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.

50 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	282.8	100.0	69.7	65.8	100.0
2	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU Norway	250.1	79.9	72.8	65.3	84.3
3	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	242.3	81.9	62.8	59.1	85.8
4	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University China	232.1	72.4	71.2	53.7	77.8
5	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon Portugal	221.8	67.5	78.1	66.9	62.8
6	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	218.9	57.4	66.8	51.9	84.3
7	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	218.3	50.6	73.3	83.3	77.8
8	Plymouth University Plymouth University United Kingdom	192.4	39.5	98.6	90.3	36.3
9	Hohai University Hohai University China	191.3	60.5	64.9	73.1	51.3
10	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	188.5	67.0	61.7	55.7	48.7
11	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	184.6	51.3	69.6	89.3	45.9
12	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde United Kingdom	184.1	52.0	80.4	76.9	36.3
13	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	182.9	35.3	87.9	100.0	39.7
14	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	178.9	56.7	78.7	76.7	28.1
15	University College London University College London United Kingdom	176.7	49.1	77.6	87.9	32.4
16	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China China	176.4	52.0	63.0	63.6	48.7
17	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Brazil	175.5	40.4	64.1	73.7	56.2
17	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	175.5	62.1	58.1	47.2	45.9
19	China University of Petroleum, Beijing China University of Petroleum, Beijing China	175.4	40.7	64.5	58.2	58.5
20	University of Genoa University of Genoa Italy	174.9	39.5	75.7	55.1	48.7
21	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	171.9	43.6	70.2	91.7	39.7
22	Newcastle University Newcastle University United Kingdom	171.4	44.2	66.1	91.4	42.9
23	University of Cantabria University of Cantabria Spain	166.0	35.3	100.0	72.4	16.2
24	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	164.3	44.2	71.5	80.8	32.4
25	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	164.1	46.6	68.3	65.0	36.3
26	Jiangsu University of Science & Technology China	163.8	36.6	72.3	75.8	39.7
27	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	162.8	47.4	73.0	71.7	28.1
28	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania Australia	162.0	45.8	61.0	77.0	39.7
29	National Technical University of Athens National Technical University of Athens Greece	161.8	42.5	65.0	57.3	42.9
30	Pusan National University Pusan National University South Korea	158.8	59.7	67.4	77.4	16.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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