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
1	Stanford University Stanford University United States	309.3	78.0	74.5	51.3	100.0
2	Harvard University Harvard University United States	303.5	95.4	66.0	50.2	81.6
3	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	285.9	86.3	59.3	44.1	81.6
4	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	283.2	81.8	69.3	33.5	81.6
5	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	282.1	85.3	70.8	41.4	76.4
6	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	281.7	80.4	67.8	47.4	81.6
7	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	274.9	86.0	63.9	35.7	73.6
8	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	266.8	83.7	62.7	38.7	70.7
9	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	264.4	83.6	67.1	38.7	67.7
10	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	263.2	68.4	69.1	35.5	81.6
11	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	250.6	82.2	62.7	40.1	61.2
12	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	248.1	73.8	65.1	33.3	67.7
13	University of Virginia University of Virginia United States	246.5	65.3	69.7	33.2	73.6
14	Columbia University Columbia University United States	238.0	82.1	59.8	39.4	54.0
15	University of Washington University of Washington United States	236.1	73.4	70.8	39.3	57.7
16	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	235.6	66.9	68.4	42.8	64.5
17	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	233.4	67.5	61.3	47.6	64.5
18	Florida State University Florida State University United States	231.4	67.7	69.3	33.4	61.2
19	Monash University Monash University Australia	230.4	85.6	56.7	52.1	45.6
20	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	230.2	59.1	63.2	39.2	70.7
21	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	228.0	73.4	66.2	38.0	54.0
22	Vanderbilt University Peabody College Vanderbilt University Peabody College United States	226.2	47.3	75.9	26.8	76.4
23	New York University New York University United States	224.9	63.1	67.8	45.0	61.2
24	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	223.2	71.0	63.9	37.2	54.0
25	University College London University College London United Kingdom	214.9	100.0	58.8	48.7	20.4
26	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	214.1	57.9	74.5	33.5	57.7
27	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	203.8	77.3	62.2	37.0	35.4
28	Columbia University Teachers College Columbia University Teachers College United States	201.1	67.8	55.1	33.8	45.6
29	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	199.4	66.0	64.6	68.7	40.8
30	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	197.8	73.9	59.5	40.6	35.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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