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.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	261.3	82.3
2	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	248.1	80.8
3	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	239.5	63.3
4	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	239.4	85.4
5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	237.0	82.3
6	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	236.9	80.5
7	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	234.7	83.1
8	Arizona State University Arizona State University	227.9	75.7
9	University of Toronto University of Toronto	225.6	68.9
10	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	225.5	100.0
11	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	224.6	69.1
12	INSEAD INSEAD	224.1	56.6
13	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology	216.6	80.0
14	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	216.2	69.0
15	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	211.8	74.5
16	Stanford University Stanford University	211.0	61.8
17	New York University New York University	208.7	60.1
18	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	208.7	82.8
19	University of Montreal University of Montreal	206.4	84.4
20	Columbia University Columbia University	204.8	60.2
21	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	202.1	62.8
22	Cornell University Cornell University	201.9	67.7
23	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	201.1	63.7
24	Michigan State University Michigan State University	200.7	68.1
25	University of Warwick University of Warwick	199.4	72.6
26	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	199.1	69.3
27	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	197.1	65.1
28	University of Southern California University of Southern California	197.0	60.3
29	Northwestern University Northwestern University	194.5	61.0
30	The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas	193.9	59.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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