2019 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking first introduced the world university rankings by academic subjects in 2009, which was officially renamed the ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) in 2017. GRAS evaluates world universities across 57 subjects in the fields of Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. GRAS is based on nine objective indicators grouped into five categories: World-Class Faculty, World-Class Research Output, High-Quality Research, Research Impact, and International Collaboration. Each year, GRAS presents around 20,000 subject units from approximately 2,000 universities across some 100 countries and regions.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Princeton University Princeton University United States	362.9	60.0	90.0	64.6	100.0	100.0
2	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	311.8	94.1	75.6	71.2	95.7	32.2
3	New York University New York University United States	306.3	53.3	94.4	68.2	70.7	74.3
4	Stanford University Stanford University United States	304.9	60.5	93.1	61.0	86.6	52.5
5	University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11) University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11) France	299.5	66.8	71.9	69.5	72.6	74.3
6	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	293.0	71.1	77.8	73.3	70.7	58.7
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	288.8	72.2	86.4	65.2	85.0	32.2
8	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	287.6	60.4	85.0	75.7	74.5	52.5
9	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	278.3	58.1	85.0	66.3	76.4	45.5
10	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	266.1	57.8	77.8	78.3	62.4	52.5
11	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	264.9	65.6	84.2	62.5	76.4	26.3
12	Harvard University Harvard University United States	259.6	44.5	85.2	63.7	79.9	37.1
13	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	257.3	52.1	83.7	68.0	70.7	37.1
14	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	251.0	57.9	84.6	64.8	50.0	45.5
15	Stony Brook University Stony Brook University United States	248.8	40.9	79.9	65.7	62.4	52.5
16	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	238.5	58.2	78.4	74.3	50.0	37.1
17	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	236.8	52.4	89.6	65.7	81.6	0.0
18	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	227.5	61.6	85.3	80.6	64.5	0.0
19	Columbia University Columbia University United States	225.4	50.2	91.5	64.8	70.7	0.0
20	Kyoto University Kyoto University Japan	224.8	60.4	68.6	59.2	57.7	26.3
21	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel	224.5	48.7	65.7	78.0	62.4	32.2
22	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	221.3	65.2	77.6	80.8	62.4	0.0
23	KTH Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden	221.0	41.9	73.7	79.0	44.1	45.5
24	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	218.8	51.3	77.7	67.7	50.0	26.3
25	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	217.1	65.1	67.8	68.7	44.1	26.3
26	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	214.6	47.2	82.7	76.1	37.3	32.2
27	Ecole Normale Superieure - Lyon Ecole Normale Superieure - Lyon France	213.7	35.5	76.8	69.9	55.3	32.2
28	Paris Dauphine University (Paris 9) Paris Dauphine University (Paris 9) France	213.6	40.0	85.1	70.5	37.3	37.1
29	University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 France	212.6	64.6	75.7	72.8	57.7	0.0
30	University of Bonn University of Bonn Germany	209.9	56.2	78.9	73.2	60.1	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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