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
1	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	263.3	76.7	84.1	62.1	100.0
2	Harvard University Harvard University United States	254.4	100.0	71.9	60.2	62.5
3	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	241.8	76.5	81.7	66.6	79.6
4	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	238.5	80.5	79.2	82.6	69.8
5	Tilburg University Tilburg University Netherlands	234.6	68.7	78.5	81.1	84.1
6	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	232.9	59.9	83.3	65.0	95.0
7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	227.0	70.4	77.4	62.2	76.5
8	Columbia University Columbia University United States	224.3	66.0	69.6	63.8	84.1
9	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	223.6	60.8	93.2	60.4	79.6
10	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	222.1	68.1	77.3	64.3	74.9
11	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	218.8	71.0	87.0	63.1	62.5
12	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	218.0	66.5	74.4	61.3	74.9
13	Georgia State University Georgia State University United States	217.1	60.7	82.1	69.4	78.1
14	Cornell University Cornell University United States	216.7	69.6	75.3	66.5	68.1
15	Duke University Duke University United States	214.5	49.3	91.9	62.5	88.3
16	Stanford University Stanford University United States	210.6	61.4	78.6	59.9	73.3
17	Monash University Monash University Australia	209.2	82.0	64.7	70.4	46.9
18	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia United States	207.3	55.8	91.5	62.2	71.6
19	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	206.9	62.7	71.9	52.3	71.6
20	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	205.5	57.9	75.4	61.3	74.9
21	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	205.1	50.6	79.4	83.6	81.2
22	University of Washington University of Washington United States	202.4	54.8	85.5	58.9	71.6
23	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	201.5	51.6	86.5	59.2	74.9
24	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	200.9	64.1	89.3	60.8	54.1
25	New York University New York University United States	200.6	55.8	73.2	70.2	73.3
26	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	199.4	60.8	87.0	61.7	58.4
27	University of Florida University of Florida United States	198.2	55.5	65.7	55.0	76.5
28	University of Groningen University of Groningen Netherlands	197.4	67.3	78.0	81.6	49.4
29	Aalto University Aalto University Finland	196.8	71.1	81.6	79.5	41.3
30	York University York University Canada	196.6	64.1	80.6	83.6	51.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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