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	323.1	94.9
2	Stanford University Stanford University	315.4	78.0
3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	302.8	92.7
4	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	293.9	85.0
5	Columbia University Columbia University	284.4	74.7
6	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	281.0	80.1
7	New York University New York University	275.3	75.6
8	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	266.7	89.2
9	Princeton University Princeton University	260.9	67.7
10	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	258.6	73.8
11	Cornell University Cornell University	258.2	85.8
12	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	252.7	69.7
13	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	244.5	74.2
14	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	242.1	68.9
15	University of Oxford University of Oxford	241.8	100.0
16	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	238.4	69.1
17	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	236.2	76.1
18	University of Washington University of Washington	233.8	61.2
19	University of Chicago University of Chicago	232.8	66.1
20	Duke University Duke University	228.7	61.2
21	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	228.1	69.3
22	Yale University Yale University	222.5	68.7
23	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	220.1	72.3
24	Northwestern University Northwestern University	219.6	66.5
25	University of Toronto University of Toronto	212.1	81.1
26	University of Southern California University of Southern California	208.0	62.3
27	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	206.9	63.6
28	University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst	200.9	56.2
29	Arizona State University Arizona State University	198.1	69.1
30	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	197.1	82.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.