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	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	263.3	76.7
2	Harvard University Harvard University	254.4	100.0
3	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	241.8	76.5
4	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	238.5	80.5
5	Tilburg University Tilburg University	234.6	68.7
6	Northwestern University Northwestern University	232.9	59.9
7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	227.0	70.4
8	Columbia University Columbia University	224.3	66.0
9	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	223.6	60.8
10	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	222.1	68.1
11	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	218.8	71.0
12	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	218.0	66.5
13	Georgia State University Georgia State University	217.1	60.7
14	Cornell University Cornell University	216.7	69.6
15	Duke University Duke University	214.5	49.3
16	Stanford University Stanford University	210.6	61.4
17	Monash University Monash University	209.2	82.0
18	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia	207.3	55.8
19	University of Southern California University of Southern California	206.9	62.7
20	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	205.5	57.9
21	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	205.1	50.6
22	University of Washington University of Washington	202.4	54.8
23	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	201.5	51.6
24	Michigan State University Michigan State University	200.9	64.1
25	New York University New York University	200.6	55.8
26	Arizona State University Arizona State University	199.4	60.8
27	University of Florida University of Florida	198.2	55.5
28	University of Groningen University of Groningen	197.4	67.3
29	Aalto University Aalto University	196.8	71.1
30	York University York University	196.6	64.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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