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	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	391.2	88.3	87.1	79.3	100.0	100.0
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	351.4	80.2	94.2	79.7	81.5	79.5
3	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	350.4	100.0	70.6	72.0	95.7	69.7
4	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	348.4	89.8	88.0	81.4	87.9	66.4
5	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	339.4	82.5	87.1	80.1	94.5	59.4
6	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	336.9	84.8	90.0	84.0	66.7	78.6
7	Princeton University Princeton University United States	335.9	71.5	88.4	78.6	79.8	80.4
8	Harvard University Harvard University United States	331.8	88.4	84.9	84.4	78.6	63.0
9	University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11) University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11) France	302.4	78.2	81.8	86.4	88.7	36.4
10	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	299.0	59.8	92.1	91.4	69.4	59.4
11	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	294.3	99.3	78.2	87.0	99.4	0.0
12	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	294.1	58.5	91.6	77.2	57.9	70.7
13	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	293.3	61.3	80.2	75.8	59.4	77.2
14	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	289.5	59.6	82.7	89.0	56.7	72.8
15	University of Washington University of Washington United States	283.1	55.9	94.5	79.4	53.8	63.0
16	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	269.5	88.4	84.0	86.5	79.8	0.0
17	Cornell University Cornell University United States	267.9	53.4	85.4	77.1	49.5	64.2
18	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	267.3	78.0	87.2	87.9	84.5	0.0
19	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	266.1	62.1	88.8	75.8	58.0	42.0
20	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	259.5	72.9	86.5	78.7	84.3	0.0
21	Columbia University Columbia University United States	259.0	55.6	97.8	82.4	54.8	34.3
22	University of Munich University of Munich Germany	251.8	58.5	88.4	87.4	61.7	25.7
23	University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 France	251.7	72.1	89.7	90.4	71.9	0.0
24	Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Belgium	250.4	42.0	87.8	89.3	43.3	59.4
25	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	249.0	88.8	72.7	62.8	75.0	0.0
26	Nagoya University Nagoya University Japan	248.6	63.1	64.7	69.5	47.5	59.4
27	Ecole Normale Superieure - Paris Ecole Normale Superieure - Paris France	247.0	38.2	91.3	83.1	52.4	48.5
28	Sapienza University of Rome Sapienza University of Rome Italy	246.6	66.1	88.1	88.0	74.9	0.0
29	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	243.0	49.9	85.1	82.2	49.5	42.0
30	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	242.5	70.8	81.2	85.8	73.3	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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