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.

301 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	287.9	100.0
2	University College London University College London	224.1	58.3
3	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	223.5	68.8
4	University of Toronto University of Toronto	219.6	65.8
5	Stanford University Stanford University	205.2	57.5
6	King's College London King's College London	203.4	44.2
7	University of Oxford University of Oxford	201.4	45.2
8	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	200.8	54.3
9	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	198.0	58.1
10	Utrecht University Utrecht University	196.3	49.2
11	Heidelberg University Heidelberg University	195.1	55.8
12	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen	193.3	41.1
13	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis	191.0	49.7
14	Imperial College London Imperial College London	190.9	40.9
15	University of Munich University of Munich	190.3	48.9
16	New York University New York University	188.1	55.4
17	Duke University Duke University	187.9	51.9
18	Technical University Munich Technical University Munich	185.8	43.6
19	KU Leuven KU Leuven	184.6	39.8
20	University of Zurich University of Zurich	184.3	45.3
21	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	183.1	51.3
22	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam	183.0	38.0
23	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	182.9	38.6
24	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	179.8	52.8
25	Medical University of Vienna Medical University of Vienna	179.5	42.1
26	McGill University McGill University	178.6	39.8
27	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	178.6	46.7
28	Yale University Yale University	177.2	41.9
29	Humboldt University of Berlin Humboldt University of Berlin	177.0	45.0
30	Northwestern University Northwestern University	176.9	50.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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