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
1	University of Wageningen University of Wageningen Netherlands	302.6	99.2	86.1	86.2	100.0
2	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University China	266.8	91.5	77.5	63.3	85.2
3	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University China	263.9	92.3	78.6	52.5	82.5
4	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	259.8	84.1	81.5	76.4	79.0
5	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University China	252.5	89.4	75.7	60.4	75.4
6	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden	250.1	81.5	78.6	82.8	73.4
7	University of Florida University of Florida United States	245.0	88.4	73.1	68.6	69.8
8	Cornell University Cornell University United States	242.6	73.5	83.8	74.5	70.4
9	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo Brazil	237.5	100.0	61.3	58.2	64.6
10	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University China	237.1	76.1	79.4	56.9	70.2
11	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	233.3	69.3	84.8	66.9	65.9
12	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	231.7	68.1	81.5	84.7	65.1
13	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	231.5	68.7	81.0	85.1	64.8
14	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	230.2	71.9	80.3	61.1	65.7
15	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	229.0	68.2	81.4	68.7	65.7
16	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	228.0	67.0	79.0	84.3	65.2
17	AgroParisTech AgroParisTech France	223.7	62.5	82.6	78.5	62.8
18	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	223.2	67.2	81.1	84.2	58.1
19	Iowa State University Iowa State University United States	222.1	65.8	81.5	67.1	61.4
20	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	221.5	63.0	85.5	82.5	56.5
20	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	221.5	64.9	83.8	64.3	59.9
22	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	219.0	62.7	80.1	71.5	62.0
23	University of Goettingen University of Goettingen Germany	215.2	61.4	82.0	81.4	55.5
24	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	211.5	63.6	78.3	78.6	53.9
25	North Carolina State University - Raleigh United States	210.4	68.8	70.5	61.8	58.7
26	University of Guelph University of Guelph Canada	209.3	64.1	73.1	74.5	57.2
27	Oregon State University Oregon State University United States	209.1	66.5	74.0	63.9	55.8
28	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	208.0	59.5	79.1	71.3	55.1
29	Sao Paulo State University Sao Paulo State University Brazil	207.2	96.6	50.3	47.4	50.8
30	Washington State University Washington State University United States	205.6	61.5	73.9	67.2	56.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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