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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	280.3	100.0	94.4	59.0	77.2
2	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	274.9	84.3	86.7	51.4	100.0
3	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	266.8	99.1	85.6	40.0	71.3
4	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	245.2	83.8	88.5	50.6	70.1
5	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	227.6	68.7	88.0	44.0	76.1
6	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	222.2	79.3	82.6	41.6	57.7
7	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	219.6	76.6	83.5	52.2	57.7
8	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	219.3	77.7	95.6	36.7	51.3
9	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	216.2	74.9	96.3	44.1	51.3
10	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	212.9	80.6	78.4	32.5	49.6
11	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	211.8	72.5	73.0	30.3	63.5
12	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	209.5	74.4	85.0	41.8	51.3
13	University of Vienna University of Vienna Austria	208.9	64.3	100.0	77.9	54.6
14	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	206.7	73.4	86.4	39.5	49.6
15	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	204.9	66.5	71.9	30.3	66.2
16	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam Netherlands	202.5	55.9	100.0	65.6	62.1
17	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	202.4	71.2	86.0	30.0	49.6
18	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	197.0	63.9	86.9	30.5	54.6
19	Cornell University Cornell University United States	196.9	58.8	100.0	42.0	54.6
20	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	187.9	65.1	78.5	70.1	43.9
21	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	187.5	57.7	100.0	70.4	43.9
22	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	187.3	63.5	96.5	40.4	39.7
23	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	182.1	62.7	88.5	40.2	39.7
24	University of Munich University of Munich Germany	177.7	60.0	78.2	66.6	41.9
25	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	175.9	65.7	79.8	49.7	32.4
26	University of Kentucky University of Kentucky United States	173.1	59.0	91.9	36.2	35.0
27	University of Washington University of Washington United States	173.0	63.1	80.1	31.9	35.0
28	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	172.2	56.8	82.5	60.2	39.7
28	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	172.2	60.0	71.3	46.0	41.9
30	University of Missouri - Columbia University of Missouri - Columbia United States	171.6	61.5	75.5	41.0	37.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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