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.

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	290.6	100.0
2	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	228.4	66.2
3	University College London University College London	228.3	57.0
4	University of Toronto University of Toronto	225.8	65.4
5	Stanford University Stanford University	213.5	58.0
6	King's College London King's College London	211.9	45.2
7	University of Oxford University of Oxford	208.1	43.7
8	Mayo Medical School Mayo Medical School	205.7	60.0
9	Heidelberg University Heidelberg University	205.1	55.9
9	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	205.1	54.0
11	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	204.1	58.0
12	Utrecht University Utrecht University	200.2	48.9
13	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen	200.1	41.1
14	University of Munich University of Munich	196.4	49.3
15	Imperial College London Imperial College London	195.4	39.8
16	Duke University Duke University	195.3	51.2
17	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center	193.9	56.8
18	Technical University Munich Technical University Munich	193.7	45.1
19	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	193.4	52.1
19	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis	193.4	49.6
21	KU Leuven KU Leuven	187.6	39.8
21	University of Zurich University of Zurich	187.6	45.3
23	New York University New York University	187.4	46.6
24	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	187.2	53.3
25	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam	187.0	37.9
26	McGill University McGill University	184.2	39.7
27	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	184.0	39.1
28	Humboldt University of Berlin Humboldt University of Berlin	183.6	45.0
29	Yale University Yale University	182.8	42.7
30	University of Washington University of Washington	182.7	49.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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