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.

296 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	293.5	100.0
2	Yale University Yale University	271.8	79.1
3	Columbia University Columbia University	225.0	82.7
4	New York University New York University	220.1	86.5
5	University of Chicago University of Chicago	215.1	75.1
6	University of Oxford University of Oxford	198.2	90.4
7	Georgetown University Georgetown University	194.2	67.8
8	Stanford University Stanford University	187.9	69.3
9	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	187.2	70.7
10	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	181.2	60.9
11	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	179.2	64.0
12	University of Virginia University of Virginia	177.2	61.0
13	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	174.8	68.6
14	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	171.3	85.7
15	Duke University Duke University	163.0	57.5
16	London School of Economics and Political Science	155.8	64.8
17	Northwestern University Northwestern University	151.9	61.8
18	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	150.4	47.9
19	George Mason University George Mason University	149.6	54.0
19	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	149.6	55.9
21	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	148.3	60.1
22	Florida State University Florida State University	148.2	54.7
23	Arizona State University Arizona State University	146.6	62.4
24	The George Washington University The George Washington University	146.2	62.8
25	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	146.1	51.3
26	Fordham University Fordham University	145.3	52.3
27	University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati	143.9	55.3
28	University College London University College London	142.5	59.8
29	Griffith University Griffith University	141.6	67.4
30	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	141.3	55.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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