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	322.6	100.0	69.1	69.9	100.0	39.5
2	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	296.8	52.2	70.2	83.6	57.7	100.0
3	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	274.7	62.9	71.2	65.6	40.8	86.6
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	268.7	38.5	70.6	69.8	70.7	75.0
5	University College London University College London United Kingdom	266.4	66.3	65.1	80.0	57.7	61.2
6	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	259.1	79.1	66.5	62.7	57.7	43.3
7	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	244.1	68.1	65.6	86.5	57.7	35.4
8	Yale University Yale University United States	220.9	53.6	64.2	61.5	40.8	50.0
9	University of Washington University of Washington United States	211.5	61.4	69.3	61.6	0.0	68.5
10	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	208.7	60.3	65.6	84.9	40.8	25.0
11	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	202.4	64.3	67.1	66.4	57.7	0.0
12	Cardiff University Cardiff University United Kingdom	201.2	38.1	62.1	84.8	40.8	43.3
13	Stanford University Stanford University United States	200.2	51.9	71.7	64.3	0.0	63.7
14	The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine United Kingdom	199.2	59.4	66.0	80.2	57.7	0.0
15	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	192.5	52.9	66.5	77.2	57.7	0.0
16	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas United States	192.1	39.7	71.0	64.8	0.0	68.5
17	University of Nottingham University of Nottingham United Kingdom	191.8	43.8	80.3	73.5	0.0	53.0
17	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	191.8	71.6	64.2	75.9	40.8	0.0
19	The University of Dundee The University of Dundee United Kingdom	191.0	33.5	100.0	83.5	40.8	0.0
20	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	189.9	70.0	63.9	63.4	0.0	43.3
21	Columbia University Columbia University United States	186.5	53.9	67.1	69.5	0.0	51.5
22	Monash University Monash University Australia	184.8	63.6	64.6	78.5	40.8	0.0
23	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	182.6	55.6	69.1	85.4	40.8	0.0
24	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	180.3	68.0	58.1	66.9	40.8	0.0
25	Medical University of Vienna Medical University of Vienna Austria	179.7	42.6	63.0	81.5	57.7	0.0
26	Rockefeller University Rockefeller University United States	179.6	23.3	59.6	68.5	0.0	82.9
27	Uppsala University Uppsala University Sweden	179.2	57.6	64.4	81.6	40.8	0.0
28	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	177.9	59.6	65.8	58.2	40.8	0.0
29	University of Marburg University of Marburg Germany	176.1	34.8	70.2	66.8	57.7	0.0
30	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	173.7	45.8	68.5	80.8	0.0	43.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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