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	Harvard University Harvard University	327.1	97.2
2	Yale University Yale University	311.0	75.0
3	Princeton University Princeton University	308.9	69.3
4	London School of Economics and Political Science	307.3	99.1
5	Columbia University Columbia University	278.7	81.1
6	University of Oxford University of Oxford	278.5	100.0
7	Stanford University Stanford University	272.9	71.3
8	Duke University Duke University	232.5	56.0
9	New York University New York University	231.9	67.8
10	Georgetown University Georgetown University	227.2	70.9
11	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	227.1	51.1
12	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	217.5	56.5
13	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	216.1	65.6
14	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	213.0	57.8
15	The George Washington University The George Washington University	207.5	64.5
16	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	205.9	52.3
16	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	205.9	66.9
18	University of Essex University of Essex	203.4	54.1
19	University of Chicago University of Chicago	202.7	50.2
20	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	199.0	50.8
21	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	197.5	46.5
22	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	197.4	54.6
23	Northwestern University Northwestern University	197.3	45.7
24	The Australian National University The Australian National University	193.6	77.7
25	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	192.0	44.5
26	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	191.3	46.9
27	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich	190.8	47.9
28	University of Washington University of Washington	190.2	45.6
29	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder	189.1	45.6
30	Aarhus University Aarhus University	186.6	58.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.