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.

385 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	293.6	96.4
2	Yale University Yale University	263.3	70.8
3	Stanford University Stanford University	253.6	72.7
4	London School of Economics and Political Science	252.9	94.1
5	Princeton University Princeton University	247.7	68.5
6	Columbia University Columbia University	241.8	79.0
7	University of Oxford University of Oxford	237.0	100.0
8	New York University New York University	217.5	67.5
9	Duke University Duke University	201.7	55.9
10	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	195.1	64.3
11	Georgetown University Georgetown University	194.3	71.9
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	194.3	66.3
13	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	188.1	50.0
14	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	185.1	54.2
15	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	175.9	56.1
16	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	175.6	54.0
17	The George Washington University The George Washington University	171.8	63.2
18	The Australian National University The Australian National University	170.6	79.2
19	Aarhus University Aarhus University	168.7	59.9
20	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	168.1	44.9
21	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	168.0	50.3
22	University College London University College London	167.6	60.4
23	University of Essex University of Essex	166.8	52.6
24	Northwestern University Northwestern University	165.9	48.5
25	King's College London King's College London	165.5	77.8
26	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	165.4	49.7
27	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	164.5	50.0
28	University of Chicago University of Chicago	163.9	50.0
29	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	162.6	54.7
30	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	161.5	46.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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