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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	354.0	75.1	92.4	58.8	89.3	100.0
2	Harvard University Harvard University United States	348.4	99.4	89.5	66.1	100.0	48.0
3	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	308.4	80.6	86.5	62.8	75.0	63.0
4	Columbia University Columbia University United States	308.1	80.2	82.9	64.1	66.5	73.4
5	Princeton University Princeton University United States	305.8	60.7	90.0	62.1	70.9	92.7
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	293.5	71.3	99.4	62.2	82.6	48.0
7	New York University New York University United States	287.1	74.7	85.5	67.2	73.7	51.9
8	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	282.1	100.0	71.7	81.1	60.3	27.7
9	Stanford University Stanford University United States	281.3	79.0	84.6	66.6	81.7	32.0
10	Yale University Yale University United States	258.8	68.7	83.2	67.0	65.1	42.4
11	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	236.6	66.2	81.1	62.0	70.9	19.6
12	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	235.2	73.8	64.2	81.0	28.8	55.5
13	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	224.4	57.2	77.2	64.2	54.3	39.2
14	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	221.0	70.1	84.6	63.9	67.2	0.0
15	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	217.5	53.8	86.0	64.6	53.5	34.0
16	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	216.3	92.1	72.3	80.5	33.9	0.0
17	Toulouse School of Economics Toulouse School of Economics France	205.9	49.7	61.7	90.8	35.9	55.5
18	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	200.5	59.8	66.9	61.8	37.2	34.0
19	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	197.5	58.5	70.1	63.3	40.7	27.7
20	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	197.4	65.9	80.7	60.2	52.1	0.0
21	Duke University Duke University United States	195.6	66.2	79.8	60.9	50.3	0.0
22	Cornell University Cornell University United States	187.6	73.9	64.9	65.6	37.8	0.0
23	University College London University College London United Kingdom	185.4	64.9	71.3	83.5	44.0	0.0
24	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	182.5	66.0	69.2	86.2	40.2	0.0
25	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	182.2	48.9	72.3	68.5	31.8	34.0
26	George Mason University George Mason University United States	172.7	55.7	49.6	52.7	15.2	43.9
27	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	172.3	75.1	62.4	92.3	19.2	0.0
28	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	171.9	57.6	69.7	62.0	44.5	0.0
29	University of Bonn University of Bonn Germany	168.5	52.3	69.5	81.8	24.5	22.6
30	Tilburg University Tilburg University Netherlands	165.1	63.1	67.1	88.4	28.0	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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