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.

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	University of Washington University of Washington United States	277.2	73.5	90.7	65.1	100.0
2	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	265.5	70.0	87.3	72.6	93.6
3	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	254.8	70.8	85.2	85.8	81.6
4	Oregon State University Oregon State University United States	236.7	60.8	87.9	64.3	75.2
5	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	234.7	59.4	91.9	83.8	66.7
6	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China China	225.5	100.0	51.6	52.2	63.5
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	218.8	49.1	95.3	71.9	60.0
8	University of Bergen University of Bergen Norway	217.6	52.3	86.7	83.3	61.9
9	University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Hawaii at Manoa United States	215.1	48.4	91.0	74.6	60.8
10	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania Australia	214.6	55.2	81.8	80.1	61.7
11	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	213.6	60.2	78.0	85.6	58.3
12	University of Western Brittany University of Western Brittany France	212.0	53.2	80.0	82.3	62.4
13	Columbia University Columbia University United States	210.2	43.9	91.9	79.8	58.5
14	University of Miami University of Miami United States	210.0	52.3	80.6	70.2	63.1
15	University of Bremen University of Bremen Germany	205.9	50.3	86.6	83.6	52.2
16	University of California, Santa Cruz University of California, Santa Cruz United States	203.9	44.4	94.5	73.0	50.3
17	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	201.7	47.9	83.8	89.9	52.0
18	University of Hamburg University of Hamburg Germany	198.8	48.9	76.3	82.4	57.2
19	University of Alaska - Fairbanks University of Alaska - Fairbanks United States	198.7	43.5	89.4	72.1	51.4
20	Princeton University Princeton University United States	197.9	35.7	99.7	77.1	47.1
21	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) France	197.3	42.5	85.3	89.0	51.6
22	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	195.8	36.7	94.0	72.1	50.7
23	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	194.8	46.1	81.7	81.6	50.7
24	Florida State University Florida State University United States	194.3	42.7	83.6	72.1	53.5
25	Stanford University Stanford University United States	191.9	36.7	93.4	68.0	48.2
26	University of Delaware University of Delaware United States	189.9	41.7	81.0	70.4	53.1
27	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	187.9	35.0	91.0	83.4	45.1
28	Aix Marseille University Aix Marseille University France	187.2	42.0	87.5	83.6	41.0
28	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	187.2	49.0	80.6	78.0	42.0
30	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	185.9	41.9	80.9	88.3	45.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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