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.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	298.3	100.0
2	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	228.5	70.0
3	University College London University College London	227.5	68.8
4	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	222.3	60.4
5	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	214.2	61.2
6	University of Toronto University of Toronto	211.8	65.3
7	Stanford University Stanford University	210.9	54.2
8	University of Oxford University of Oxford	208.0	56.8
9	Yale University Yale University	203.0	53.9
10	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	200.8	57.1
11	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	200.1	54.8
12	Columbia University Columbia University	199.7	52.0
13	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis	198.8	47.9
14	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	198.2	40.4
15	University of Washington University of Washington	197.8	55.3
16	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6	195.8	54.3
17	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus	194.7	57.3
18	University of Munich University of Munich	193.9	52.7
19	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute	192.8	54.4
20	The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	190.0	49.6
21	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	189.9	46.4
22	King's College London King's College London	189.2	47.1
23	McGill University McGill University	189.1	50.9
24	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	187.7	50.5
25	Emory University Emory University	187.3	50.3
26	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	187.0	52.2
27	University of Zurich University of Zurich	186.2	46.7
28	Free University Berlin Free University Berlin	186.0	52.1
29	Duke University Duke University	183.7	49.3
30	Humboldt University of Berlin Humboldt University of Berlin	183.5	50.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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