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	Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Jiaotong University China	290.4	95.4	79.8	76.2	100.0
2	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	282.1	85.2	83.5	76.9	98.1
3	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	272.2	100.0	70.7	71.6	87.1
4	Southeast University Southeast University China	265.5	84.4	78.7	78.3	86.7
5	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	239.1	76.7	71.6	72.4	76.3
6	Tongji University Tongji University China	238.1	83.8	66.7	78.0	72.0
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	235.0	71.0	78.5	77.8	69.9
8	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	232.7	68.3	79.5	79.3	69.1
9	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	232.5	76.6	68.8	69.1	73.3
10	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	232.2	71.0	72.1	70.3	75.0
11	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo Canada	230.8	62.5	82.6	82.3	69.1
12	University of Leeds University of Leeds United Kingdom	229.6	72.7	74.9	72.6	67.5
13	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	226.4	61.1	82.7	83.8	65.8
14	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	226.1	60.2	79.5	83.2	69.7
15	Beihang University Beihang University China	225.4	54.6	98.2	66.7	59.3
16	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	220.9	60.4	74.2	76.7	71.0
17	KTH Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden	219.2	65.8	74.1	75.9	64.1
18	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong, China	219.1	50.3	83.9	79.2	69.1
19	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	218.2	68.3	70.8	79.5	63.2
20	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China	215.0	41.6	96.0	82.8	60.9
21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	214.3	68.1	76.0	62.2	57.7
21	Xidian University Xidian University China	214.3	46.3	86.0	72.1	67.5
23	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	211.3	52.7	80.3	84.2	61.5
24	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	210.0	62.9	66.6	66.0	67.2
25	McGill University McGill University Canada	209.5	61.9	77.1	67.5	57.1
26	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	209.1	62.5	76.9	64.4	56.8
27	Southwest Jiaotong University Southwest Jiaotong University China	207.1	59.3	78.0	75.3	54.8
28	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	207.0	69.8	64.0	59.8	61.2
29	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	205.8	70.2	64.9	52.2	60.2
30	University College London University College London United Kingdom	204.0	66.0	68.7	67.2	55.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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