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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	287.1	100.0	84.8	72.3	87.9
2	University College London University College London United Kingdom	282.2	83.8	84.3	70.4	100.0
3	Durham University Durham University United Kingdom	258.3	77.7	86.1	73.9	79.8
4	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	256.4	72.4	75.1	67.5	95.3
5	University of Exeter University of Exeter United Kingdom	253.6	65.2	85.2	76.6	87.9
6	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	252.4	90.4	79.8	74.0	67.4
7	University of Washington University of Washington United States	247.1	61.3	97.8	70.7	73.9
8	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	239.4	67.2	85.4	64.4	73.9
9	Stockholm University Stockholm University Sweden	236.3	65.7	95.7	92.4	56.4
10	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	235.7	82.2	92.8	90.7	42.6
11	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	234.9	59.7	83.2	61.0	79.8
12	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	234.0	66.2	79.5	71.9	73.9
13	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	230.3	60.9	83.6	75.8	70.7
14	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	230.0	65.2	74.4	67.9	76.9
15	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	229.8	59.1	75.8	75.6	79.8
16	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	225.6	60.7	84.3	65.5	67.4
17	University of Bristol University of Bristol United Kingdom	224.1	62.6	78.4	79.0	67.4
18	The University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield United Kingdom	223.1	69.3	80.4	65.8	60.3
19	Newcastle University Newcastle University United Kingdom	220.6	58.6	85.0	65.6	64.0
20	University of Wageningen University of Wageningen Netherlands	218.9	67.1	97.4	87.5	36.9
21	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	216.6	63.4	86.5	72.2	52.2
22	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	216.4	78.9	76.4	67.1	47.7
23	The University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow United Kingdom	215.3	57.2	71.8	61.7	73.9
24	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	214.9	69.1	87.8	76.9	42.6
25	Uppsala University Uppsala University Sweden	213.9	54.6	79.2	80.5	64.0
26	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	213.2	57.3	82.2	67.0	60.3
27	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	213.1	55.6	76.6	84.8	64.0
27	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	213.1	46.7	75.9	53.8	79.8
29	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	211.2	59.3	72.9	74.8	64.0
30	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	210.5	72.6	75.1	75.5	47.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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