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	Stanford University Stanford University	309.3	78.0
2	Harvard University Harvard University	303.5	95.4
3	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	285.9	86.3
4	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	283.2	81.8
5	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	282.1	85.3
6	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	281.7	80.4
7	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	274.9	86.0
8	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	266.8	83.7
9	Michigan State University Michigan State University	264.4	83.6
10	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	263.2	68.4
11	Arizona State University Arizona State University	250.6	82.2
12	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	248.1	73.8
13	University of Virginia University of Virginia	246.5	65.3
14	Columbia University Columbia University	238.0	82.1
15	University of Washington University of Washington	236.1	73.4
16	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus	235.6	66.9
17	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	233.4	67.5
18	Florida State University Florida State University	231.4	67.7
19	Monash University Monash University	230.4	85.6
20	University of Southern California University of Southern California	230.2	59.1
21	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	228.0	73.4
22	Vanderbilt University Peabody College Vanderbilt University Peabody College	226.2	47.3
23	New York University New York University	224.9	63.1
24	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	223.2	71.0
25	University College London University College London	214.9	100.0
26	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder	214.1	57.9
27	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	203.8	77.3
28	Columbia University Teachers College Columbia University Teachers College	201.1	67.8
29	University of Oxford University of Oxford	199.4	66.0
30	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	197.8	73.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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