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	Central South University Central South University China	273.6	89.3	82.9	46.5	92.2
2	China University of Geosciences Beijing China University of Geosciences Beijing China	272.5	74.7	88.7	64.1	96.2
3	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	254.2	73.4	68.6	60.9	100.0
4	China University of Mining and Technology China	250.0	80.8	83.7	47.9	75.8
5	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	242.2	54.8	94.2	90.5	75.1
6	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences China	223.3	57.0	88.7	64.1	64.8
7	University of Science and Technology Beijing China	208.1	100.0	55.0	36.6	45.8
8	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	204.9	48.9	83.9	67.5	58.7
9	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	202.5	38.9	100.0	56.4	52.4
10	Monash University Monash University Australia	202.0	38.6	99.7	78.3	48.1
11	Curtin University Curtin University Australia	200.4	49.1	72.5	82.6	62.2
12	Peking University Peking University China	199.4	37.6	100.0	55.2	50.8
13	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide Australia	198.5	37.3	99.0	76.4	46.9
14	McGill University McGill University Canada	196.1	51.6	67.6	64.7	63.9
15	China University of Mining & Technology-Beijing China	192.5	51.1	83.7	47.9	48.1
16	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania Australia	192.1	31.6	100.0	88.6	42.8
17	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang) China	189.1	71.2	64.3	38.7	45.8
18	University of Alberta University of Alberta Canada	182.9	44.7	73.9	72.9	49.7
19	University of Lorraine University of Lorraine France	181.7	36.0	80.5	80.4	49.2
20	University of Cape Town University of Cape Town South Africa	179.6	46.1	60.6	57.8	61.3
21	Kyushu University Kyushu University Japan	175.9	31.2	94.0	85.3	33.6
22	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	170.6	41.6	69.0	73.6	45.2
23	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	169.2	32.0	89.2	56.7	36.7
23	University of Kentucky University of Kentucky United States	169.2	29.2	100.0	73.1	25.4
25	Shandong University of Science & Technology China	169.0	32.4	94.7	53.8	31.1
26	James Cook University James Cook University Australia	167.9	25.7	85.6	100.0	36.7
27	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	165.7	32.4	81.1	77.7	36.7
28	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	165.4	31.2	87.3	70.2	32.8
29	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	165.2	27.9	100.0	76.4	22.0
30	University of South Australia University of South Australia Australia	164.7	34.9	70.7	66.0	45.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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