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.

296 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	293.5	100.0	100.0	34.3	90.1
2	Yale University Yale University United States	271.8	79.1	100.0	30.7	100.0
3	Columbia University Columbia University United States	225.0	82.7	94.2	27.6	51.1
4	New York University New York University United States	220.1	86.5	88.1	28.6	43.4
5	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	215.1	75.1	100.0	27.7	49.6
6	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	198.2	90.4	68.9	41.3	24.1
7	Georgetown University Georgetown University United States	194.2	67.8	99.8	26.5	39.9
8	Stanford University Stanford University United States	187.9	69.3	98.6	27.6	31.9
9	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	187.2	70.7	97.1	31.3	29.5
10	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	181.2	60.9	100.0	38.4	36.1
11	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	179.2	64.0	91.1	36.5	34.1
12	University of Virginia University of Virginia United States	177.2	61.0	98.5	23.2	34.1
13	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	174.8	68.6	96.0	30.8	20.9
14	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	171.3	85.7	74.9	52.3	0.0
15	Duke University Duke University United States	163.0	57.5	100.0	27.2	24.1
16	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	155.8	64.8	83.4	48.0	12.0
17	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	151.9	61.8	88.5	30.1	12.0
18	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	150.4	47.9	98.1	26.1	26.9
19	George Mason University George Mason University United States	149.6	54.0	94.7	42.4	17.0
19	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	149.6	55.9	100.0	36.8	12.0
21	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	148.3	60.1	84.0	40.8	12.0
22	Florida State University Florida State University United States	148.2	54.7	100.0	41.4	12.0
23	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	146.6	62.4	100.0	29.8	0.0
24	The George Washington University The George Washington University United States	146.2	62.8	73.8	30.5	12.0
25	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	146.1	51.3	100.0	20.5	17.0
26	Fordham University Fordham University United States	145.3	52.3	87.7	21.1	20.9
27	University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati United States	143.9	55.3	89.5	41.8	12.0
28	University College London University College London United Kingdom	142.5	59.8	71.8	47.9	12.0
29	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	141.6	67.4	69.8	55.1	0.0
30	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	141.3	55.9	83.5	36.3	12.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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