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	Harvard University Harvard University United States	383.7	100.0	55.8	57.7	100.0	100.0
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	295.8	79.5	52.7	56.0	89.2	55.5
3	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	291.8	74.2	46.3	64.0	77.6	73.4
4	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	282.3	82.6	38.0	52.0	95.1	39.2
5	Duke University Duke University United States	279.3	78.3	41.2	54.9	87.8	48.0
6	Columbia University Columbia University United States	269.7	75.5	44.5	58.9	72.8	55.5
7	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	268.1	68.3	46.3	46.6	89.8	48.0
8	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	255.4	63.5	67.1	60.8	64.9	55.5
9	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	248.2	71.3	39.6	66.4	87.1	27.7
10	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	245.2	64.1	51.2	51.4	70.3	48.0
11	Princeton University Princeton University United States	245.1	49.5	60.9	65.1	78.4	55.5
12	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University United States	242.4	53.3	48.1	51.2	71.1	62.0
13	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	241.1	64.7	53.3	76.0	36.4	73.4
14	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	237.9	65.5	48.0	63.4	53.8	55.5
15	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	235.3	83.1	44.5	54.5	82.9	0.0
16	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	232.2	65.0	50.6	54.3	56.0	48.0
17	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	213.2	76.6	48.5	73.4	66.8	0.0
18	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	210.4	71.7	39.0	58.0	77.6	0.0
19	North Carolina State University - Raleigh United States	208.8	65.8	41.2	51.0	84.3	0.0
20	University of Washington University of Washington United States	206.9	80.2	41.6	56.4	60.1	0.0
21	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	197.6	70.2	38.8	88.7	64.0	0.0
22	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	197.3	68.8	40.2	63.7	67.7	0.0
23	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	191.2	73.0	38.6	64.9	56.0	0.0
24	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	185.4	58.6	43.3	65.0	69.4	0.0
25	Yale University Yale University United States	183.5	62.0	45.9	63.5	61.1	0.0
26	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	183.2	60.8	72.8	77.1	47.8	0.0
27	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	182.4	72.2	46.8	81.4	42.5	0.0
27	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	182.4	70.7	39.2	76.4	49.1	0.0
29	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	179.8	59.7	42.4	80.1	61.1	0.0
30	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	173.3	57.7	75.1	66.6	42.5	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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