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.

50 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	282.8	100.0
2	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU	250.1	79.9
3	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	242.3	81.9
4	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University	232.1	72.4
5	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon	221.8	67.5
6	Tianjin University Tianjin University	218.9	57.4
7	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	218.3	50.6
8	Plymouth University Plymouth University	192.4	39.5
9	Hohai University Hohai University	191.3	60.5
10	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	188.5	67.0
11	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	184.6	51.3
12	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde	184.1	52.0
13	Griffith University Griffith University	182.9	35.3
14	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	178.9	56.7
15	University College London University College London	176.7	49.1
16	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China	176.4	52.0
17	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Federal University of Rio de Janeiro	175.5	40.4
17	Seoul National University Seoul National University	175.5	62.1
19	China University of Petroleum, Beijing China University of Petroleum, Beijing	175.4	40.7
20	University of Genoa University of Genoa	174.9	39.5
21	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	171.9	43.6
22	Newcastle University Newcastle University	171.4	44.2
23	University of Cantabria University of Cantabria	166.0	35.3
24	University of Southampton University of Southampton	164.3	44.2
25	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	164.1	46.6
26	Jiangsu University of Science & Technology	163.8	36.6
27	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark	162.8	47.4
28	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania	162.0	45.8
29	National Technical University of Athens National Technical University of Athens	161.8	42.5
30	Pusan National University Pusan National University	158.8	59.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.