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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	277.1	87.7
2	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	264.0	100.0
3	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	256.7	98.4
4	Michigan State University Michigan State University	246.7	87.0
5	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	220.4	81.9
6	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	218.1	81.4
7	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	215.0	80.0
8	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara	212.5	68.7
9	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	211.9	83.5
10	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	211.2	76.4
11	Cornell University Cornell University	203.8	61.7
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	203.1	75.6
13	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	202.8	74.3
14	Northwestern University Northwestern University	196.9	71.2
15	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam	196.1	56.0
16	University of Arizona University of Arizona	195.4	64.8
17	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	195.1	71.2
18	University of Southern California University of Southern California	194.7	72.9
19	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	183.2	66.3
20	University of Washington University of Washington	181.7	63.4
21	University of Zurich University of Zurich	180.5	58.8
22	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	177.9	63.4
23	University of Munich University of Munich	171.9	59.3
24	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	170.1	66.3
25	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	169.0	65.2
26	University of Vienna University of Vienna	168.9	59.3
27	Arizona State University Arizona State University	166.8	60.3
28	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	166.8	66.1
29	University of Kentucky University of Kentucky	164.7	59.1
30	The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa	163.9	68.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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