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	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	332.6	91.2
2	Michigan State University Michigan State University	307.0	86.9
3	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	301.4	97.8
4	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	298.5	100.0
5	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	277.0	83.6
6	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	263.1	87.4
7	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	261.9	81.9
8	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	255.4	82.7
9	Cornell University Cornell University	247.4	62.3
10	Northwestern University Northwestern University	246.6	72.7
11	University of Washington University of Washington	244.1	65.7
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	237.7	73.3
13	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara	236.0	66.2
14	University of Southern California University of Southern California	234.2	68.9
15	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	233.9	74.6
16	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam	217.1	58.2
17	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	213.5	72.0
18	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	204.6	62.8
19	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	201.5	66.9
20	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	201.2	49.8
21	University of Munich University of Munich	200.5	53.5
22	University of Kentucky University of Kentucky	200.4	60.0
23	University of Zurich University of Zurich	198.3	58.4
24	London School of Economics and Political Science	197.7	64.3
25	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	195.9	61.6
26	Harvard University Harvard University	195.5	61.0
27	Ghent University Ghent University	194.4	60.0
28	University of Arizona University of Arizona	193.4	65.2
29	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	192.5	68.5
30	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	190.1	57.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.