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	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	378.4	80.8	84.9	77.8	97.2	100.0
2	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	353.6	85.5	91.0	79.5	100.0	61.2
3	Columbia University Columbia University United States	346.7	71.0	90.6	86.6	81.2	86.6
4	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	338.8	75.6	81.7	92.5	63.0	100.0
5	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	313.1	58.8	83.9	77.2	68.4	86.6
6	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	285.4	94.2	87.2	95.2	85.0	0.0
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	271.4	63.5	84.2	81.7	72.0	35.4
8	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	268.2	94.1	75.1	90.9	80.9	0.0
9	Harvard University Harvard University United States	259.2	50.1	91.0	81.1	51.8	50.0
10	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	255.4	60.2	81.6	95.6	44.5	50.0
11	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	253.3	74.7	80.9	82.1	81.3	0.0
12	University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 France	252.2	56.7	80.3	89.0	62.1	35.4
13	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	252.0	78.5	87.6	96.5	66.7	0.0
14	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	246.5	64.3	81.9	84.8	83.3	0.0
15	University of Washington University of Washington United States	243.0	66.7	91.3	78.1	69.4	0.0
16	University of Bristol University of Bristol United Kingdom	241.4	73.1	90.2	92.6	59.6	0.0
17	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	240.1	83.1	80.4	75.5	61.5	0.0
18	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	239.8	72.1	86.7	93.5	62.2	0.0
19	University of Iowa University of Iowa United States	238.2	38.4	81.6	78.7	52.5	50.0
20	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	234.3	83.5	65.8	74.2	70.1	0.0
21	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes France	232.8	76.4	80.2	91.8	57.8	0.0
22	University of Leeds University of Leeds United Kingdom	229.3	64.2	86.9	91.4	59.8	0.0
23	University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines France	227.3	59.0	96.4	94.7	53.0	0.0
24	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	226.4	57.0	90.0	82.4	62.9	0.0
25	The Australian National University The Australian National University Australia	226.2	69.0	83.2	93.3	55.3	0.0
26	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences China	224.7	93.6	71.2	75.7	44.8	0.0
27	University College London University College London United Kingdom	220.2	63.8	85.8	92.4	52.1	0.0
28	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	220.1	64.0	81.5	90.5	56.5	0.0
29	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	219.4	66.5	84.0	81.3	52.6	0.0
30	Stanford University Stanford University United States	217.0	66.9	76.7	74.0	58.6	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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