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.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	311.3	51.5	91.9	75.9	66.2	86.6
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	277.6	40.7	100.0	72.1	46.1	76.4
3	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	274.4	99.0	73.4	46.6	92.7	0.0
4	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	271.0	100.0	80.7	58.4	78.6	0.0
5	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	270.8	94.0	72.5	49.4	94.4	0.0
6	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	267.3	50.3	85.0	69.3	60.5	57.7
7	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	260.4	46.4	82.1	62.6	54.9	64.5
8	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	257.6	26.2	100.0	72.3	40.6	76.4
9	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	256.3	43.8	89.3	73.9	50.7	57.7
10	East China University of Science and Technology China	256.0	89.8	66.3	44.6	91.0	0.0
11	Beijing University of Chemical Technology China	252.5	75.7	67.6	45.9	100.0	0.0
12	Princeton University Princeton University United States	247.4	38.3	93.3	79.6	35.3	64.5
13	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	246.0	77.0	85.7	53.5	72.5	0.0
13	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	246.0	30.1	75.4	68.0	26.9	100.0
15	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	236.5	62.7	94.9	77.7	63.4	0.0
16	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	229.4	57.3	100.0	86.1	54.9	0.0
17	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	226.5	48.4	74.3	78.1	47.4	40.8
18	University of Science and Technology of China China	222.7	64.4	87.5	53.6	60.1	0.0
19	University of Delaware University of Delaware United States	221.2	29.8	82.2	67.6	31.0	64.5
20	North Carolina State University - Raleigh United States	218.8	40.1	72.2	76.1	33.5	57.7
21	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	215.7	74.6	75.1	50.4	56.0	0.0
22	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	212.6	62.4	80.7	78.7	53.8	0.0
22	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	212.6	63.3	80.0	52.6	58.8	0.0
24	China University of Petroleum, Beijing China University of Petroleum, Beijing China	211.7	81.6	63.3	52.6	56.3	0.0
25	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	207.4	40.0	82.5	70.2	42.0	28.9
26	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland	205.6	37.9	100.0	81.3	51.5	0.0
27	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	205.1	51.2	74.9	71.4	35.8	28.9
28	King Abdulaziz University King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia	203.9	55.0	90.0	96.6	39.6	0.0
29	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	202.3	38.0	72.5	67.3	37.5	40.8
30	Nanjing Tech University Nanjing Tech University China	201.4	63.6	70.0	48.7	58.1	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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