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	Harvard University Harvard University United States	348.6	100.0	85.2	60.2	100.0
2	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	282.8	84.7	80.8	73.9	72.0
3	Stanford University Stanford University United States	279.5	67.5	89.9	57.9	85.0
4	University College London University College London United Kingdom	270.1	81.8	80.2	71.9	66.8
5	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	268.0	78.7	84.7	48.4	68.5
6	Columbia University Columbia University United States	266.8	78.0	80.2	55.7	69.4
7	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	259.8	61.9	85.7	52.7	79.2
7	Yale University Yale University United States	259.8	75.0	85.5	58.3	65.9
9	New York University New York University United States	258.7	69.4	84.7	55.1	71.1
10	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	258.3	70.6	86.0	51.6	69.4
11	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	255.7	77.0	84.4	48.8	62.1
12	Duke University Duke University United States	246.5	64.4	85.2	58.6	67.7
13	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	244.9	72.7	81.4	49.7	60.1
14	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	238.0	63.6	82.8	53.0	64.0
15	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	233.4	67.4	85.7	70.7	54.9
16	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	233.3	64.5	83.6	75.7	58.1
17	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	228.3	54.8	88.4	59.5	64.0
18	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands	227.9	65.8	78.5	76.8	54.9
19	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	222.9	64.0	83.6	78.6	51.5
20	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	220.1	59.3	84.1	51.3	56.0
21	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	219.9	65.2	81.4	59.2	50.3
22	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	219.1	51.8	85.5	55.3	62.1
23	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam Netherlands	217.6	64.8	78.8	73.7	49.1
24	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	216.3	66.8	78.8	68.7	46.6
25	Cornell University Cornell University United States	215.9	54.8	85.2	55.4	57.0
26	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	211.2	61.1	81.9	48.7	49.1
27	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	210.7	69.5	83.6	75.5	38.0
28	University of Groningen University of Groningen Netherlands	209.6	63.6	81.6	74.4	43.9
29	University of Virginia University of Virginia United States	208.9	48.5	91.2	50.4	57.0
30	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	208.4	64.1	82.8	49.3	43.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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