2018 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.

44 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	275.8	100.0
2	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU	259.2	90.9
3	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	241.3	84.9
4	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon	240.6	77.3
5	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	216.1	61.1
6	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University	213.5	69.2
7	University of Cantabria University of Cantabria	209.1	40.1
8	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde	206.1	54.4
9	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	206.1	53.8
10	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	205.0	75.2
11	Plymouth University Plymouth University	203.5	55.8
12	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	200.0	53.8
13	Seoul National University Seoul National University	193.0	69.7
14	University of Southampton University of Southampton	191.9	51.0
15	Pusan National University Pusan National University	190.8	69.2
16	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	190.3	42.4
17	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	189.9	45.0
18	University College London University College London	186.6	46.4
19	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China	185.6	57.5
20	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark	183.9	53.8
21	University of Oklahoma - Norman University of Oklahoma - Norman	182.0	43.9
22	Hohai University Hohai University	181.9	59.5
23	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	179.6	53.2
24	Tianjin University Tianjin University	174.5	55.6
25	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo	174.0	54.4
26	University of Delaware University of Delaware	173.7	41.3
27	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	172.3	43.9
28	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	170.6	43.6
29	Newcastle University Newcastle University	170.0	56.4
30	Oregon State University Oregon State University	166.6	41.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.