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	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	257.7	71.9
2	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	256.9	100.0
3	Utrecht University Utrecht University	243.5	81.3
4	Aarhus University Aarhus University	242.2	78.7
5	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	232.8	68.2
6	Cardiff University Cardiff University	227.3	74.1
7	Arizona State University Arizona State University	218.2	64.7
8	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	208.7	63.6
9	London School of Economics and Political Science	206.8	84.6
10	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	196.2	55.8
11	University of Oxford University of Oxford	190.1	78.4
12	Harvard University Harvard University	188.1	69.6
13	University of Southern California University of Southern California	186.3	57.1
14	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	184.8	58.7
15	Florida State University Florida State University	181.9	49.6
16	The Australian National University The Australian National University	181.0	95.5
17	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	180.5	56.7
18	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	180.0	45.7
19	KU Leuven KU Leuven	178.3	69.6
20	University of Exeter University of Exeter	173.9	55.4
21	Leiden University Leiden University	172.4	63.6
22	George Mason University George Mason University	172.1	52.4
23	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham	172.0	70.9
24	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	171.9	55.8
25	Bocconi University Bocconi University	171.6	51.5
26	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	171.3	71.5
27	University at Albany (State University of New York)	171.0	63.2
28	University College London University College London	170.4	63.2
29	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh	168.8	70.9
30	VU University Amsterdam VU University Amsterdam	167.7	62.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.