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
1	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	277.0	87.2	84.2	40.5	100.0
2	Harvard University Harvard University United States	266.5	94.3	83.7	50.8	78.2
3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	255.0	82.6	86.1	41.8	83.9
4	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	246.2	84.6	80.0	35.4	75.8
5	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	246.0	80.6	79.9	46.0	80.5
6	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	244.8	79.2	92.1	30.3	77.0
7	Stanford University Stanford University United States	244.7	74.9	91.1	52.2	81.6
8	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	239.6	84.5	79.0	39.5	69.4
9	University of Washington University of Washington United States	232.4	72.9	91.2	41.3	73.3
10	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	229.6	84.4	75.1	45.9	60.9
11	Columbia University Columbia University United States	226.2	82.4	72.4	39.6	62.4
12	Monash University Monash University Australia	226.1	92.5	73.2	56.1	45.1
13	University College London University College London United Kingdom	223.7	100.0	75.5	54.7	30.4
14	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	222.0	82.2	74.7	69.2	54.4
15	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	219.1	85.0	76.3	43.1	49.1
16	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	218.3	74.8	73.9	39.5	65.3
17	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	217.7	74.7	79.1	36.5	62.4
18	The Education University of Hong Kong The Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	217.5	81.3	71.1	55.4	54.4
18	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	217.5	97.5	75.8	61.6	27.2
20	New York University New York University United States	215.6	69.3	81.0	44.5	66.7
21	University of Virginia University of Virginia United States	215.0	67.3	83.8	28.0	69.4
22	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	213.8	66.5	90.6	63.8	62.4
23	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	212.9	81.0	72.7	41.0	50.9
24	National Institute of Education (NIE) Singapore Singapore	211.8	76.6	74.7	67.9	52.7
25	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	211.7	70.1	84.0	36.5	60.9
26	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	210.0	66.6	90.0	42.6	60.9
27	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	208.3	70.9	76.0	45.8	59.3
28	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	205.8	83.0	78.7	59.0	36.0
29	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	205.6	75.1	73.1	38.0	52.7
30	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	202.6	80.5	70.9	55.9	40.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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