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.

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	264.5	84.8
2	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	258.8	85.8
3	Stanford University Stanford University	256.7	70.8
4	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	255.4	75.6
5	University of Oxford University of Oxford	255.3	100.0
6	University of Toronto University of Toronto	240.1	88.9
7	Columbia University Columbia University	236.9	65.5
8	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	235.7	83.0
9	New York University New York University	231.4	67.5
10	Cornell University Cornell University	227.9	77.5
11	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	224.9	74.7
12	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	219.3	71.1
13	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	218.6	67.9
14	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	217.7	69.4
15	Yale University Yale University	217.4	62.6
16	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	217.0	69.7
17	Duke University Duke University	214.9	58.8
18	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	214.8	70.8
19	Northwestern University Northwestern University	212.5	63.8
20	University of Chicago University of Chicago	212.2	65.3
21	Princeton University Princeton University	208.3	55.4
22	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	204.0	77.5
23	London School of Economics and Political Science	203.0	79.4
24	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester	196.7	88.6
25	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	195.8	61.8
25	University of Washington University of Washington	195.8	54.6
27	University of Southern California University of Southern California	189.1	59.5
28	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	185.7	58.4
29	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	185.3	66.0
30	Stockholm University Stockholm University	182.8	68.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.