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	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	332.6	91.2	82.0	48.0	100.0
2	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	307.0	86.9	86.0	50.9	85.7
3	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	301.4	97.8	76.7	42.4	74.8
4	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	298.5	100.0	80.1	55.2	68.6
5	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	277.0	83.6	76.7	40.7	72.8
6	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	263.1	87.4	65.3	31.6	64.2
7	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	261.9	81.9	61.5	54.4	68.6
8	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	255.4	82.7	68.4	44.6	61.8
9	Cornell University Cornell University United States	247.4	62.3	87.9	39.2	70.7
10	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	246.6	72.7	83.3	31.7	61.8
11	University of Washington University of Washington United States	244.1	65.7	76.9	42.0	68.6
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	237.7	73.3	76.3	42.3	56.9
13	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	236.0	66.2	79.0	44.4	61.8
14	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	234.2	68.9	74.3	45.7	59.4
15	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	233.9	74.6	60.6	26.7	59.4
16	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam Netherlands	217.1	58.2	84.2	64.1	54.2
17	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	213.5	72.0	57.2	40.8	48.5
18	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	204.6	62.8	85.5	46.7	42.0
19	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	201.5	66.9	69.2	35.5	42.0
20	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	201.2	49.8	75.8	32.7	56.9
21	University of Munich University of Munich Germany	200.5	53.5	72.4	69.8	51.4
22	University of Kentucky University of Kentucky United States	200.4	60.0	77.6	34.6	45.4
23	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	198.3	58.4	71.8	66.8	45.4
24	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	197.7	64.3	66.1	52.2	42.0
25	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	195.9	61.6	57.2	68.7	45.4
26	Harvard University Harvard University United States	195.5	61.0	70.6	56.6	42.0
27	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	194.4	60.0	63.3	47.0	45.4
28	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	193.4	65.2	69.4	33.0	38.3
29	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	192.5	68.5	69.4	36.6	34.3
30	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	190.1	57.1	62.2	53.3	45.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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