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.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	328.7	100.0	82.0	65.3	100.0	33.6
2	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	287.7	57.2	84.4	60.3	46.0	88.0
3	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	272.5	38.3	81.5	80.4	36.7	100.0
4	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	266.3	65.1	82.2	61.9	52.7	53.9
5	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	260.0	59.6	81.6	55.0	48.1	59.6
6	University of Washington University of Washington United States	257.1	52.9	82.0	57.9	48.4	62.2
7	University College London University College London United Kingdom	247.9	58.9	76.5	75.2	53.5	44.0
8	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	241.2	55.7	80.7	56.8	39.6	53.9
9	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	235.8	44.4	87.0	80.4	50.3	38.1
10	Stanford University Stanford University United States	229.8	51.1	80.5	62.1	40.1	45.8
11	Duke University Duke University United States	227.4	52.5	82.6	60.5	44.2	35.9
12	Columbia University Columbia University United States	226.6	53.1	81.1	61.6	43.1	37.0
13	The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine United Kingdom	222.7	46.5	78.6	79.1	43.6	38.1
14	Emory University Emory University United States	217.2	45.0	80.3	56.9	36.5	44.0
15	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	215.0	21.9	100.0	74.5	24.3	53.9
16	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	214.5	70.1	76.1	74.4	53.4	0.0
17	Yale University Yale University United States	208.3	47.7	78.0	59.7	34.7	35.9
18	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	208.2	53.8	79.4	59.8	37.7	25.4
19	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas United States	208.1	38.6	80.3	53.4	29.4	49.2
20	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	207.1	47.4	73.7	72.5	35.6	35.9
21	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	206.2	53.0	75.0	80.4	36.7	25.4
22	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	205.2	44.2	79.2	57.4	39.2	31.1
23	Rockefeller University Rockefeller University United States	197.3	10.4	94.0	74.0	10.9	67.2
24	University of Utah University of Utah United States	195.0	37.4	75.7	53.8	27.1	44.0
25	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	194.9	46.4	78.0	78.2	36.9	18.0
26	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	191.1	43.4	79.0	54.9	35.7	22.0
27	Oregon Health and Science University Oregon Health and Science University United States	190.7	35.9	83.4	54.2	29.4	31.1
28	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	189.8	54.8	79.4	53.8	44.8	0.0
29	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	183.6	39.8	73.7	72.4	24.6	31.1
30	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	182.1	37.9	73.7	81.3	23.1	31.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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