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.

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	348.6	71.6	79.4	48.9	93.9
2	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	339.8	45.8	80.7	66.7	100.0
3	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	300.2	61.6	81.0	60.8	72.8
4	Maastricht University Maastricht University Netherlands	292.0	34.0	94.0	92.3	72.8
5	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam Netherlands	291.0	32.8	84.2	66.0	80.4
6	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands	288.8	36.0	88.4	74.5	74.8
7	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	288.3	32.5	100.0	92.8	68.6
8	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	279.9	55.9	81.6	70.6	64.2
9	University of Technology, Sydney University of Technology, Sydney Australia	279.4	55.0	83.6	61.9	64.2
10	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	278.4	41.4	87.6	61.3	68.6
10	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	278.4	55.0	80.7	49.6	66.4
12	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	275.4	54.5	77.3	76.6	64.2
13	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	275.2	30.0	86.7	85.5	70.7
14	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	274.1	49.7	78.5	65.1	66.4
15	Taipei Medical University Taipei Medical University Taiwan, China	269.2	36.0	74.1	48.4	74.8
16	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	263.3	29.8	94.8	75.4	61.8
17	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	263.2	46.4	81.8	56.2	61.8
18	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	260.7	37.4	76.6	47.5	68.6
19	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	256.9	54.4	76.6	60.2	56.9
20	Emory University Emory University United States	256.3	43.8	83.3	52.0	59.4
21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	252.8	59.6	75.0	48.8	54.2
22	University of Western Sydney University of Western Sydney Australia	251.4	50.5	80.7	59.4	54.2
23	Chang Gung University Chang Gung University Taiwan, China	250.2	33.5	77.6	54.1	64.2
24	Curtin University Curtin University Australia	248.6	42.7	79.1	65.0	56.9
25	National Taiwan University National Taiwan University Taiwan, China	247.8	33.2	73.4	64.2	64.2
26	University of Kansas University of Kansas United States	247.7	37.4	80.4	31.5	61.8
27	Duke University Duke University United States	247.6	56.6	69.3	39.7	56.9
28	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	241.9	43.7	81.3	100.0	48.5
29	Erasmus University Erasmus University Netherlands	240.8	27.4	89.8	75.7	54.2
30	New York University New York University United States	239.6	45.0	71.1	48.7	56.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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