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	268.0	85.1
2	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	252.2	88.6
3	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	247.4	65.0
4	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	246.6	81.6
5	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	241.8	81.9
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	240.6	85.4
7	Arizona State University Arizona State University	237.8	78.6
8	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	236.9	85.3
9	INSEAD INSEAD	236.0	58.9
10	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	235.4	100.0
11	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	231.9	71.5
12	University of Toronto University of Toronto	229.6	69.4
13	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	217.7	71.4
14	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology	216.9	79.9
15	Stanford University Stanford University	215.2	63.9
16	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	215.0	83.1
17	New York University New York University	214.9	60.9
18	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	214.8	72.8
19	University of Montreal University of Montreal	213.9	88.1
20	University of Warwick University of Warwick	213.5	76.3
21	Cornell University Cornell University	210.8	69.0
22	Columbia University Columbia University	207.8	60.9
22	University of Southern California University of Southern California	207.8	64.3
24	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School	207.5	70.8
25	Michigan State University Michigan State University	204.1	68.6
26	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	203.4	68.3
27	Tilburg University Tilburg University	201.7	68.7
28	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	201.6	63.9
29	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	201.3	62.9
30	Bocconi University Bocconi University	200.4	58.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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