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.

298 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	325.7	100.0	96.2	76.3	100.0	100.0
2	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	255.8	94.4	75.6	83.1	68.1	0.0
3	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	222.4	73.9	82.6	62.0	64.0	0.0
4	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	221.8	80.8	79.3	69.8	53.9	0.0
5	University of Central Florida University of Central Florida United States	207.1	62.1	91.2	61.5	62.2	0.0
6	University of Surrey University of Surrey United Kingdom	206.8	51.4	98.6	94.9	53.5	86.6
7	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	205.6	61.3	86.8	62.9	64.0	0.0
8	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University China	203.6	56.5	96.7	84.1	62.2	0.0
9	Temple University Temple University United States	197.2	60.4	88.1	73.6	55.2	0.0
10	Bournemouth University Bournemouth University United Kingdom	195.2	58.7	100.0	71.1	50.0	0.0
11	Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University South Korea	189.4	56.3	86.2	88.2	53.1	0.0
12	Sejong University Sejong University South Korea	186.6	51.0	100.0	82.4	51.8	0.0
13	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States	185.7	50.6	100.0	71.5	52.7	0.0
14	Washington State University Washington State University United States	181.1	48.0	100.0	82.5	50.9	0.0
15	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia United States	179.5	54.9	90.7	65.2	45.2	0.0
16	Florida State University Florida State University United States	177.8	57.0	75.6	72.1	47.2	0.0
17	University of Florida University of Florida United States	177.5	55.5	83.0	60.5	46.7	0.0
18	University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg South Africa	172.6	54.9	85.3	88.0	38.7	0.0
19	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo Canada	171.8	53.1	82.4	75.7	23.4	100.0
20	University of Nevada-Las Vegas University of Nevada-Las Vegas United States	164.2	43.9	100.0	51.5	43.2	0.0
21	University of South Australia University of South Australia Australia	162.1	56.1	67.8	77.1	36.3	0.0
22	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	160.0	53.5	70.6	62.8	38.1	0.0
23	The University of Waikato The University of Waikato New Zealand	159.1	52.9	69.7	80.1	36.9	0.0
24	University of Otago University of Otago New Zealand	158.8	55.7	71.9	76.6	31.6	0.0
25	University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst United States	153.6	45.4	80.3	72.3	38.1	0.0
26	Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University United Kingdom	152.3	34.2	80.5	76.9	35.7	86.6
27	Monash University Monash University Australia	150.3	50.6	75.2	67.1	30.2	0.0
28	University of Houston University of Houston United States	150.1	39.8	81.9	58.3	43.7	0.0
29	Loughborough University Loughborough University United Kingdom	148.6	66.4	71.0	68.2	6.7	0.0
30	Macao Institute for Tourism Studies Macao Institute for Tourism Studies Macau, China	147.7	41.7	82.3	59.5	38.1	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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