2018 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.

499 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	361.1	98.6
2	University of Chicago University of Chicago	354.9	75.3
3	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	314.4	84.1
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	309.4	72.8
5	Columbia University Columbia University	308.7	80.1
6	Princeton University Princeton University	307.7	60.0
7	Stanford University Stanford University	288.1	81.0
8	London School of Economics and Political Science	285.1	100.0
9	New York University New York University	274.7	72.1
10	Yale University Yale University	258.6	68.1
11	Northwestern University Northwestern University	236.8	65.2
12	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	233.0	73.9
13	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	224.2	57.1
14	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	219.1	69.5
15	University of Oxford University of Oxford	217.5	93.0
16	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	209.6	52.2
17	Toulouse School of Economics Toulouse School of Economics	203.4	49.5
18	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	201.5	59.7
19	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	197.0	67.2
20	Duke University Duke University	196.9	66.3
21	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	193.7	56.6
22	University College London University College London	190.4	68.6
23	Cornell University Cornell University	189.0	74.3
24	University of Toronto University of Toronto	184.6	67.0
25	Arizona State University Arizona State University	184.5	51.0
26	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	170.5	69.2
27	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	170.4	58.8
28	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	169.9	57.1
29	University of Warwick University of Warwick	167.1	58.0
30	George Mason University George Mason University	165.7	53.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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