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	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	319.2	100.0
2	Griffith University Griffith University	232.2	83.0
3	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	213.9	81.6
4	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	213.4	72.8
5	University of Surrey University of Surrey	205.6	53.9
6	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	198.5	59.9
7	Temple University Temple University	189.4	60.9
8	Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University	188.4	57.6
9	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	185.7	50.5
10	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	184.0	52.0
11	University of Central Florida University of Central Florida	180.8	52.4
12	Bournemouth University Bournemouth University	180.2	56.8
13	University of Florida University of Florida	173.5	56.0
14	Sejong University Sejong University	170.9	46.7
15	Washington State University Washington State University	167.6	42.9
16	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	162.1	55.8
17	The University of Waikato The University of Waikato	157.4	52.0
18	Florida State University Florida State University	157.0	52.7
19	University of Nevada-Las Vegas University of Nevada-Las Vegas	156.7	44.0
20	University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg	155.8	49.1
21	Monash University Monash University	155.2	51.8
22	Loughborough University Loughborough University	153.7	72.0
23	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo	153.6	51.1
24	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia	153.1	48.9
25	University of South Australia University of South Australia	152.7	53.5
26	Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University	149.9	35.4
27	University of Otago University of Otago	148.1	54.8
28	Southern Cross University Southern Cross University	147.6	48.6
29	Michigan State University Michigan State University	147.1	48.9
30	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde	146.8	39.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.