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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	358.7	64.9	77.5	81.1	100.0	100.0
2	University of Washington University of Washington United States	325.5	56.2	90.0	75.3	84.5	79.8
3	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	323.9	54.6	84.3	63.9	93.9	78.3
4	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	314.1	62.4	80.9	77.0	83.1	72.3
5	Harvard University Harvard University United States	296.5	71.0	72.8	76.4	83.1	54.4
6	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	294.5	45.1	79.4	73.9	59.8	95.3
7	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	283.7	41.0	79.2	69.4	61.7	87.9
8	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	282.8	47.2	76.2	74.5	70.7	73.9
9	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo Brazil	272.6	100.0	66.6	61.2	63.6	30.2
10	University of Florida University of Florida United States	262.1	47.7	66.9	67.4	61.7	72.3
11	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	260.2	43.3	97.4	92.5	48.8	52.2
12	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	259.1	39.8	68.7	89.4	63.6	69.1
13	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York United States	258.3	34.3	97.3	72.8	57.7	54.4
14	University College London University College London United Kingdom	256.5	52.8	79.4	83.5	51.2	56.4
15	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	249.9	44.2	72.5	78.6	43.6	73.9
16	Osaka University Osaka University Japan	249.7	41.6	67.6	56.9	70.7	58.4
17	New York University New York University United States	249.6	59.8	73.0	83.6	43.6	56.4
18	Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo Medical and Dental University Japan	246.9	59.0	67.9	64.0	67.3	39.9
19	University of Bern University of Bern Switzerland	245.0	66.7	89.3	96.1	43.6	26.1
20	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	241.1	35.8	75.9	69.3	65.5	50.0
21	University of Helsinki University of Helsinki Finland	240.8	41.1	79.9	81.7	51.2	52.2
22	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands	239.9	45.9	72.8	84.3	61.7	42.6
23	University of Turku University of Turku Finland	239.8	39.0	80.8	86.6	46.3	56.4
24	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham United Kingdom	238.3	37.7	88.4	78.6	48.8	47.7
25	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	238.0	65.5	87.7	89.0	40.8	26.1
26	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Sweden	237.5	56.6	85.5	76.3	46.3	33.7
27	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	237.3	39.2	73.4	90.4	46.3	60.3
28	University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Alabama at Birmingham United States	235.7	37.7	72.5	62.0	40.8	72.3
29	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide Australia	235.2	43.0	65.4	74.1	46.3	65.7
30	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	234.5	46.2	73.8	77.1	40.8	58.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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