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	Harvard University Harvard University United States	351.4	100.0	94.0	44.1	100.0
2	New York University New York University United States	236.3	88.1	81.5	36.9	39.7
3	Columbia University Columbia University United States	230.8	81.9	89.2	38.1	39.7
4	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	229.9	74.1	93.2	33.1	45.9
5	Yale University Yale University United States	210.9	77.3	97.9	39.1	28.1
6	Georgetown University Georgetown University United States	195.9	71.7	85.9	31.7	28.1
7	The George Washington University The George Washington University United States	187.5	68.4	78.0	38.2	28.1
8	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	187.3	71.6	83.2	39.7	22.9
9	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	185.1	83.5	60.9	50.2	16.2
10	Duke University Duke University United States	179.2	58.6	91.3	35.6	28.1
11	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	174.1	69.7	83.9	32.6	16.2
12	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	173.8	49.1	97.1	29.3	32.4
13	Florida State University Florida State University United States	171.8	57.0	94.4	47.2	22.9
14	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	169.2	86.9	65.1	62.6	0.0
15	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	168.2	64.9	84.3	44.4	16.2
16	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	159.5	61.7	76.6	42.3	16.2
17	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	158.9	62.2	74.5	39.4	16.2
18	Stanford University Stanford University United States	151.4	67.9	92.5	32.1	0.0
19	Fordham University Fordham University United States	143.9	52.1	78.0	24.7	16.2
20	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis United States	143.4	40.4	88.2	43.7	22.9
21	University of Virginia University of Virginia United States	141.1	61.6	92.3	26.6	0.0
22	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	140.0	60.1	92.3	37.9	0.0
23	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	137.5	59.3	87.8	47.3	0.0
24	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	137.3	65.3	66.7	59.1	0.0
25	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	136.2	49.7	67.8	34.3	16.2
26	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	134.6	63.3	70.6	43.7	0.0
27	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	132.6	55.2	91.3	41.2	0.0
28	Monash University Monash University Australia	132.4	66.2	53.5	62.6	0.0
29	George Mason University George Mason University United States	129.6	54.5	85.1	52.8	0.0
30	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	129.3	54.8	90.0	22.0	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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