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	323.1	94.9	82.3	55.0	89.4
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	315.4	78.0	85.9	53.5	100.0
3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	302.8	92.7	78.9	48.5	79.6
4	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	293.9	85.0	83.2	54.3	79.6
5	Columbia University Columbia University United States	284.4	74.7	76.3	57.7	85.6
6	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	281.0	80.1	79.3	50.5	77.5
7	New York University New York University United States	275.3	75.6	83.0	42.6	77.5
8	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	266.7	89.2	73.1	55.6	60.6
9	Princeton University Princeton University United States	260.9	67.7	89.1	52.3	73.0
10	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	258.6	73.8	81.2	48.0	68.3
11	Cornell University Cornell University United States	258.2	85.8	75.0	53.8	57.7
12	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	252.7	69.7	82.3	46.2	68.3
13	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	244.5	74.2	83.7	48.8	57.7
14	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	242.1	68.9	78.2	47.9	63.2
15	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	241.8	100.0	73.1	78.2	31.6
16	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	238.4	69.1	70.3	47.8	63.2
17	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	236.2	76.1	79.8	46.5	51.6
18	University of Washington University of Washington United States	233.8	61.2	91.2	55.3	60.6
19	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	232.8	66.1	77.6	40.3	60.6
20	Duke University Duke University United States	228.7	61.2	79.3	63.8	60.6
21	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	228.1	69.3	74.3	48.9	54.8
22	Yale University Yale University United States	222.5	68.7	71.9	60.8	51.6
23	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	220.1	72.3	69.3	45.7	48.3
24	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	219.6	66.5	75.4	47.1	51.6
25	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	212.1	81.1	72.7	66.9	31.6
26	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	208.0	62.3	73.5	53.0	48.3
27	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	206.9	63.6	77.5	56.9	44.7
28	University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst United States	200.9	56.2	68.9	47.4	51.6
29	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	198.1	69.1	70.3	45.4	36.5
30	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	197.1	82.9	76.2	72.4	18.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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