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.

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	295.0	100.0	79.0	55.0	100.0
2	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	229.3	81.3	82.6	57.1	60.3
3	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	228.4	91.4	79.0	67.9	45.0
4	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	220.4	64.3	92.5	48.5	72.9
5	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	203.8	79.4	87.1	88.4	32.4
6	University of Washington University of Washington United States	203.2	77.6	69.6	53.8	46.6
7	University of Utah University of Utah United States	198.3	66.1	76.5	47.2	56.1
8	Stanford University Stanford University United States	197.1	67.3	73.2	66.5	52.9
9	Columbia University Columbia University United States	194.8	64.3	74.6	43.1	56.7
10	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	194.4	74.2	78.3	64.7	37.4
11	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	193.8	74.2	81.2	53.7	36.5
12	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	191.8	94.7	69.0	68.0	8.4
13	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	190.5	74.2	84.6	91.0	27.7
14	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	187.7	87.4	53.3	48.5	25.1
15	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus United States	187.2	69.6	68.2	60.9	42.6
16	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	187.1	74.5	79.6	54.4	30.2
16	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	187.1	74.5	69.0	44.0	36.5
18	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	185.1	64.6	80.4	61.7	41.8
19	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	184.3	61.2	82.4	56.2	45.8
20	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	183.5	77.4	64.7	74.1	27.7
21	University of Wolverhampton University of Wolverhampton United Kingdom	183.4	73.4	100.0	64.7	16.7
22	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	183.1	68.7	81.9	66.7	32.4
23	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	182.9	68.4	78.0	78.3	33.4
24	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	182.0	79.1	63.9	77.3	23.7
24	University of Montreal University of Montreal Canada	182.0	71.5	88.7	81.9	22.1
26	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	181.1	75.0	62.7	58.8	31.3
27	McGill University McGill University Canada	181.0	66.7	69.0	81.1	38.3
28	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston United States	178.8	46.1	93.5	49.1	57.9
29	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	178.4	73.2	64.7	98.8	26.4
30	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	177.6	68.4	68.0	44.4	36.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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