland University of Iceland Iceland	186.5	33.0	100.0	94.7	34.6
11	University of Valencia University of Valencia Spain	179.3	44.5	64.8	84.1	53.2
12	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	178.4	46.7	65.9	88.3	48.2
13	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	177.8	35.7	78.8	91.7	44.9
14	University of Munich University of Munich Germany	177.7	47.5	69.1	70.0	47.1
15	University of Helsinki University of Helsinki Finland	177.6	41.9	68.5	74.6	52.3
16	Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble France	177.5	29.6	98.5	94.7	30.4
17	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	177.3	44.1	70.8	84.1	45.6
17	Xidian University Xidian University China	177.3	60.1	57.6	48.5	49.9
19	University of Extremadura University of Extremadura Spain	176.6	35.1	96.1	86.9	28.0
20	Vienna University of Technology Vienna University of Technology Austria	176.1	38.4	73.5	94.8	45.3
21	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	175.8	44.8	65.4	68.0	51.9
22	University of Trento University of Trento Italy	174.4	36.3	78.1	85.4	42.9
23	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	174.3	35.1	81.6	77.5	42.1
24	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes France	173.3	32.2	87.7	94.8	34.6
25	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	171.3	28.2	85.3	91.4	39.6
26	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	170.6	34.7	78.5	84.9	40.5
27	South Dakota State University South Dakota State University United States	170.0	32.8	83.5	55.5	42.5
28	Technical University Munich Technical University Munich Germany	169.8	43.7	70.2	66.7	42.5
29	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	169.6	35.3	75.4	87.8	41.3
30	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	169.3	43.7	64.1	75.4	46.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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