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 Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	290.1	81.7	78.7	48.4	100.0	100.0
2	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	236.2	67.2	78.9	63.4	67.8	48.4
3	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	233.6	47.3	85.7	71.1	80.5	29.2
4	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	228.2	63.7	79.7	65.9	71.7	0.0
5	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	225.8	67.1	75.2	49.0	63.7	50.5
6	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	225.3	70.3	77.0	71.5	63.7	0.0
7	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	223.9	65.5	75.4	55.4	52.0	100.0
8	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney Australia	218.4	65.9	81.0	68.1	52.0	29.2
9	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	216.3	59.4	82.6	63.7	61.5	0.0
10	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	215.7	45.8	78.9	48.8	73.5	38.6
11	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	215.5	36.9	91.3	87.7	69.7	0.0
12	Maastricht University Maastricht University Netherlands	215.1	38.7	86.3	92.5	71.7	0.0
13	New York University New York University United States	211.5	55.6	75.1	49.8	59.3	58.3
14	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	211.0	71.7	71.3	55.5	56.9	0.0
15	University of Washington University of Washington United States	210.6	60.1	72.2	56.4	54.5	61.9
16	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands	210.2	41.4	84.4	83.1	67.8	0.0
17	Duke University Duke University United States	209.7	75.2	66.4	43.4	49.3	50.5
18	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	207.5	39.5	83.0	78.1	63.7	29.2
19	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	206.7	63.0	74.2	71.9	49.3	29.2
20	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	205.8	38.5	88.7	96.5	59.3	0.0
21	Emory University Emory University United States	200.5	59.9	72.6	48.6	46.5	58.3
22	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	200.0	49.5	81.3	61.1	56.9	0.0
23	Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology Australia	199.6	51.8	74.4	69.6	49.3	50.5
23	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	199.6	65.4	75.2	62.7	46.5	0.0
25	Columbia University Columbia University United States	198.5	53.3	80.3	49.0	49.3	29.2
26	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam Netherlands	197.5	39.3	78.0	71.9	65.8	0.0
27	Monash University Monash University Australia	196.4	66.1	74.1	63.2	43.5	0.0
27	Yale University Yale University United States	196.4	56.2	75.5	55.3	43.5	50.5
29	University of Alberta University of Alberta Canada	195.9	51.3	70.9	67.0	54.5	29.2
30	Chang Gung University Chang Gung University Taiwan, China	194.7	42.2	72.7	51.1	63.7	29.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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