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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Tongji University Tongji University	313.1	100.0
2	Lehigh University Lehigh University	252.1	39.7
3	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich	250.9	63.9
4	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	248.8	66.2
5	Polytechnic University of Madrid Polytechnic University of Madrid	226.9	59.4
6	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	226.1	85.8
7	National Technical University of Athens National Technical University of Athens	217.2	54.7
8	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	213.7	72.6
8	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	213.7	67.9
10	University of Canterbury University of Canterbury	204.2	36.4
11	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	202.4	59.2
12	Western University Western University	201.9	42.0
13	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	197.3	39.6
14	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	192.8	56.4
15	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	189.9	56.1
16	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York	185.3	40.3
17	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo	183.9	47.1
18	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	183.7	77.8
19	University of Toronto University of Toronto	181.7	50.9
20	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	180.2	63.6
21	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	176.2	75.8
22	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	174.4	76.6
23	Seoul National University Seoul National University	174.3	56.0
24	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	174.2	56.4
25	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne	173.8	53.8
26	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	173.3	75.5
26	University of Stuttgart University of Stuttgart	173.3	36.0
28	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	172.8	59.2
29	McMaster University McMaster University	172.0	36.4
30	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	171.7	69.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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