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 Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	302.9	100.0	90.4	76.9	100.0
2	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	235.1	78.3	77.3	76.2	71.4
3	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	232.7	83.2	70.4	71.8	65.5
4	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	213.7	71.3	78.7	62.4	61.2
5	Loughborough University Loughborough University United Kingdom	202.9	75.2	68.6	57.0	50.2
6	University of Surrey University of Surrey United Kingdom	192.9	51.0	95.4	90.4	59.7
7	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	191.9	60.8	75.9	61.8	56.5
8	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States	186.4	49.1	100.0	67.6	55.9
9	Bournemouth University Bournemouth University United Kingdom	184.1	54.0	89.3	64.6	52.0
10	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham United Kingdom	183.6	55.7	71.3	52.3	59.1
11	Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University South Korea	181.7	56.1	81.3	91.9	47.6
12	University of Florida University of Florida United States	180.8	57.1	74.2	65.8	51.4
13	Temple University Temple University United States	180.7	60.6	80.5	72.9	42.2
14	University of Otago University of Otago New Zealand	174.0	55.9	67.6	73.7	48.9
15	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	173.3	54.7	74.2	65.3	47.6
16	The University of Waikato The University of Waikato New Zealand	170.2	53.0	72.8	80.4	46.3
17	Leeds Metropolitan University Leeds Metropolitan University United Kingdom	168.8	61.8	64.4	55.1	38.4
17	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University China	168.8	45.5	83.9	90.6	49.5
19	James Cook University James Cook University Australia	165.1	58.5	63.4	72.1	38.4
20	University of Central Florida University of Central Florida United States	165.0	48.9	80.0	59.6	45.7
21	Monash University Monash University Australia	164.8	48.7	80.0	61.8	45.7
22	Southern Cross University Southern Cross University Australia	164.5	50.7	73.4	67.1	45.0
23	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo Canada	163.2	46.0	93.7	81.8	39.2
24	Sejong University Sejong University South Korea	161.9	44.2	97.0	87.6	38.4
25	Cornell University Cornell University United States	158.8	41.2	68.6	61.8	56.5
26	University of South Australia University of South Australia Australia	156.8	52.1	56.7	73.6	42.9
27	Washington State University Washington State University United States	156.1	42.1	90.4	70.4	40.7
28	University of Nevada-Las Vegas University of Nevada-Las Vegas United States	155.6	41.5	90.7	51.2	42.9
29	University of Koeln University of Koeln Germany	152.9	48.9	71.6	78.4	35.9
30	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	152.2	42.9	73.9	73.4	43.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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