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	263.2	89.1
2	Stanford University Stanford University	256.7	74.1
3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	250.7	86.5
4	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	240.6	77.7
5	University of Oxford University of Oxford	239.5	100.0
6	Columbia University Columbia University	228.4	67.5
7	New York University New York University	228.2	71.7
8	University of Toronto University of Toronto	221.2	86.3
9	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	219.8	76.2
10	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	219.5	84.5
11	Cornell University Cornell University	218.2	81.9
12	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	217.1	71.5
13	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	212.2	69.4
14	Yale University Yale University	209.2	66.9
15	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	207.4	73.0
16	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	204.0	68.8
17	Princeton University Princeton University	203.5	59.2
18	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	200.8	67.6
19	University of Chicago University of Chicago	199.8	67.8
20	Northwestern University Northwestern University	199.2	66.7
21	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	195.9	93.0
22	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	194.9	63.1
23	Duke University Duke University	192.8	55.9
24	University of Washington University of Washington	192.4	58.0
25	London School of Economics and Political Science	189.7	81.0
26	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	184.2	79.8
27	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	182.4	66.9
28	Utrecht University Utrecht University	181.0	69.7
29	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	180.6	63.3
30	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	177.1	60.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.