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.

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	283.3	100.0	72.4	54.4	100.0
2	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	239.8	60.9	75.5	82.9	86.9
3	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	223.5	53.4	72.0	72.2	83.7
4	Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University China	217.0	64.3	67.4	77.1	69.9
5	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) France	205.1	47.3	75.5	86.6	65.0
6	University of Iceland University of Iceland Iceland	197.2	30.4	100.0	97.9	47.1
7	Xidian University Xidian University China	196.1	56.8	64.4	48.2	65.3
8	Boston University Boston University United States	188.5	29.2	100.0	83.8	42.6
9	University of Valencia University of Valencia Spain	187.0	34.0	88.2	86.3	47.5
10	University of Twente University of Twente Netherlands	184.0	45.0	69.2	90.9	51.6
11	Technical University Munich Technical University Munich Germany	183.1	38.4	83.5	74.2	46.3
12	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	182.1	35.0	86.3	74.2	45.9
13	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	181.4	37.3	79.2	91.1	46.7
14	Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble France	180.8	25.5	97.2	97.9	38.5
15	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland	180.4	30.4	88.5	92.6	43.0
16	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	179.4	44.1	72.2	74.4	48.3
17	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	178.6	28.5	89.2	95.5	41.7
18	University of Trento University of Trento Italy	178.0	28.9	85.4	90.9	45.5
19	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon Portugal	175.4	26.8	89.4	94.5	40.4
20	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	175.2	45.4	65.9	71.9	49.4
20	Peking University Peking University China	175.2	42.1	73.2	69.4	45.9
22	South Dakota State University South Dakota State University United States	174.8	28.5	95.0	58.8	39.4
23	University of Massachusetts Boston University of Massachusetts Boston United States	174.5	21.2	100.0	74.3	38.5
24	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes France	173.3	28.5	84.6	94.4	41.3
25	University of Extremadura University of Extremadura Spain	172.4	28.5	93.0	96.1	31.6
26	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	169.2	40.4	70.3	60.9	46.3
27	Monash University Monash University Australia	168.2	24.0	86.8	87.9	39.9
27	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University China	168.2	24.6	100.0	72.3	29.2
29	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	165.8	39.3	66.0	89.2	42.6
30	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	165.7	33.0	67.6	76.6	49.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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