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.

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	351.4	100.0
2	New York University New York University	236.3	88.1
3	Columbia University Columbia University	230.8	81.9
4	University of Chicago University of Chicago	229.9	74.1
5	Yale University Yale University	210.9	77.3
6	Georgetown University Georgetown University	195.9	71.7
7	The George Washington University The George Washington University	187.5	68.4
8	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	187.3	71.6
9	University of Oxford University of Oxford	185.1	83.5
10	Duke University Duke University	179.2	58.6
11	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	174.1	69.7
12	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	173.8	49.1
13	Florida State University Florida State University	171.8	57.0
14	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	169.2	86.9
15	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	168.2	64.9
16	London School of Economics and Political Science	159.5	61.7
17	Northwestern University Northwestern University	158.9	62.2
18	Stanford University Stanford University	151.4	67.9
19	Fordham University Fordham University	143.9	52.1
20	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis	143.4	40.4
21	University of Virginia University of Virginia	141.1	61.6
22	Arizona State University Arizona State University	140.0	60.1
23	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	137.5	59.3
24	University of Toronto University of Toronto	137.3	65.3
25	University of Southern California University of Southern California	136.2	49.7
26	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	134.6	63.3
27	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	132.6	55.2
28	Monash University Monash University	132.4	66.2
29	George Mason University George Mason University	129.6	54.5
30	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	129.3	54.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.