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	297.0	100.0
2	University of Toronto University of Toronto	238.3	85.8
3	University College London University College London	238.2	81.8
4	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	234.5	77.0
5	Stanford University Stanford University	233.7	65.8
6	New York University New York University	233.3	71.6
7	Columbia University Columbia University	231.2	77.2
8	Yale University Yale University	228.9	74.6
9	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	224.4	70.5
10	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	216.4	77.1
11	Northwestern University Northwestern University	213.6	63.7
12	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	212.5	65.0
13	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	207.9	72.2
14	University of Oxford University of Oxford	204.8	65.8
15	Duke University Duke University	203.6	62.1
16	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	202.2	68.7
17	University of Chicago University of Chicago	201.7	52.3
18	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam	200.6	66.1
19	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	199.6	55.8
20	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	195.8	61.5
21	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	195.3	63.3
22	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus	192.5	64.7
23	Utrecht University Utrecht University	191.7	68.0
24	King's College London King's College London	191.3	69.1
25	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	190.9	73.1
26	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen	190.4	66.1
26	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	190.4	63.3
28	Arizona State University Arizona State University	187.1	66.6
29	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	186.4	58.3
30	Cornell University Cornell University	183.9	54.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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