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	AWARD
1	Tongji University Tongji University China	354.1	100.0	67.9	65.7	88.6	84.5
2	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	273.8	53.5	72.6	73.1	48.5	84.5
3	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	256.5	82.0	79.6	66.2	81.6	0.0
4	Lehigh University Lehigh University United States	255.1	33.4	69.4	57.5	75.4	65.5
5	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	247.5	52.9	64.2	71.0	62.6	53.5
6	Polytechnic University of Madrid Polytechnic University of Madrid Spain	246.4	52.6	59.1	51.9	24.3	100.0
7	National Technical University of Athens National Technical University of Athens Greece	237.1	47.7	68.2	56.8	34.3	75.6
8	University of Canterbury University of Canterbury New Zealand	232.9	31.8	64.0	78.1	56.0	65.5
9	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	227.5	59.8	72.4	74.5	80.4	0.0
10	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	222.4	58.3	67.0	65.6	84.0	0.0
11	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York United States	219.6	36.9	68.6	70.7	100.0	0.0
12	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	218.4	55.5	77.9	82.0	68.6	0.0
13	Western University Western University Canada	215.4	35.5	70.1	71.9	42.0	53.5
14	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	214.3	58.3	83.0	75.8	57.7	0.0
15	Southeast University Southeast University China	213.1	73.8	66.7	65.9	59.4	0.0
16	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	210.6	34.2	73.6	71.2	88.6	0.0
17	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	202.4	57.0	68.4	64.4	64.2	0.0
17	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide Australia	202.4	38.3	98.0	68.4	52.4	0.0
19	Colorado State University Colorado State University United States	202.3	37.6	66.5	53.9	87.4	0.0
20	Hunan University Hunan University China	199.4	50.6	79.3	67.4	56.0	0.0
21	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	198.6	69.1	80.2	61.3	37.0	0.0
22	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland	198.3	45.2	86.4	81.0	50.5	0.0
23	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	194.8	46.2	72.3	76.4	61.0	0.0
24	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	194.2	43.2	77.5	78.6	57.7	0.0
25	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	194.1	47.8	78.6	67.1	54.2	0.0
26	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	192.9	69.7	67.6	56.5	44.3	0.0
27	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	192.3	47.1	69.6	73.1	61.0	0.0
28	Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Jiaotong University China	191.2	51.8	78.3	72.7	46.4	0.0
29	McMaster University McMaster University Canada	191.0	32.3	66.3	66.1	79.2	0.0
30	University of Stuttgart University of Stuttgart Germany	190.7	31.2	56.1	68.4	24.3	65.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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