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.

50 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	273.9	100.0
2	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU	268.6	98.9
3	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon	259.9	82.3
4	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	245.3	92.7
5	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	233.1	66.4
6	University of Cantabria University of Cantabria	222.8	46.5
7	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	216.2	58.6
8	Plymouth University Plymouth University	211.9	61.1
9	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	208.7	59.7
10	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University	208.0	67.0
11	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	203.7	76.2
12	Seoul National University Seoul National University	202.8	75.4
13	Colorado State University Colorado State University	202.7	45.1
14	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	202.4	52.9
14	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde	202.4	58.6
16	University of Southampton University of Southampton	201.9	55.6
17	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark	201.8	61.4
18	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	201.4	49.1
19	University of Oklahoma - Norman University of Oklahoma - Norman	196.7	50.0
20	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	195.1	61.8
21	Pusan National University Pusan National University	194.8	74.5
22	University College London University College London	193.5	49.6
23	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China	183.3	58.9
24	Hohai University Hohai University	180.4	58.6
25	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder	179.4	43.2
26	University of Washington University of Washington	179.2	44.6
27	Aalborg University Aalborg University	175.6	38.5
28	Griffith University Griffith University	174.2	36.8
29	University of Miami University of Miami	174.0	41.7
30	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	172.1	35.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.