2017 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking began to publish world university ranking by academic subjects in 2009. By introducing improved methodology, the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) was first published in 2017. The 2024 GRAS contains rankings of universities in 55 subjects across Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. More than 1,900 out of 5,000 universities across 96 countries and regions are finally listed in the rankings. The GRAS rankings use a range of objective academic indicators and third-party data to measure the performance of world universities in respective subjects, covering in 5 major evaluation categories such as 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.

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Ghent University Ghent University	376.9	78.8
2	Utrecht University Utrecht University	356.8	69.1
3	The Royal Veterinary College The Royal Veterinary College	345.3	77.5
4	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh	323.8	66.8
5	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	321.3	100.0
6	University of Liverpool University of Liverpool	307.7	60.4
7	University of Zurich University of Zurich	289.4	71.0
8	University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna	287.3	70.7
9	Autonomous University of Barcelona Autonomous University of Barcelona	281.5	57.1
10	Colorado State University Colorado State University	276.8	79.8
11	University of Bristol University of Bristol	276.1	57.4
12	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	275.3	66.1
13	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	273.6	64.9
14	The University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow	272.3	49.9
15	Michigan State University Michigan State University	270.2	62.7
16	University of Bern University of Bern	268.0	59.5
17	Cornell University Cornell University	267.2	72.3
18	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	264.7	69.4
19	Complutense University of Madrid Complutense University of Madrid	264.6	50.6
20	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	264.4	62.5
21	University of Liege University of Liege	261.6	45.0
22	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	260.5	61.6
23	University of Florida University of Florida	256.1	69.6
24	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	255.9	52.9
25	University of Guelph University of Guelph	250.9	73.9
26	University of Sydney University of Sydney	249.4	57.1
27	Norwegian University of Life Sciences Norwegian University of Life Sciences	247.3	50.5
28	North Carolina State University - Raleigh	245.1	71.5
29	University of Wageningen University of Wageningen	243.8	49.9
30	University of Pretoria University of Pretoria	242.5	61.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.