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	University of Chicago University of Chicago	354.0	75.1
2	Harvard University Harvard University	348.4	99.4
3	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	308.4	80.6
4	Columbia University Columbia University	308.1	80.2
5	Princeton University Princeton University	305.8	60.7
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	293.5	71.3
7	New York University New York University	287.1	74.7
8	London School of Economics and Political Science	282.1	100.0
9	Stanford University Stanford University	281.3	79.0
10	Yale University Yale University	258.8	68.7
11	Northwestern University Northwestern University	236.6	66.2
12	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	235.2	73.8
13	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	224.4	57.2
14	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	221.0	70.1
15	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	217.5	53.8
16	University of Oxford University of Oxford	216.3	92.1
17	Toulouse School of Economics Toulouse School of Economics	205.9	49.7
18	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	200.5	59.8
19	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	197.5	58.5
20	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	197.4	65.9
21	Duke University Duke University	195.6	66.2
22	Cornell University Cornell University	187.6	73.9
23	University College London University College London	185.4	64.9
24	University of Toronto University of Toronto	182.5	66.0
25	Arizona State University Arizona State University	182.2	48.9
26	George Mason University George Mason University	172.7	55.7
27	KU Leuven KU Leuven	172.3	75.1
28	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	171.9	57.6
29	University of Bonn University of Bonn	168.5	52.3
30	Tilburg University Tilburg University	165.1	63.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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