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.

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Central South University Central South University	273.6	89.3
2	China University of Geosciences Beijing China University of Geosciences Beijing	272.5	74.7
3	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	254.2	73.4
4	China University of Mining and Technology	250.0	80.8
5	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	242.2	54.8
6	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences	223.3	57.0
7	University of Science and Technology Beijing	208.1	100.0
8	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	204.9	48.9
9	Nanjing University Nanjing University	202.5	38.9
10	Monash University Monash University	202.0	38.6
11	Curtin University Curtin University	200.4	49.1
12	Peking University Peking University	199.4	37.6
13	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide	198.5	37.3
14	McGill University McGill University	196.1	51.6
15	China University of Mining & Technology-Beijing	192.5	51.1
16	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania	192.1	31.6
17	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang)	189.1	71.2
18	University of Alberta University of Alberta	182.9	44.7
19	University of Lorraine University of Lorraine	181.7	36.0
20	University of Cape Town University of Cape Town	179.6	46.1
21	Kyushu University Kyushu University	175.9	31.2
22	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	170.6	41.6
23	Sichuan University Sichuan University	169.2	32.0
23	University of Kentucky University of Kentucky	169.2	29.2
25	Shandong University of Science & Technology	169.0	32.4
26	James Cook University James Cook University	167.9	25.7
27	Imperial College London Imperial College London	165.7	32.4
28	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	165.4	31.2
29	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	165.2	27.9
30	University of South Australia University of South Australia	164.7	34.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.