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	315.4	93.6
2	Stanford University Stanford University	263.6	72.4
3	London School of Economics and Political Science	255.1	92.3
4	University of Oxford University of Oxford	245.4	100.0
5	Princeton University Princeton University	243.9	65.3
6	Columbia University Columbia University	243.7	76.1
7	Yale University Yale University	242.2	65.5
8	New York University New York University	235.5	69.7
9	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	214.6	64.7
10	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	210.6	63.6
11	Georgetown University Georgetown University	203.5	68.7
12	Duke University Duke University	200.2	56.0
13	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	196.9	48.2
14	The George Washington University The George Washington University	192.1	66.8
15	University of Chicago University of Chicago	191.6	49.5
16	King's College London King's College London	188.6	79.6
17	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	188.2	55.8
18	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	187.1	50.2
19	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	185.9	51.4
20	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	181.1	70.2
21	Aarhus University Aarhus University	179.2	58.0
22	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	178.3	47.1
23	University College London University College London	175.9	61.3
24	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	175.4	51.2
24	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	175.4	50.5
24	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	175.4	54.3
27	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	175.3	44.6
28	University of Essex University of Essex	173.1	52.5
29	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	173.0	40.7
30	The Australian National University The Australian National University	172.8	80.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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