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.

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	291.2	100.0
2	Yale University Yale University	268.8	78.2
3	Columbia University Columbia University	221.3	80.6
4	New York University New York University	219.1	87.2
5	University of Chicago University of Chicago	209.5	74.0
6	Georgetown University Georgetown University	194.6	71.2
7	Stanford University Stanford University	185.9	68.3
8	University of Oxford University of Oxford	185.8	89.3
9	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	183.7	69.4
10	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	178.3	69.8
11	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	171.3	62.4
12	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	170.1	87.8
13	University of Virginia University of Virginia	168.4	61.7
14	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	167.9	60.8
15	Duke University Duke University	160.0	58.3
16	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	154.1	48.1
17	The George Washington University The George Washington University	153.2	66.4
18	George Mason University George Mason University	153.1	54.8
19	Florida State University Florida State University	152.6	56.7
20	London School of Economics and Political Science	149.2	63.2
21	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	147.5	55.6
22	Northwestern University Northwestern University	147.3	62.8
23	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	147.0	63.4
24	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	144.8	53.7
25	Arizona State University Arizona State University	141.3	60.8
26	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	139.9	58.6
27	Fordham University Fordham University	138.3	52.9
28	Cornell University Cornell University	137.1	55.2
29	University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati	135.8	54.2
30	University of Toronto University of Toronto	134.0	63.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.