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
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	256.7	100.0	43.5	65.7	100.0
2	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	210.4	79.1	43.6	65.9	74.5
3	University of Washington University of Washington United States	188.2	67.0	45.2	59.9	64.0
4	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	187.1	65.6	44.6	60.3	64.8
5	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	184.8	70.5	39.7	67.6	61.1
6	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine United Kingdom	183.1	62.0	46.6	89.6	56.6
7	University College London University College London United Kingdom	178.6	60.8	45.4	75.4	57.2
8	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	178.2	64.2	40.1	56.8	62.5
9	Columbia University Columbia University United States	176.7	60.7	43.7	59.9	60.3
10	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	167.7	52.5	49.8	85.1	48.4
11	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	166.9	57.4	42.9	81.0	50.5
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	165.3	59.6	37.9	48.4	58.1
13	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	164.9	58.3	38.5	54.2	57.3
14	Yale University Yale University United States	162.2	52.6	45.1	56.1	53.2
15	Emory University Emory University United States	161.6	53.2	46.8	59.8	49.7
16	The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine United Kingdom	161.4	50.5	47.5	81.7	47.0
17	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	158.9	54.4	43.5	47.0	51.6
18	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	156.7	57.4	40.9	64.6	45.4
19	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	155.3	51.5	43.5	75.6	45.2
20	Erasmus University Erasmus University Netherlands	154.3	47.3	46.8	72.5	45.7
21	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	153.4	50.8	46.1	67.2	43.1
22	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	151.9	50.5	45.5	68.0	42.3
23	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	151.1	51.1	42.9	66.9	43.8
24	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	150.7	53.0	36.6	49.3	51.2
25	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	149.2	44.8	48.3	58.9	44.4
26	Boston University Boston University United States	148.9	47.2	44.3	57.7	45.9
27	Duke University Duke University United States	148.6	48.5	43.2	57.5	45.4
28	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	148.5	41.1	52.2	74.6	40.3
29	Monash University Monash University Australia	147.7	50.4	43.0	64.5	41.5
30	University of Barcelona University of Barcelona Spain	147.6	48.3	42.7	67.8	43.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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