2018 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.

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	319.2	100.0	83.4	75.0	100.0	100.0
2	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	232.2	83.0	70.7	78.2	64.6	0.0
3	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	213.9	81.6	66.5	68.2	51.4	0.0
4	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	213.4	72.8	70.5	61.9	62.8	0.0
5	University of Surrey University of Surrey United Kingdom	205.6	53.9	88.0	90.3	54.4	86.6
6	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	198.5	59.9	74.3	62.2	65.3	0.0
7	Temple University Temple University United States	189.4	60.9	78.3	70.5	51.9	0.0
8	Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University South Korea	188.4	57.6	76.1	86.9	55.2	0.0
9	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States	185.7	50.5	98.8	70.2	53.6	0.0
10	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University China	184.0	52.0	81.1	86.6	56.8	0.0
11	University of Central Florida University of Central Florida United States	180.8	52.4	79.8	58.3	56.4	0.0
12	Bournemouth University Bournemouth University United Kingdom	180.2	56.8	83.6	68.0	46.4	0.0
13	University of Florida University of Florida United States	173.5	56.0	75.2	64.6	45.4	0.0
14	Sejong University Sejong University South Korea	170.9	46.7	86.8	86.4	48.8	0.0
15	Washington State University Washington State University United States	167.6	42.9	98.1	73.2	46.9	0.0
16	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	162.1	55.8	67.0	64.8	38.5	0.0
17	The University of Waikato The University of Waikato New Zealand	157.4	52.0	65.4	81.9	38.5	0.0
18	Florida State University Florida State University United States	157.0	52.7	64.9	71.4	38.5	0.0
19	University of Nevada-Las Vegas University of Nevada-Las Vegas United States	156.7	44.0	87.2	53.9	41.8	0.0
20	University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg South Africa	155.8	49.1	79.6	88.7	33.5	0.0
21	Monash University Monash University Australia	155.2	51.8	71.0	66.2	35.4	0.0
22	Loughborough University Loughborough University United Kingdom	153.7	72.0	66.5	57.9	6.7	0.0
23	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo Canada	153.6	51.1	84.6	78.3	26.8	0.0
24	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia United States	153.1	48.9	77.6	61.7	34.8	0.0
25	University of South Australia University of South Australia Australia	152.7	53.5	59.1	74.1	35.4	0.0
26	Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University United Kingdom	149.9	35.4	68.7	78.7	37.3	86.6
27	University of Otago University of Otago New Zealand	148.1	54.8	61.7	74.9	27.6	0.0
28	Southern Cross University Southern Cross University Australia	147.6	48.6	71.0	71.3	32.1	0.0
29	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	147.1	48.9	64.1	56.9	36.1	0.0
30	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde United Kingdom	146.8	39.9	60.0	77.7	29.2	100.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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