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.

499 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder	378.4	80.8
2	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology	353.6	85.5
3	Columbia University Columbia University	346.7	71.0
4	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	338.8	75.6
5	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	313.1	58.8
6	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich	285.4	94.2
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	271.4	63.5
8	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6	268.2	94.1
9	Harvard University Harvard University	259.2	50.1
10	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	255.4	60.2
11	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	253.3	74.7
12	University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 University Paris Diderot - Paris 7	252.2	56.7
13	Utrecht University Utrecht University	252.0	78.5
14	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	246.5	64.3
15	University of Washington University of Washington	243.0	66.7
16	University of Bristol University of Bristol	241.4	73.1
17	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	240.1	83.1
18	University of Oxford University of Oxford	239.8	72.1
19	University of Iowa University of Iowa	238.2	38.4
20	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo	234.3	83.5
21	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes	232.8	76.4
22	University of Leeds University of Leeds	229.3	64.2
23	University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines	227.3	59.0
24	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	226.4	57.0
25	The Australian National University The Australian National University	226.2	69.0
26	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences	224.7	93.6
27	University College London University College London	220.2	63.8
28	Imperial College London Imperial College London	220.1	64.0
29	University of Arizona University of Arizona	219.4	66.5
30	Stanford University Stanford University	217.0	66.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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