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 California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	299.6	56.8
2	Harvard University Harvard University	297.6	100.0
3	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	281.0	38.5
4	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	238.6	53.4
5	University of Toronto University of Toronto	222.9	70.2
6	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	217.9	66.1
7	University College London University College London	214.6	58.8
8	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	213.8	34.0
9	University of Oxford University of Oxford	213.5	45.0
10	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	213.1	38.5
11	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	203.9	59.3
12	Imperial College London Imperial College London	202.9	47.0
13	University of Washington University of Washington	202.7	53.8
14	Mayo Medical School Mayo Medical School	197.9	62.2
15	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	195.8	33.7
16	University of Sydney University of Sydney	194.7	51.1
17	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	194.0	26.8
17	Stanford University Stanford University	194.0	52.6
19	Columbia University Columbia University	193.2	52.2
20	Duke University Duke University	192.8	52.0
21	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute	191.2	53.8
22	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus	189.1	54.8
23	Emory University Emory University	188.6	45.9
24	King's College London King's College London	187.6	46.4
25	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	186.4	48.6
25	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	186.4	55.4
27	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	184.4	51.4
28	Yale University Yale University	183.6	48.1
29	McMaster University McMaster University	182.0	36.9
29	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	182.0	45.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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