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.

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	University of Oxford University of Oxford	287.1	100.0
2	University College London University College London	282.2	83.8
3	Durham University Durham University	258.3	77.7
4	University of Toronto University of Toronto	256.4	72.4
5	University of Exeter University of Exeter	253.6	65.2
6	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	252.4	90.4
7	University of Washington University of Washington	247.1	61.3
8	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	239.4	67.2
9	Stockholm University Stockholm University	236.3	65.7
10	Utrecht University Utrecht University	235.7	82.2
11	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	234.9	59.7
12	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	234.0	66.2
13	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	230.3	60.9
14	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	230.0	65.2
15	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	229.8	59.1
16	Arizona State University Arizona State University	225.6	60.7
17	University of Bristol University of Bristol	224.1	62.6
18	The University of Sheffield The University of Sheffield	223.1	69.3
19	Newcastle University Newcastle University	220.6	58.6
20	University of Wageningen University of Wageningen	218.9	67.1
21	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	216.6	63.4
22	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	216.4	78.9
23	The University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow	215.3	57.2
24	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder	214.9	69.1
25	Uppsala University Uppsala University	213.9	54.6
26	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	213.2	57.3
27	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	213.1	55.6
27	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	213.1	46.7
29	University of Arizona University of Arizona	211.2	59.3
30	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	210.5	72.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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