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.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	275.8	93.3
2	Stanford University Stanford University	257.4	76.2
3	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	249.8	78.0
4	Michigan State University Michigan State University	244.3	84.8
5	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	242.6	83.6
6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	237.8	83.7
7	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	234.7	82.2
8	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	232.6	77.2
9	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	231.2	82.2
10	Arizona State University Arizona State University	214.8	81.0
11	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	214.7	74.0
12	University College London University College London	214.5	100.0
13	University of Washington University of Washington	214.5	71.7
14	New York University New York University	211.7	67.4
15	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	211.6	67.8
16	Monash University Monash University	211.5	87.5
17	Columbia University Columbia University	211.1	79.9
18	University of Virginia University of Virginia	206.5	65.5
19	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	201.9	73.7
20	University of Southern California University of Southern California	200.8	59.1
21	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus	200.6	65.9
22	Florida State University Florida State University	197.2	65.3
23	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	196.3	68.7
24	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder	193.1	57.5
25	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	192.3	70.2
26	Vanderbilt University Peabody College Vanderbilt University Peabody College	192.1	45.4
27	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	189.6	42.8
28	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	188.8	75.6
29	University of Sydney University of Sydney	187.6	80.2
30	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	185.7	78.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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