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.

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	University of Washington University of Washington	277.2	73.5
2	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	265.5	70.0
3	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6	254.8	70.8
4	Oregon State University Oregon State University	236.7	60.8
5	University of Southampton University of Southampton	234.7	59.4
6	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China	225.5	100.0
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	218.8	49.1
8	University of Bergen University of Bergen	217.6	52.3
9	University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Hawaii at Manoa	215.1	48.4
10	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania	214.6	55.2
11	Utrecht University Utrecht University	213.6	60.2
12	University of Western Brittany University of Western Brittany	212.0	53.2
13	Columbia University Columbia University	210.2	43.9
14	University of Miami University of Miami	210.0	52.3
15	University of Bremen University of Bremen	205.9	50.3
16	University of California, Santa Cruz University of California, Santa Cruz	203.9	44.4
17	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark	201.7	47.9
18	University of Hamburg University of Hamburg	198.8	48.9
19	University of Alaska - Fairbanks University of Alaska - Fairbanks	198.7	43.5
20	Princeton University Princeton University	197.9	35.7
21	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3)	197.3	42.5
22	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology	195.8	36.7
23	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	194.8	46.1
24	Florida State University Florida State University	194.3	42.7
25	Stanford University Stanford University	191.9	36.7
26	University of Delaware University of Delaware	189.9	41.7
27	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	187.9	35.0
28	Aix Marseille University Aix Marseille University	187.2	42.0
28	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	187.2	49.0
30	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	185.9	41.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.