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.

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	290.6	100.0	76.8	68.8	100.0
2	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	228.4	66.2	79.0	66.8	69.8
3	University College London University College London United Kingdom	228.3	57.0	84.6	83.4	70.0
4	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	225.8	65.4	75.7	75.6	69.6
5	Stanford University Stanford University United States	213.5	58.0	78.2	66.6	64.0
6	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	211.9	45.2	90.4	85.6	59.1
7	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	208.1	43.7	91.5	84.9	55.9
8	Mayo Medical School Mayo Medical School United States	205.7	60.0	78.7	57.3	55.6
9	Heidelberg University Heidelberg University Germany	205.1	55.9	82.8	70.8	52.2
9	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	205.1	54.0	77.3	65.1	60.7
11	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	204.1	58.0	76.3	59.3	57.9
12	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	200.2	48.9	79.3	70.0	58.1
13	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands	200.1	41.1	91.5	85.1	50.5
14	University of Munich University of Munich Germany	196.4	49.3	81.8	75.3	50.3
15	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	195.4	39.8	90.6	83.1	48.4
16	Duke University Duke University United States	195.3	51.2	80.1	58.5	52.2
17	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center United States	193.9	56.8	71.4	59.4	53.8
18	Technical University Munich Technical University Munich Germany	193.7	45.1	86.3	75.1	47.3
19	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	193.4	52.1	77.4	57.5	52.4
19	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis United States	193.4	49.6	84.0	53.2	49.1
21	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	187.6	39.8	84.0	87.6	46.3
21	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	187.6	45.3	74.9	78.7	51.6
23	New York University New York University United States	187.4	46.6	81.3	59.8	47.6
24	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	187.2	53.3	73.1	51.3	50.6
25	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam Netherlands	187.0	37.9	86.9	77.1	46.9
26	McGill University McGill University Canada	184.2	39.7	84.7	84.3	42.9
27	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	184.0	39.1	83.3	80.7	45.5
28	Humboldt University of Berlin Humboldt University of Berlin Germany	183.6	45.0	75.7	68.8	49.2
29	Yale University Yale University United States	182.8	42.7	79.3	61.6	48.5
30	University of Washington University of Washington United States	182.7	49.7	75.6	59.7	45.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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