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	AWARD
1	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	355.0	62.9	76.1	80.1	100.0	100.0
2	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	301.3	54.3	77.8	58.6	81.6	75.8
3	University of Washington University of Washington United States	300.5	54.4	83.0	74.8	70.7	77.5
4	Harvard University Harvard University United States	289.5	68.8	71.6	75.7	77.0	57.0
5	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	280.2	41.2	74.8	76.0	49.1	100.0
6	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	275.7	46.2	72.8	76.9	63.8	77.5
7	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	274.8	60.8	73.3	78.1	63.8	61.2
8	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	274.4	41.6	75.6	71.3	62.4	80.6
9	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo Brazil	269.7	100.0	62.5	58.6	63.8	31.6
10	University of Florida University of Florida United States	258.8	47.3	68.3	64.7	54.4	75.8
11	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York United States	253.7	36.0	96.1	68.1	50.9	57.0
12	New York University New York University United States	252.3	56.5	74.8	83.0	54.4	50.0
13	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	248.7	43.2	66.7	87.2	56.1	65.2
14	University College London University College London United Kingdom	247.6	53.6	75.6	81.1	43.0	59.2
15	University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Alabama at Birmingham United States	245.7	38.3	71.3	65.9	47.1	75.8
16	Augusta University Augusta University United States	243.4	44.3	84.3	93.0	60.9	35.4
17	University of Bern University of Bern Switzerland	242.9	62.8	88.2	96.9	45.1	27.4
18	University of Turku University of Turku Finland	239.5	39.6	78.6	84.9	45.1	59.2
19	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	235.5	43.0	89.6	88.5	30.4	54.8
20	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	235.0	35.9	70.1	70.6	62.4	52.4
21	Osaka University Osaka University Japan	234.5	41.2	63.8	60.3	56.1	61.2
22	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	232.5	45.7	69.8	74.7	40.8	61.2
23	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	232.1	39.2	78.6	93.2	40.8	54.8
24	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	230.9	46.9	66.7	81.1	23.6	77.5
25	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	229.9	61.3	84.8	90.2	38.5	27.4
26	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Sweden	226.6	60.7	79.4	76.0	36.0	35.4
27	University of Maryland, Baltimore University of Maryland, Baltimore United States	226.4	39.1	87.9	75.1	49.1	35.4
28	McGill University McGill University Canada	220.3	32.0	67.4	91.4	52.7	50.0
29	Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo Medical and Dental University Japan	220.1	55.9	62.8	65.2	60.9	27.4
30	Boston University Boston University United States	217.4	36.7	69.2	80.1	38.5	57.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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