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	Erasmus University Erasmus University	278.3	100.0
2	London School of Economics and Political Science	265.5	92.6
3	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	258.9	75.9
4	Cardiff University Cardiff University	256.1	78.3
5	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	246.8	75.2
6	Aarhus University Aarhus University	245.8	73.5
7	Utrecht University Utrecht University	244.7	75.9
8	The Australian National University The Australian National University	225.8	86.7
9	Harvard University Harvard University	222.0	72.7
10	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham	213.0	78.0
11	University of Oxford University of Oxford	212.5	70.1
12	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	212.2	60.4
13	Arizona State University Arizona State University	210.9	70.1
14	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	210.5	70.5
15	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	208.3	68.2
16	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam	206.8	71.3
17	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh	205.1	66.7
18	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	204.5	72.0
19	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	202.8	56.3
20	University of Oslo University of Oslo	202.2	66.3
21	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	201.9	60.4
22	University of Toronto University of Toronto	199.2	75.9
23	KU Leuven KU Leuven	195.6	69.8
24	University College London University College London	195.4	63.4
25	University of Southern California University of Southern California	193.8	63.4
26	Florida State University Florida State University	192.9	58.2
27	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	190.9	71.3
28	Syracuse University Syracuse University	187.6	49.9
29	University of Exeter University of Exeter	186.2	47.7
30	University of Antwerp University of Antwerp	184.6	55.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.