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.

193 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	281.5	100.0
2	London School of Economics and Political Science	259.8	87.2
3	Aarhus University Aarhus University	257.8	75.7
4	Cardiff University Cardiff University	252.9	77.3
5	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	242.2	69.0
6	Utrecht University Utrecht University	240.1	73.4
7	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	226.8	71.7
8	Harvard University Harvard University	218.0	69.7
9	University of Oxford University of Oxford	216.2	75.4
10	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham	211.2	77.6
11	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	211.1	59.0
12	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh	208.5	68.6
13	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	206.9	57.7
14	The Australian National University The Australian National University	205.3	79.5
15	Arizona State University Arizona State University	205.2	63.0
16	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	202.2	64.5
17	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	201.5	54.2
18	University of Oslo University of Oslo	200.0	63.0
19	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	199.4	71.7
20	Leiden University Leiden University	197.2	57.7
21	University College London University College London	194.6	61.8
22	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	193.5	61.8
23	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	192.1	69.7
24	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam	188.5	67.5
25	Florida State University Florida State University	188.3	53.8
26	King's College London King's College London	187.4	51.9
27	KU Leuven KU Leuven	185.9	63.4
28	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	185.5	60.6
29	University of Toronto University of Toronto	185.2	73.8
30	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg	184.9	58.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.