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	AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	315.4	93.6	99.0	55.1	100.0	100.0
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	263.6	72.4	100.0	54.7	86.9	63.2
3	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	255.1	92.3	83.1	62.2	68.8	0.0
4	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	245.4	100.0	79.7	60.2	49.6	0.0
5	Princeton University Princeton University United States	243.9	65.3	100.0	42.4	82.7	44.7
6	Columbia University Columbia University United States	243.7	76.1	76.7	49.7	72.5	68.3
7	Yale University Yale University United States	242.2	65.5	94.2	48.7	81.6	51.6
8	New York University New York University United States	235.5	69.7	83.0	56.1	74.9	44.7
9	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	214.6	64.7	80.8	57.9	57.7	68.3
10	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	210.6	63.6	89.0	50.1	53.0	63.2
11	Georgetown University Georgetown University United States	203.5	68.7	80.2	41.2	56.2	0.0
12	Duke University Duke University United States	200.2	56.0	96.8	57.3	62.1	0.0
13	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	196.9	48.2	100.0	52.5	62.1	36.5
14	The George Washington University The George Washington University United States	192.1	66.8	72.1	45.6	51.3	0.0
15	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	191.6	49.5	95.9	44.7	64.9	0.0
16	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	188.6	79.6	63.5	50.6	32.4	0.0
17	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	188.2	55.8	79.9	39.2	60.7	0.0
18	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	187.1	50.2	86.9	47.8	63.5	0.0
19	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	185.9	51.4	86.7	47.7	60.7	0.0
20	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	181.1	70.2	92.4	66.5	22.9	0.0
21	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	179.2	58.0	92.3	63.2	39.7	0.0
22	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	178.3	47.1	100.0	47.6	53.0	0.0
23	University College London University College London United Kingdom	175.9	61.3	81.1	59.2	37.5	0.0
24	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	175.4	51.2	91.8	49.4	47.8	0.0
24	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	175.4	50.5	82.1	43.8	43.9	51.6
24	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	175.4	54.3	78.3	51.7	49.6	0.0
27	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	175.3	44.6	91.1	50.9	57.7	0.0
28	University of Essex University of Essex United Kingdom	173.1	52.5	84.2	82.6	43.9	0.0
29	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	173.0	40.7	92.5	35.9	62.1	0.0
30	The Australian National University The Australian National University Australia	172.8	80.2	67.8	53.2	13.2	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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