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.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	354.2	100.0	96.4	72.1	100.0	43.3
2	University College London University College London United Kingdom	324.3	69.0	87.5	82.8	64.7	86.6
3	Columbia University Columbia University United States	299.8	52.1	94.5	66.1	49.9	90.1
4	Rockefeller University Rockefeller University United States	265.0	24.5	100.0	74.7	25.6	100.0
5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	261.8	41.0	100.0	72.9	45.0	61.2
6	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	256.6	55.5	87.9	63.2	50.5	50.0
7	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	255.3	46.5	87.5	84.8	43.0	61.2
8	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas United States	243.4	35.1	88.4	59.2	33.2	75.0
9	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	241.4	69.8	92.1	67.5	66.1	0.0
10	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	237.0	46.6	92.1	83.0	46.3	35.4
11	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	232.2	59.4	99.0	70.3	59.8	0.0
12	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	226.6	60.1	94.8	62.9	59.1	0.0
13	Stanford University Stanford University United States	223.2	54.6	100.0	66.8	55.3	0.0
14	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	222.2	65.1	83.2	76.8	58.5	0.0
15	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	222.0	57.4	92.1	85.5	55.4	0.0
16	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU Norway	216.7	22.2	76.6	75.9	16.2	86.6
17	Yale University Yale University United States	215.5	52.4	96.2	68.6	53.2	0.0
18	University of Washington University of Washington United States	210.4	55.6	90.6	65.5	51.1	0.0
19	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston United States	210.1	34.4	81.5	65.2	31.1	50.0
20	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	209.6	53.2	93.1	67.7	49.7	0.0
21	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	209.3	56.9	87.9	58.5	52.8	0.0
22	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Sweden	209.0	32.0	84.5	82.8	26.1	50.0
23	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis United States	208.8	47.7	100.0	61.4	48.8	0.0
24	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	206.8	55.0	86.2	86.6	48.2	0.0
25	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	205.4	49.2	90.6	85.5	48.5	0.0
26	University of Strasbourg University of Strasbourg France	204.3	22.1	83.0	80.0	22.0	61.2
27	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	203.7	47.4	91.8	83.8	47.8	0.0
27	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	203.7	52.8	87.9	76.7	47.6	0.0
29	McGill University McGill University Canada	201.2	51.2	84.4	79.5	49.7	0.0
30	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	200.5	51.7	88.5	58.1	48.7	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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