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	University of Science and Technology Beijing China	273.1	100.0	63.0	50.1	100.0
2	Central South University Central South University China	232.4	95.1	64.1	37.9	65.6
3	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang) China	225.1	80.6	62.7	56.3	70.5
4	Tohoku University Tohoku University Japan	220.3	64.1	64.3	64.5	79.0
5	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University China	215.5	73.0	68.7	40.7	65.6
6	University of Tennessee - Knoxville University of Tennessee - Knoxville United States	213.7	33.3	100.0	80.9	64.2
7	Pohang University of Science and Technology South Korea	213.3	48.4	72.6	64.8	79.3
8	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	211.2	59.4	69.2	56.7	71.3
9	Monash University Monash University Australia	209.1	35.1	92.6	87.0	64.0
10	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	205.6	34.2	90.0	79.7	65.4
11	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	199.2	36.3	82.7	73.5	65.4
12	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	192.9	27.3	89.8	76.3	60.5
12	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	192.9	58.4	65.2	50.4	59.2
14	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	192.6	67.6	67.3	47.7	48.2
15	University of Leoben University of Leoben Austria	192.4	36.1	81.1	81.1	59.0
16	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	190.3	34.7	80.0	80.1	59.6
17	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	190.2	27.3	92.6	80.6	54.2
18	Chongqing University Chongqing University China	189.1	58.2	70.6	41.2	52.0
19	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	188.1	33.3	80.0	84.5	57.9
20	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	188.0	25.6	93.6	80.3	52.8
21	RWTH Aachen University RWTH Aachen University Germany	187.3	36.0	83.1	74.3	53.2
22	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	186.6	23.4	94.3	77.2	53.5
23	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes France	185.8	37.8	72.1	86.5	58.5
24	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	182.9	27.2	82.7	83.5	56.3
25	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Germany	180.1	31.6	79.7	85.8	51.8
26	Ruhr University Bochum Ruhr University Bochum Germany	179.0	23.5	99.2	73.5	41.6
27	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University China	178.9	47.1	67.8	50.6	54.0
28	Indian Institute of Science Indian Institute of Science India	178.6	34.2	78.4	64.0	53.2
29	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	178.3	28.0	96.5	67.3	40.3
30	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	178.2	26.3	87.0	70.6	50.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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