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	New York University New York University United States	297.7	100.0	87.9	62.2	97.6
2	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	289.1	91.4	95.3	57.6	98.6
3	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	287.5	88.4	100.0	48.1	100.0
4	Harvard University Harvard University United States	285.4	99.7	77.5	61.3	91.0
5	Columbia University Columbia University United States	271.2	92.3	78.2	64.9	87.2
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	258.2	86.4	80.9	42.5	84.0
7	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	250.4	92.5	61.9	76.3	73.1
8	Tilburg University Tilburg University Netherlands	245.1	85.2	78.5	87.9	69.2
9	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	241.6	79.8	69.9	84.8	78.5
10	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	240.3	89.9	64.3	70.5	66.2
11	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	234.5	84.2	69.5	76.9	65.7
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	234.2	74.5	81.2	51.9	76.7
13	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	229.7	72.7	72.9	57.4	78.5
14	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	227.5	74.0	82.7	59.2	69.2
15	Stanford University Stanford University United States	226.9	70.1	84.8	53.1	74.0
16	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	226.8	65.8	90.0	55.1	77.6
17	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	226.0	71.3	78.0	56.1	74.5
18	Cornell University Cornell University United States	225.2	76.6	71.7	60.7	68.2
19	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	224.7	72.9	74.5	54.9	72.6
20	Duke University Duke University United States	224.3	66.7	88.2	47.3	75.4
21	London Business School London Business School United Kingdom	217.7	63.2	87.4	90.0	70.2
21	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	217.7	66.5	72.7	57.4	75.9
23	The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	212.2	72.0	73.0	80.7	59.7
24	Erasmus University Erasmus University Netherlands	212.0	80.8	59.7	78.7	53.0
25	City, University of London City, University of London United Kingdom	211.7	82.9	61.3	77.8	49.0
26	University of Washington University of Washington United States	211.5	60.3	89.8	60.2	70.2
27	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	210.6	83.8	47.2	82.3	53.0
28	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	209.4	60.5	92.8	59.9	66.2
29	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	209.3	64.2	78.0	51.7	68.7
30	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	207.0	81.0	57.9	75.0	49.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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