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	268.0	85.1	80.6	61.1	93.8
2	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	252.2	88.6	79.8	91.9	70.2
3	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	247.4	65.0	87.1	63.6	100.0
4	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	246.6	81.6	72.9	62.6	81.5
5	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	241.8	81.9	83.3	64.9	70.7
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	240.6	85.4	75.3	68.1	68.0
7	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	237.8	78.6	86.9	62.2	70.2
8	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	236.9	85.3	85.6	82.5	58.0
9	INSEAD INSEAD France	236.0	58.9	82.4	91.3	97.4
10	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	235.4	100.0	83.1	71.7	36.7
11	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	231.9	71.5	85.0	69.3	75.3
12	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	229.6	69.4	75.0	83.3	79.6
13	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	217.7	71.4	74.5	64.5	66.9
14	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	216.9	79.9	78.8	72.7	50.4
15	Stanford University Stanford University United States	215.2	63.9	77.4	64.1	74.3
16	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	215.0	83.1	79.4	75.7	43.2
17	New York University New York University United States	214.9	60.9	76.6	75.6	77.7
18	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	214.8	72.8	77.7	62.2	60.5
19	University of Montreal University of Montreal Canada	213.9	88.1	75.9	81.5	35.6
20	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	213.5	76.3	78.8	78.8	51.8
21	Cornell University Cornell University United States	210.8	69.0	73.5	64.9	64.1
22	Columbia University Columbia University United States	207.8	60.9	72.3	64.9	73.8
22	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	207.8	64.3	71.2	49.5	70.7
24	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School Denmark	207.5	70.8	78.9	85.8	53.3
25	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	204.1	68.6	89.0	62.6	50.4
26	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	203.4	68.3	73.5	68.7	57.3
27	Tilburg University Tilburg University Netherlands	201.7	68.7	74.4	81.8	53.3
28	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	201.6	63.9	68.9	61.2	65.2
29	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong, China	201.3	62.9	83.6	78.5	57.3
30	Bocconi University Bocconi University Italy	200.4	58.5	81.3	85.7	63.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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