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	University of Science and Technology Beijing China	256.8	100.0	53.6	41.7	94.9
2	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	253.6	71.5	70.7	57.2	100.0
3	Central South University Central South University China	235.4	68.2	68.5	44.6	89.8
4	China University of Geosciences Beijing China University of Geosciences Beijing China	223.2	50.4	95.3	68.6	63.8
5	China University of Mining and Technology (Xuzhou) China	212.9	65.5	74.0	53.5	62.7
6	Kyushu University Kyushu University Japan	211.1	30.0	68.8	87.0	94.9
7	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	197.9	40.1	86.0	84.9	54.8
8	University of Cape Town University of Cape Town South Africa	197.8	51.5	62.9	61.1	71.2
9	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	195.1	29.1	88.2	75.1	62.7
10	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	193.6	29.6	85.2	88.4	61.1
11	The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine United Kingdom	192.8	30.9	79.7	84.5	65.3
12	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	192.1	45.0	76.9	59.6	58.3
13	McGill University McGill University Canada	187.9	48.5	63.6	60.3	63.8
13	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	187.9	31.4	100.0	58.9	44.7
15	Peking University Peking University China	186.9	27.7	93.0	63.4	53.5
16	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	184.9	32.6	77.5	73.8	60.0
17	Northeastern University(China) Northeastern University(China) China	182.4	54.3	61.5	46.9	57.2
18	China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing) China	182.0	42.5	83.9	58.4	44.0
19	Curtin University Curtin University Australia	174.6	42.8	60.1	82.0	55.4
20	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences China	170.0	41.5	72.5	71.8	41.6
21	University of Tehran University of Tehran Iran	168.7	48.5	62.6	53.9	46.9
22	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	168.5	34.3	84.7	94.9	30.6
23	Monash University Monash University Australia	167.6	33.1	77.2	70.7	43.2
24	University of Alberta University of Alberta Canada	166.6	41.8	60.8	75.3	49.0
25	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	164.1	26.7	87.0	79.1	34.6
26	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes France	162.9	26.1	71.3	100.0	45.5
27	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	162.3	27.2	73.4	56.9	50.3
28	University of South Australia University of South Australia Australia	162.1	36.6	70.7	50.5	44.7
29	The University of Newcastle, Australia The University of Newcastle, Australia Australia	161.5	33.5	71.9	49.4	46.2
30	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	161.3	41.2	57.9	80.3	46.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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