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.

497 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	University of Montpellier University of Montpellier France	292.7	98.9	75.8	89.7	100.0
2	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	290.0	98.5	81.2	90.5	92.2
3	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	283.4	100.0	74.1	65.8	96.2
4	University of Wageningen University of Wageningen Netherlands	274.7	94.0	85.4	89.4	77.5
5	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden	271.9	93.4	82.1	86.8	79.1
6	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	269.6	91.6	86.2	71.8	77.5
7	University of Exeter University of Exeter United Kingdom	268.6	83.1	80.7	84.2	88.0
8	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	263.5	82.8	82.6	72.0	83.7
9	James Cook University James Cook University Australia	253.2	89.9	82.2	79.9	65.2
10	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	252.9	75.5	86.7	91.5	72.5
11	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	248.3	65.3	89.7	70.6	79.1
12	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	243.7	88.8	76.7	85.0	61.2
13	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	242.5	72.9	86.5	89.5	65.2
14	University of Florida University of Florida United States	242.2	94.1	70.5	71.9	63.2
15	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	240.9	73.8	79.6	92.9	68.9
16	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	240.0	97.8	78.9	79.5	47.4
17	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	239.4	73.9	75.7	69.8	75.8
18	Colorado State University Colorado State University United States	239.3	83.7	76.0	62.7	67.1
19	Universite Paul-Valery Montpellier 3 Universite Paul-Valery Montpellier 3 France	239.0	68.6	75.4	87.7	77.5
20	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	238.8	68.6	81.0	84.1	72.5
21	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	238.1	84.2	77.3	87.6	59.2
22	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	237.9	71.0	72.0	79.0	79.1
23	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	237.1	90.6	70.0	87.1	59.2
24	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	235.1	83.7	76.8	77.3	59.2
25	The University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield United Kingdom	234.8	66.8	75.7	90.3	74.2
26	Cornell University Cornell University United States	233.9	86.0	73.2	67.5	61.2
27	University of Helsinki University of Helsinki Finland	233.4	87.0	74.5	85.4	54.8
28	Stanford University Stanford University United States	232.8	68.1	90.2	76.7	59.2
29	Montpellier SupAgro Montpellier SupAgro France	232.4	71.7	74.3	87.4	68.9
30	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	229.8	65.8	84.8	69.8	65.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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