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	Harvard University Harvard University United States	297.0	100.0	81.8	60.9	100.0
2	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	238.3	85.8	75.1	73.3	64.8
3	University College London University College London United Kingdom	238.2	81.8	78.7	75.9	68.5
4	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	234.5	77.0	79.2	48.9	74.5
5	Stanford University Stanford University United States	233.7	65.8	87.7	58.4	85.3
6	New York University New York University United States	233.3	71.6	81.7	56.4	79.3
7	Columbia University Columbia University United States	231.2	77.2	76.9	57.2	71.1
8	Yale University Yale University United States	228.9	74.6	80.1	58.7	71.1
9	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	224.4	70.5	82.5	53.5	72.0
10	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	216.4	77.1	82.7	49.5	54.4
11	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	213.6	63.7	81.6	51.8	72.0
12	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	212.5	65.0	80.3	55.4	69.4
13	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	207.9	72.2	77.6	51.7	55.6
14	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	204.8	65.8	82.8	80.2	56.7
15	Duke University Duke University United States	203.6	62.1	83.2	59.6	62.9
16	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	202.2	68.7	84.6	72.0	49.7
17	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	201.7	52.3	83.5	52.9	76.2
18	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam Netherlands	200.6	66.1	76.9	73.6	55.6
19	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	199.6	55.8	81.4	58.1	69.4
20	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	195.8	61.5	83.5	52.1	56.7
21	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	195.3	63.3	77.8	58.9	55.6
22	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	192.5	64.7	81.7	49.4	49.7
23	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	191.7	68.0	76.2	71.4	44.4
24	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	191.3	69.1	80.0	76.5	40.1
25	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	190.9	73.1	75.4	50.5	38.5
26	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands	190.4	66.1	75.8	75.9	45.8
26	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	190.4	63.3	78.8	76.1	48.4
28	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	187.1	66.6	78.9	46.8	43.0
29	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	186.4	58.3	82.2	44.8	53.3
30	Cornell University Cornell University United States	183.9	54.1	80.6	57.6	56.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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