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	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	299.6	56.8	85.8	62.9	44.5	100.0
2	Harvard University Harvard University United States	297.6	100.0	84.2	67.0	100.0	0.0
3	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	281.0	38.5	88.4	82.0	37.7	100.0
4	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	238.6	53.4	82.6	61.5	43.2	47.1
5	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	222.9	70.2	80.9	75.8	56.6	0.0
6	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	217.9	66.1	85.5	63.3	53.6	0.0
7	University College London University College London United Kingdom	214.6	58.8	83.2	78.1	57.0	0.0
8	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	213.8	34.0	82.8	72.3	32.5	50.0
9	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	213.5	45.0	93.9	82.1	58.2	0.0
10	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas United States	213.1	38.5	79.4	55.4	26.4	57.7
11	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	203.9	59.3	84.9	56.8	48.3	0.0
12	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	202.9	47.0	87.8	82.6	51.6	0.0
13	University of Washington University of Washington United States	202.7	53.8	87.9	59.5	49.1	0.0
14	Mayo Medical School Mayo Medical School United States	197.9	62.2	82.0	58.6	42.0	0.0
15	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston United States	195.8	33.7	76.6	62.1	25.9	47.1
16	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	194.7	51.1	83.3	72.9	45.8	0.0
17	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine United Kingdom	194.0	26.8	98.8	91.7	50.1	0.0
17	Stanford University Stanford University United States	194.0	52.6	85.3	63.9	43.4	0.0
19	Columbia University Columbia University United States	193.2	52.2	84.0	63.8	44.2	0.0
20	Duke University Duke University United States	192.8	52.0	83.4	61.5	45.1	0.0
21	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	191.2	53.8	80.9	81.9	40.1	0.0
22	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	189.1	54.8	83.1	58.0	39.6	0.0
23	Emory University Emory University United States	188.6	45.9	88.5	58.5	42.5	0.0
24	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	187.6	46.4	83.7	79.6	41.7	0.0
25	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	186.4	48.6	80.3	73.9	42.7	0.0
25	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	186.4	55.4	80.7	55.2	39.2	0.0
27	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	184.4	51.4	79.4	73.6	38.9	0.0
28	Yale University Yale University United States	183.6	48.1	85.0	61.6	38.1	0.0
29	McMaster University McMaster University Canada	182.0	36.9	89.1	74.3	41.2	0.0
29	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	182.0	45.0	85.8	64.4	38.3	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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