Shanghai Ranking officially has released the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2018 today. CSU’s 28 subjects make the list, increasing by 7 from 2017 and improving the ranking from 17 in 2017 to 13 among colleges and universities in the Mainland of China.
Table 1 Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2018—rankings of colleges and universities in the Mainland of China
Ranking in the Mainland of China |
University name |
Number of No. 1 subjects |
Number of top 10 subjects |
Number of top 100 subjects |
Total number of subjects on the list |
2018 |
2017 |
Ranking variation |
2018 |
2017 |
2018 |
2017 |
2018 |
2017 |
2018 |
2017 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
Zhejiang University |
0 |
0 |
5 |
4 |
27 |
24 |
45 |
34 |
2 |
1 |
-1 |
Peking University |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
29 |
30 |
44 |
42 |
3 |
2 |
-1 |
Tsinghua University |
1 |
1 |
9 |
7 |
29 |
26 |
43 |
37 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
Sun Yat Sen University |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
15 |
8 |
40 |
31 |
5 |
3 |
-2 |
Shanghai Jiaotong University |
1 |
1 |
6 |
4 |
23 |
22 |
38 |
34 |
6 |
9 |
3 |
Wuhan University |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
13 |
11 |
36 |
27 |
7 |
6 |
-1 |
Nanjing University |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
11 |
34 |
29 |
8 |
7 |
-1 |
Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
12 |
32 |
28 |
9 |
8 |
-1 |
Fudan University |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
9 |
31 |
28 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
Tongji University |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
8 |
31 |
25 |
11 |
11 |
0 |
Shandong University |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
30 |
25 |
12 |
16 |
4 |
Xiamen University |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
30 |
22 |
13 |
17 |
4 |
Central South University |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
28 |
21 |
The seven new subjects, i.e. Communication and Transportation Engineering, Control Science & Engineering, Statistics, Communication Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Earth Sciences and Management, have made their debut on the list, a leapfrog progress especially for Communication and Transportation Engineering, Control Science & Engineering, Earth Sciences and Management have made a leapfrog progress.
Table 2 Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2018—subjects of CSU
Subjects on the list |
Global ranking |
Ranking variation |
Number of universities on the list |
2018 |
2017 |
-1 |
2018 |
2017 |
Metallurgical Engineering |
2 |
1 |
1 |
200 |
200 |
Mining Engineering |
2 |
3 |
Progressed |
98 |
50 |
Chemical Engineering |
51-75 |
76-100 |
Flat |
492 |
300 |
Nursing |
76-100 |
76-100 |
New |
293 |
100 |
Communication and Transportation Engineering |
76-100 |
- |
Progressed |
200 |
100 |
Energy Science & Engineering |
76-100 |
101-150 |
New |
500 |
300 |
Control Science & Engineering |
101-150 |
- |
Progressed |
193 |
100 |
Biological Engineering |
101-150 |
151-200 |
Progressed |
499 |
300 |
Instrument Science |
101-150 |
151-200 |
Progressed |
300 |
300 |
Materials Science & Engineering |
101-150 |
151-200 |
Progressed |
500 |
500 |
Civil Engineering |
101-150 |
101-150 |
Flat |
300 |
300 |
Computer Science & Engineering |
151-200 |
101-150 |
Regressed |
500 |
500 |
Mechanical Engineering |
151-200 |
201-300 |
Progressed |
300 |
300 |
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology |
151-200 |
101-150 |
Regressed |
398 |
300 |
Mathematics |
151-200 |
151-200 |
Flat |
500 |
500 |
Statistics |
151-200 |
- |
New |
200 |
200 |
Communication Engineering |
151-200 |
- |
New |
200 |
200 |
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences |
151-200 |
201-300 |
Progressed |
500 |
500 |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
201-300 |
401-500 |
Progressed (by two levels)475 |
499 |
500 |
Public Health |
201-300 |
201-300 |
Flat |
475 |
500 |
Chemistry |
201-300 |
201-300 |
Flat |
500 |
500 |
Environmental Science & Engineering |
201-300 |
201-300 |
Flat |
500 |
500 |
Biomedical Engineering |
201-300 |
- |
New |
300 |
300 |
Earth Sciences |
301-400 |
- |
New |
498 |
300 |
Basic Medicine |
201-300 |
301-400 |
Progressed |
500 |
500 |
Clinical Medicine |
301-400 |
301-400 |
Flat |
500 |
500 |
Management |
301-400 |
- |
New |
499 |
400 |
Biological Sciences |
401-500 |
301-400 |
Regressed |
500 |
500 |
The ranking includes over 4,000 universities around the world, with over 1,600 universities from 83 countries and regions making the list. Chinese mainland has 202 universities making the list with 1,700 times of being listed in total, ranking second globally only next to the United States.
Shanghai Ranking’s ranking indicator system for this time is basically made up of the same five indicator of the last year, i.e. PUB, CNCI, IC, TOP and AWARD.
Source: “Double First-class” Construction Office