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.

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	257.7	71.9	89.6	51.2	100.0
2	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	256.9	100.0	82.4	57.3	60.0
3	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	243.5	81.3	97.2	66.8	66.3
4	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	242.2	78.7	99.9	50.0	69.3
5	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	232.8	68.2	100.0	56.7	74.8
6	Cardiff University Cardiff University United Kingdom	227.3	74.1	93.5	61.5	63.2
7	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	218.2	64.7	92.5	55.8	69.3
8	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	208.7	63.6	90.5	47.6	63.2
9	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	206.8	84.6	92.7	52.6	28.3
10	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	196.2	55.8	96.2	43.1	60.0
11	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	190.1	78.4	75.9	63.3	28.3
12	Harvard University Harvard University United States	188.1	69.6	75.8	59.1	40.0
13	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	186.3	57.1	72.1	47.2	60.0
14	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	184.8	58.7	72.3	76.8	52.9
15	Florida State University Florida State University United States	181.9	49.6	85.2	48.5	60.0
16	The Australian National University The Australian National University Australia	181.0	95.5	66.4	46.0	0.0
17	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	180.5	56.7	75.8	47.5	52.9
18	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	180.0	45.7	91.8	54.8	60.0
19	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	178.3	69.6	65.3	66.3	34.6
20	University of Exeter University of Exeter United Kingdom	173.9	55.4	100.0	61.5	34.6
21	Leiden University Leiden University Netherlands	172.4	63.6	85.5	59.8	28.3
22	George Mason University George Mason University United States	172.1	52.4	77.8	56.3	49.0
23	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham United Kingdom	172.0	70.9	79.2	60.4	20.0
24	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	171.9	55.8	93.8	65.9	34.6
25	Bocconi University Bocconi University Italy	171.6	51.5	84.3	75.2	44.7
26	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	171.3	71.5	73.0	75.3	20.0
27	University at Albany (State University of New York) United States	171.0	63.2	51.6	56.0	44.7
28	University College London University College London United Kingdom	170.4	63.2	82.2	62.2	28.3
29	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	168.8	70.9	73.8	56.3	20.0
30	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam Netherlands	167.7	62.9	75.1	75.8	28.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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