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.

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	376.9	78.8	83.5	73.0	100.0
2	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	356.8	69.1	78.8	79.6	96.5
3	The Royal Veterinary College The Royal Veterinary College United Kingdom	345.3	77.5	86.5	76.3	83.0
4	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	323.8	66.8	76.5	71.8	83.0
5	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	321.3	100.0	73.9	57.6	68.0
6	University of Liverpool University of Liverpool United Kingdom	307.7	60.4	83.2	73.1	74.7
7	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	289.4	71.0	76.2	73.5	63.8
8	University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Austria	287.3	70.7	72.8	80.9	63.8
9	Autonomous University of Barcelona Autonomous University of Barcelona Spain	281.5	57.1	79.8	74.5	64.9
10	Colorado State University Colorado State University United States	276.8	79.8	74.2	51.2	56.3
11	University of Bristol University of Bristol United Kingdom	276.1	57.4	80.7	62.7	62.7
12	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden	275.3	66.1	80.7	85.3	55.7
13	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	273.6	64.9	85.9	82.6	53.2
14	The University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow United Kingdom	272.3	49.9	77.8	74.1	64.9
15	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	270.2	62.7	72.5	53.8	62.1
16	University of Bern University of Bern Switzerland	268.0	59.5	77.5	79.4	57.5
17	Cornell University Cornell University United States	267.2	72.3	75.5	64.9	53.2
18	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	264.7	69.4	79.5	60.3	51.9
19	Complutense University of Madrid Complutense University of Madrid Spain	264.6	50.6	82.3	77.3	58.1
20	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	264.4	62.5	80.4	56.9	55.1
21	University of Liege University of Liege Belgium	261.6	45.0	78.2	87.6	60.5
22	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	260.5	61.6	81.6	60.9	52.5
23	University of Florida University of Florida United States	256.1	69.6	71.4	56.3	51.9
24	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	255.9	52.9	78.2	79.6	54.5
25	University of Guelph University of Guelph Canada	250.9	73.9	81.0	73.0	40.7
26	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	249.4	57.1	82.9	70.1	47.7
27	Norwegian University of Life Sciences Norwegian University of Life Sciences Norway	247.3	50.5	83.2	83.8	48.4
28	North Carolina State University - Raleigh United States	245.1	71.5	77.8	55.2	42.3
29	University of Wageningen University of Wageningen Netherlands	243.8	49.9	91.8	79.1	43.2
30	University of Pretoria University of Pretoria South Africa	242.5	61.4	71.1	87.5	46.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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