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	Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Jiaotong University	290.4	95.4
2	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	282.1	85.2
3	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	272.2	100.0
4	Southeast University Southeast University	265.5	84.4
5	University of Sydney University of Sydney	239.1	76.7
6	Tongji University Tongji University	238.1	83.8
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	235.0	71.0
8	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	232.7	68.3
9	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	232.5	76.6
10	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	232.2	71.0
11	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo	230.8	62.5
12	University of Leeds University of Leeds	229.6	72.7
13	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	226.4	61.1
14	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	226.1	60.2
15	Beihang University Beihang University	225.4	54.6
16	University of Southampton University of Southampton	220.9	60.4
17	KTH Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology	219.2	65.8
18	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	219.1	50.3
19	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	218.2	68.3
20	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications	215.0	41.6
21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	214.3	68.1
21	Xidian University Xidian University	214.3	46.3
23	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	211.3	52.7
24	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology	210.0	62.9
25	McGill University McGill University	209.5	61.9
26	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	209.1	62.5
27	Southwest Jiaotong University Southwest Jiaotong University	207.1	59.3
28	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	207.0	69.8
29	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	205.8	70.2
30	University College London University College London	204.0	66.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.