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
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	327.1	97.2	84.3	50.3	89.4
2	Yale University Yale University United States	311.0	75.0	92.6	47.0	98.3
3	Princeton University Princeton University United States	308.9	69.3	100.0	48.6	100.0
4	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	307.3	99.1	72.2	63.1	77.5
5	Columbia University Columbia University United States	278.7	81.1	65.5	48.7	79.6
6	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	278.5	100.0	71.8	59.5	57.7
7	Stanford University Stanford University United States	272.9	71.3	96.1	50.4	75.3
8	Duke University Duke University United States	232.5	56.0	87.8	57.9	65.8
9	New York University New York University United States	231.9	67.8	76.2	54.3	57.7
10	Georgetown University Georgetown University United States	227.2	70.9	68.5	45.1	54.8
11	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	227.1	51.1	93.0	51.8	65.8
12	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	217.5	56.5	73.3	53.4	60.6
13	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	216.1	65.6	81.3	45.6	48.3
14	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	213.0	57.8	69.4	48.8	57.7
15	The George Washington University The George Washington University United States	207.5	64.5	67.4	45.9	48.3
16	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	205.9	52.3	89.8	51.3	51.6
16	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	205.9	66.9	78.8	50.0	40.8
18	University of Essex University of Essex United Kingdom	203.4	54.1	83.0	83.3	48.3
19	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	202.7	50.2	91.3	42.9	51.6
20	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	199.0	50.8	71.4	49.8	54.8
21	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	197.5	46.5	72.6	47.9	57.7
22	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	197.4	54.6	77.4	43.9	48.3
23	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	197.3	45.7	92.3	50.9	51.6
24	The Australian National University The Australian National University Australia	193.6	77.7	64.3	61.5	25.8
25	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	192.0	44.5	86.6	43.9	51.6
26	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	191.3	46.9	98.9	44.3	44.7
27	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	190.8	47.9	98.4	85.6	40.8
28	University of Washington University of Washington United States	190.2	45.6	88.0	52.5	48.3
29	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	189.1	45.6	68.7	41.1	54.8
30	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	186.6	58.5	74.5	67.6	36.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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