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	Harvard University Harvard University United States	292.9	100.0	84.8	76.5	92.7
2	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	269.0	76.7	80.1	60.9	100.0
3	Fudan University Fudan University China	247.0	52.1	86.7	51.4	97.9
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	242.5	60.6	97.0	77.0	69.5
5	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	234.9	67.4	76.9	80.8	74.3
6	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	226.8	63.3	68.5	52.8	84.5
7	Soochow University Soochow University China	226.2	45.0	97.0	58.6	72.4
8	Stanford University Stanford University United States	224.4	67.9	85.6	71.2	56.7
9	Peking University Peking University China	223.7	52.1	83.1	59.6	76.6
10	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	222.3	57.1	79.0	54.7	75.3
11	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	217.7	63.2	76.5	60.7	65.8
12	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	214.0	64.4	77.8	69.4	57.9
13	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	213.0	56.1	71.8	63.4	72.4
14	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	212.4	66.1	76.7	61.5	57.3
15	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	208.4	60.5	82.9	60.3	52.9
16	University College London University College London United Kingdom	203.3	70.0	70.3	78.3	47.3
17	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	202.4	58.2	77.9	57.2	54.8
18	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	201.6	61.0	81.9	76.4	43.5
19	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	201.2	55.0	79.8	84.6	49.5
20	Korea University Korea University South Korea	197.4	46.8	76.5	65.9	60.9
21	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	196.3	64.6	68.9	66.7	49.5
22	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	195.8	49.4	89.3	76.4	41.8
23	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	195.5	55.5	77.0	67.6	49.5
24	Emory University Emory University United States	195.1	49.0	86.4	61.9	47.3
25	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	193.6	28.1	100.0	59.8	53.5
26	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	193.5	51.1	85.0	69.7	43.5
27	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	192.8	46.4	83.9	68.6	48.8
28	Columbia University Columbia University United States	192.4	53.5	79.9	70.1	45.0
29	Wake Forest University Wake Forest University United States	191.2	45.2	79.3	62.2	54.2
30	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	188.5	50.4	78.2	59.2	48.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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