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.

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	285.4	100.0
2	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	228.1	82.0
3	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	219.4	66.1
4	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	217.5	64.5
5	University of Washington University of Washington	216.5	69.1
6	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute	214.9	57.5
7	University of Toronto University of Toronto	207.3	72.0
8	University of Bristol University of Bristol	206.1	37.3
9	Columbia University Columbia University	205.9	60.7
10	University College London University College London	204.8	61.9
11	University of Oxford University of Oxford	204.1	55.7
12	Emory University Emory University	201.8	55.7
13	Imperial College London Imperial College London	201.0	51.3
14	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	198.8	52.6
15	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	194.7	61.0
16	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	192.6	66.9
17	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	185.9	38.8
18	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	185.7	58.6
19	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	185.4	41.9
20	Utrecht University Utrecht University	185.1	45.4
21	Boston University Boston University	183.9	48.3
21	Pompeu Fabra University Pompeu Fabra University	183.9	25.3
23	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	183.7	54.2
23	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	183.7	51.1
25	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	183.4	46.4
26	University of Basel University of Basel	181.7	37.1
27	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	179.5	52.0
28	Yale University Yale University	178.8	54.2
29	McGill University McGill University	178.4	48.1
30	Stanford University Stanford University	178.2	47.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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