2019 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking began to publish world university ranking by academic subjects in 2009. By introducing improved methodology, the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) was first published in 2017. The 2024 GRAS contains rankings of universities in 55 subjects across Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. More than 1,900 out of 5,000 universities across 96 countries and regions are finally listed in the rankings. The GRAS rankings use a range of objective academic indicators and third-party data to measure the performance of world universities in respective subjects, covering in 5 major evaluation categories such as World-Class Faculty, World-Class Output, High Quality Research, Research Impact and International Collaboration. The index of international academic awards is based on Academic Excellence Survey (AES) conducted by ShanghaiRanking.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Michigan State University Michigan State University	277.0	87.2
2	Harvard University Harvard University	266.5	94.3
3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	255.0	82.6
4	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	246.2	84.6
5	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	246.0	80.6
6	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	244.8	79.2
7	Stanford University Stanford University	244.7	74.9
8	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	239.6	84.5
9	University of Washington University of Washington	232.4	72.9
10	Arizona State University Arizona State University	229.6	84.4
11	Columbia University Columbia University	226.2	82.4
12	Monash University Monash University	226.1	92.5
13	University College London University College London	223.7	100.0
14	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	222.0	82.2
15	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	219.1	85.0
16	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	218.3	74.8
17	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	217.7	74.7
18	The Education University of Hong Kong The Education University of Hong Kong	217.5	81.3
18	University of Toronto University of Toronto	217.5	97.5
20	New York University New York University	215.6	69.3
21	University of Virginia University of Virginia	215.0	67.3
22	Utrecht University Utrecht University	213.8	66.5
23	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	212.9	81.0
24	National Institute of Education (NIE) Singapore	211.8	76.6
25	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	211.7	70.1
26	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus	210.0	66.6
27	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	208.3	70.9
28	University of Sydney University of Sydney	205.8	83.0
29	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	205.6	75.1
30	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	202.6	80.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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