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.

298 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	PUB CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	325.7	100.0
2	Griffith University Griffith University	255.8	94.4
3	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	222.4	73.9
4	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	221.8	80.8
5	University of Central Florida University of Central Florida	207.1	62.1
6	University of Surrey University of Surrey	206.8	51.4
7	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	205.6	61.3
8	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University	203.6	56.5
9	Temple University Temple University	197.2	60.4
10	Bournemouth University Bournemouth University	195.2	58.7
11	Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University	189.4	56.3
12	Sejong University Sejong University	186.6	51.0
13	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	185.7	50.6
14	Washington State University Washington State University	181.1	48.0
15	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia	179.5	54.9
16	Florida State University Florida State University	177.8	57.0
17	University of Florida University of Florida	177.5	55.5
18	University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg	172.6	54.9
19	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo	171.8	53.1
20	University of Nevada-Las Vegas University of Nevada-Las Vegas	164.2	43.9
21	University of South Australia University of South Australia	162.1	56.1
22	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	160.0	53.5
23	The University of Waikato The University of Waikato	159.1	52.9
24	University of Otago University of Otago	158.8	55.7
25	University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst	153.6	45.4
26	Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University	152.3	34.2
27	Monash University Monash University	150.3	50.6
28	University of Houston University of Houston	150.1	39.8
29	Loughborough University Loughborough University	148.6	66.4
30	Macao Institute for Tourism Studies Macao Institute for Tourism Studies	147.7	41.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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