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	Erasmus University Erasmus University Netherlands	278.3	100.0	62.6	47.7	92.2
2	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	265.5	92.6	71.0	54.8	85.6
3	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	258.9	75.9	76.6	66.9	100.0
4	Cardiff University Cardiff University United Kingdom	256.1	78.3	76.8	61.6	94.0
5	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	246.8	75.2	76.6	42.9	91.3
6	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	245.8	73.5	80.6	48.9	90.4
7	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	244.7	75.9	78.7	58.4	85.6
8	The Australian National University The Australian National University Australia	225.8	86.7	51.9	52.7	64.5
9	Harvard University Harvard University United States	222.0	72.7	68.0	59.0	73.0
10	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham United Kingdom	213.0	78.0	71.4	55.9	54.8
11	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	212.5	70.1	76.3	59.1	63.2
12	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	212.2	60.4	79.2	34.3	78.5
13	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	210.9	70.1	75.4	47.4	63.2
14	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	210.5	70.5	69.9	52.1	64.5
15	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	208.3	68.2	64.2	79.5	65.8
16	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam Netherlands	206.8	71.3	67.8	83.0	57.7
17	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	205.1	66.7	72.6	55.1	63.2
18	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	204.5	72.0	63.6	55.5	59.2
19	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	202.8	56.3	76.5	48.2	75.3
20	University of Oslo University of Oslo Norway	202.2	66.3	54.6	71.9	68.3
21	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	201.9	60.4	74.9	55.0	68.3
22	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	199.2	75.9	65.2	61.0	46.5
23	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	195.6	69.8	56.4	64.5	56.3
24	University College London University College London United Kingdom	195.4	63.4	65.2	57.9	61.9
25	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	193.8	63.4	49.8	42.8	69.5
26	Florida State University Florida State University United States	192.9	58.2	71.7	52.1	64.5
27	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	190.9	71.3	51.9	64.1	51.6
28	Syracuse University Syracuse University United States	187.6	49.9	95.5	31.4	61.9
29	University of Exeter University of Exeter United Kingdom	186.2	47.7	95.0	65.7	60.6
30	University of Antwerp University of Antwerp Belgium	184.6	55.9	73.5	62.7	57.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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