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	Harvard University Harvard University United States	300.3	100.0	85.9	72.0	100.0	0.0
2	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	225.8	62.3	84.7	66.7	65.5	0.0
3	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	222.9	65.1	82.3	69.2	61.7	0.0
4	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	222.7	69.3	82.4	88.0	53.5	0.0
5	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	219.1	80.7	82.4	62.1	43.6	0.0
6	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	217.0	81.2	76.2	79.6	43.6	0.0
7	Monash University Monash University Australia	216.2	67.4	83.8	80.9	48.8	0.0
8	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	214.1	77.9	76.7	79.1	43.6	0.0
9	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	211.3	56.6	88.4	87.8	48.8	0.0
10	University College London University College London United Kingdom	207.6	64.9	82.6	82.2	43.6	0.0
11	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	207.1	54.7	79.2	65.7	43.6	81.6
12	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	203.4	38.4	88.6	73.2	61.7	0.0
13	University of Washington University of Washington United States	199.9	65.1	84.6	62.2	37.8	0.0
14	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	199.6	60.4	79.0	82.7	43.6	0.0
15	Stanford University Stanford University United States	199.5	53.1	89.5	66.5	43.6	0.0
16	Duke University Duke University United States	198.9	64.3	78.5	62.5	43.6	0.0
17	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	198.7	53.3	85.2	83.0	43.6	0.0
18	Uppsala University Uppsala University Sweden	197.1	58.0	79.1	81.5	43.6	0.0
19	Yale University Yale University United States	195.8	55.8	78.4	64.0	48.8	0.0
20	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	194.1	59.0	79.4	60.6	43.6	0.0
21	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	191.4	57.5	78.4	59.0	43.6	0.0
22	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	190.9	66.2	75.0	59.6	37.8	0.0
23	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	189.9	73.3	81.4	66.8	21.8	0.0
24	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	189.8	61.0	78.7	83.5	21.8	57.7
25	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	189.6	71.5	80.3	79.6	21.8	0.0
26	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 France	189.2	57.9	73.0	73.5	43.6	0.0
27	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	189.0	65.0	77.4	78.5	30.9	0.0
28	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	188.9	71.4	77.5	90.9	21.8	0.0
29	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai United States	188.5	48.7	87.8	71.1	37.8	0.0
30	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	184.2	69.2	80.8	62.3	21.8	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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