2018 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking began publishing the world university rankings by academic subjects in 2009. Building on this foundation, the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) was introduced in 2017 with an enhanced methodology.The 2024 edition of GRAS evaluates universities in 55 subjects across five broad fields: Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. Among more than 5,000 universities worldwide, over 1,900 institutions from 96 countries and regions are presented.GRAS relies on a comprehensive set of objective academic indicators and independent third-party data to assess performance at the subject level. The evaluation spans five major dimensions: World-Class Faculty, World-Class Output, High-Quality Research, Research Impact, and International Collaboration.The index of international academic awards is based on Academic Excellence Survey (AES) conducted by ShanghaiRanking.

293 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	285.4	77.0
2	King's College London King's College London	245.0	48.7
3	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	238.8	62.8
4	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen	224.4	38.6
5	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute	223.1	61.8
6	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	220.3	60.4
7	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney	220.3	60.1
8	KU Leuven KU Leuven	217.7	35.3
9	Maastricht University Maastricht University	216.6	35.6
10	University of Southampton University of Southampton	216.3	33.4
11	Griffith University Griffith University	215.8	56.9
12	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	212.7	53.0
13	University of Toronto University of Toronto	210.8	59.1
14	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	210.2	41.5
15	Emory University Emory University	210.1	54.7
16	University of Washington University of Washington	209.4	54.7
17	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	208.8	45.4
18	New York University New York University	208.6	54.9
19	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	207.1	57.4
20	Ghent University Ghent University	205.4	34.0
21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	204.2	64.5
22	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam	202.4	35.6
23	University of Basel University of Basel	200.9	30.8
24	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	200.9	47.3
25	University of Sydney University of Sydney	200.8	58.6
26	Duke University Duke University	198.6	65.5
27	Chang Gung University Chang Gung University	197.6	37.2
28	National Taiwan University National Taiwan University	194.2	34.7
29	Columbia University Columbia University	194.0	48.5
30	University of Kansas University of Kansas	191.4	40.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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