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	University of Chicago University of Chicago	365.4	74.8
2	Harvard University Harvard University	360.4	99.7
3	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	313.0	83.7
4	Columbia University Columbia University	309.3	81.4
5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	305.0	74.1
6	Princeton University Princeton University	298.8	59.1
7	London School of Economics and Political Science	289.5	100.0
8	Stanford University Stanford University	288.7	80.0
9	New York University New York University	278.5	71.4
10	Yale University Yale University	264.7	69.3
11	Northwestern University Northwestern University	239.7	63.8
12	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	229.4	73.4
13	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	226.5	70.1
14	University of Oxford University of Oxford	226.2	92.2
15	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	225.8	56.7
16	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	209.2	50.7
17	University College London University College London	204.7	70.5
18	Duke University Duke University	204.1	65.1
19	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	202.6	65.7
20	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	202.4	60.2
21	University of Toulouse 1 University of Toulouse 1	199.5	50.8
22	Cornell University Cornell University	196.7	73.8
23	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	195.2	56.3
24	University of Toronto University of Toronto	194.3	66.5
25	Arizona State University Arizona State University	191.3	52.2
26	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	183.9	68.7
27	Bocconi University Bocconi University	182.7	61.1
28	University of Warwick University of Warwick	175.2	59.2
29	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University	173.1	42.9
30	University of Zurich University of Zurich	173.0	54.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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