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	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	355.0	62.9
2	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	301.3	54.3
3	University of Washington University of Washington	300.5	54.4
4	Harvard University Harvard University	289.5	68.8
5	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	280.2	41.2
6	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	275.7	46.2
7	King's College London King's College London	274.8	60.8
8	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	274.4	41.6
9	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo	269.7	100.0
10	University of Florida University of Florida	258.8	47.3
11	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York	253.7	36.0
12	New York University New York University	252.3	56.5
13	University of Southern California University of Southern California	248.7	43.2
14	University College London University College London	247.6	53.6
15	University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Alabama at Birmingham	245.7	38.3
16	Augusta University Augusta University	243.4	44.3
17	University of Bern University of Bern	242.9	62.8
18	University of Turku University of Turku	239.5	39.6
19	KU Leuven KU Leuven	235.5	43.0
20	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus	235.0	35.9
21	Osaka University Osaka University	234.5	41.2
22	University of Toronto University of Toronto	232.5	45.7
23	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	232.1	39.2
24	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	230.9	46.9
25	University of Zurich University of Zurich	229.9	61.3
26	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg	226.6	60.7
27	University of Maryland, Baltimore University of Maryland, Baltimore	226.4	39.1
28	McGill University McGill University	220.3	32.0
29	Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo Medical and Dental University	220.1	55.9
30	Boston University Boston University	217.4	36.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.