World Top Social Sciences Universities, Law 2019

Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019
Law

Five countries claim 77% of the world top 296 Law universities:

United States, 124 or 41.9%.

United Kingdom, 53 or 17.9%.

Australia, 23 or 7.8%

Canada, 17 or 5.7%.

Germany, 10 or 3.4%.

Law
World Rank	Institution¹	Country	Score
World Rank	Institution¹	Country	Total score	PUB	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Harvard University	United States	293.5	100	100	34.3	90.1	NA
2	Yale University	United States	271.8	79.1	100	30.7	100	NA
3	Columbia University	United States	225	82.7	94.2	27.6	51.1	NA
4	New York University	United States	220.1	86.5	88.1	28.6	43.4	NA
5	University of Chicago	United States	215.1	75.1	100	27.7	49.6	NA
6	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	198.2	90.4	68.9	41.3	24.1	NA
7	Georgetown University	United States	194.2	67.8	99.8	26.5	39.9	NA
8	Stanford University	United States	187.9	69.3	98.6	27.6	31.9	NA
9	University of Pennsylvania	United States	187.2	70.7	97.1	31.3	29.5	NA
10	University of California, Los Angeles	United States	181.2	60.9	100	38.4	36.1	NA
11	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	United States	179.2	64	91.1	36.5	34.1	NA
12	University of Virginia	United States	177.2	61	98.5	23.2	34.1	NA
13	University of California, Berkeley	United States	174.8	68.6	96	30.8	20.9	NA
14	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	171.3	85.7	74.9	52.3	0	NA
15	Duke University	United States	163	57.5	100	27.2	24.1	NA
16	London School of Economics and Political Science	United Kingdom	155.8	64.8	83.4	48	12	NA
17	Northwestern University	United States	151.9	61.8	88.5	30.1	12	NA
18	The University of Texas at Austin	United States	150.4	47.9	98.1	26.1	26.9	NA
19	George Mason University	United States	149.6	54	94.7	42.4	17	NA
19	University of California, Irvine	United States	149.6	55.9	100	36.8	12	NA
21	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	United States	148.3	60.1	84	40.8	12	NA
22	Florida State University	United States	148.2	54.7	100	41.4	12	NA
23	Arizona State University	United States	146.6	62.4	100	29.8	0	NA
24	The George Washington University	United States	146.2	62.8	73.8	30.5	12	NA
25	Vanderbilt University	United States	146.1	51.3	100	20.5	17	NA
26	Fordham University	United States	145.3	52.3	87.7	21.1	20.9	NA
27	University of Cincinnati	United States	143.9	55.3	89.5	41.8	12	NA
28	University College London	United Kingdom	142.5	59.8	71.8	47.9	12	NA
29	Griffith University	Australia	141.6	67.4	69.8	55.1	0	NA
30	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	United States	141.3	55.9	83.5	36.3	12	NA
31	Boston University	United States	140.6	54.5	79.1	22.9	17	NA
32	Cornell University	United States	140.2	52.5	74.8	31.8	20.9	NA
33	The University of New South Wales	Australia	139.1	68.4	64	44.7	0	NA
34	Michigan State University	United States	138.9	56.4	78.4	30.7	12	NA
35	University of Toronto	Canada	137.8	64.6	71.9	49.8	0	NA
36	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Israel	137.4	50.7	87.9	53.5	12	NA
37	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	134.3	60.5	77.1	49.6	0	NA
38	Simon Fraser University	Canada	133.4	54.7	89.5	66	0	NA
39	King's College London	United Kingdom	131.3	64.5	61.1	40.7	0	NA
40	Temple University	United States	129.6	43.1	99.4	31.9	12	NA
41	Northeastern University (Boston)	United States	129.3	46.7	85.6	44	12	NA
42	University of South Florida	United States	128.7	49.5	99.2	48.6	0	NA
43	Monash University	Australia	127	62.4	57.1	48.7	0	NA
44	The University of Texas at Dallas	United States	126.5	48	100	45	0	NA
45	University of Denver	United States	126.4	37.1	89.2	20.1	24.1	NA
46	Washington University in St. Louis	United States	126.3	41.9	84.9	39	17	NA
47	The Australian National University	Australia	125.6	57.9	68	47.9	0	NA
48	University of Maryland, College Park	United States	125.4	50.9	91.5	33.4	0	NA
49	Sam Houston State University	United States	125.3	50.2	92.2	38.1	0	NA
50	American University	United States	125	46.1	73.5	20.5	17	NA
51-75	European University Institute	Italy		60.7	58	41.5	0	NA
51-75	Georgia State University	United States		45.5	76.9	25.4	12	NA
51-75	Indiana University Bloomington	United States		57.3	65.8	21	0	NA
51-75	Leiden University	Netherlands		56.6	61.1	47.9	0	NA
51-75	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	United States		50	84	38.3	0	NA
51-75	The University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom		51.9	63.6	31.5	0	NA
51-75	The University of Georgia	United States		37.7	99.3	15.3	12	NA
51-75	The University of Hong Kong	China-Hong Kong		58.5	45.9	38.2	0	NA
51-75	The University of Melbourne	Australia		59.5	61.6	43.4	0	NA
51-75	The University of Queensland	Australia		51.7	66.5	37.1	0	NA
51-75	Tilburg University	Netherlands		50.1	67.6	47.5	0	NA
51-75	University at Albany (State University of New York)	United States		44.9	88.1	26.8	0	NA
51-75	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom		53.2	62.2	43.5	0	NA
51-75	University of British Columbia	Canada		46	67.9	54.8	12	NA
51-75	University of California, Davis	United States		35.5	95.5	31.2	20.9	NA
51-75	University of Illinois at Chicago	United States		50.5	79.2	30.3	0	NA
51-75	University of Iowa	United States		46.5	59.9	20.3	17	NA
51-75	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	United States		44.7	75.7	19.7	12	NA
51-75	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom		56.8	58.7	39.8	0	NA
51-75	University of Portsmouth	United Kingdom		43.5	83.4	60.4	0	NA
51-75	University of Southern California	United States		50.2	80.4	31.8	0	NA
51-75	University of Washington	United States		51.9	83.6	34.6	0	NA
51-75	University of Wisconsin - Madison	United States		41	75.1	27	12	NA
51-75	Utrecht University	Netherlands		52.7	62.6	37.4	0	NA
51-75	VU University Amsterdam	Netherlands		51.2	81.7	50.8	0	NA
76-100	Cardiff University	United Kingdom		47.6	60.8	44.3	0	NA
76-100	Carleton University	Canada		38.9	88.1	52.2	0	NA
76-100	College of William and Mary	United States		30.2	97.4	11	17	NA
76-100	Deakin University	Australia		46.9	61.6	48.2	0	NA
76-100	Emory University	United States		44.1	80.4	25.1	0	NA
76-100	Florida International University	United States		36.7	91.6	44.5	0	NA
76-100	Ghent University	Belgium		48.2	66.7	52.2	0	NA
76-100	Iowa State University	United States		33.7	100	49.5	0	NA
76-100	John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)	United States		42.8	82.8	38.9	0	NA
76-100	KU Leuven	Belgium		47.9	66.2	54.9	0	NA
76-100	Maastricht University	Netherlands		46.7	60.4	56.2	0	NA
76-100	Princeton University	United States		38.2	93.6	23.1	0	NA
76-100	Queensland University of Technology	Australia		53.7	54.2	43	0	NA
76-100	Saint Louis University	United States		39.3	89.1	31.7	0	NA
76-100	The Ohio State University - Columbus	United States		37.6	100	37.6	0	NA
76-100	The University of Manchester	United Kingdom		53	55.7	41.2	0	NA
76-100	University of Arizona	United States		41.7	88.9	31	0	NA
76-100	University of California, San Diego	United States		28.7	91.2	54.5	12	NA
76-100	University of Florida	United States		45.1	78.1	27.7	0	NA
76-100	University of Leicester	United Kingdom		49.9	55	36	0	NA
76-100	University of Louisville	United States		36.4	96.7	22.5	0	NA
76-100	University of Notre Dame	United States		46	69.3	22.9	0	NA
76-100	University of Oslo	Norway		46.3	74.7	52.4	0	NA
76-100	University of Ottawa	Canada		44.5	71.6	45	0	NA
76-100	University of South Carolina - Columbia	United States		37.4	100	34.5	0	NA
101-150	Bar-Ilan University	Israel		35.8	74.3	53.6	0	NA
101-150	Brigham Young University	United States		25.8	100	25.8	0	NA
101-150	City University of Hong Kong	China-Hong Kong		41.9	62.4	45	0	NA
101-150	Durham University	United Kingdom		38.5	75.6	36.8	0	NA
101-150	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Netherlands		43.1	55.1	48.9	0	NA
101-150	Johns Hopkins University	United States		39.3	76.7	40.7	0	NA
101-150	King Abdulaziz University	Saudi Arabia		23.8	98.5	100	0	NA
101-150	Lancaster University	United Kingdom		36.5	67.9	39.8	0	NA
101-150	McGill University	Canada		45.5	61.6	51.3	0	NA
101-150	National University of Singapore	Singapore		42.3	58.8	48.6	0	NA
101-150	Queen Mary University of London	United Kingdom		43.6	51.2	49.6	0	NA
101-150	Queen's University	Canada		31.6	80.2	45.9	12	NA
101-150	Queen's University Belfast	United Kingdom		39.9	63.3	37.4	0	NA
101-150	Radboud University Nijmegen	Netherlands		36.2	65.3	43.2	0	NA
101-150	Stockholm University	Sweden		38.3	61.6	41.7	0	NA
101-150	Tel Aviv University	Israel		37.4	65.2	51.9	0	NA
101-150	Texas A&M University	United States		29.5	84.4	46.7	0	NA
101-150	The University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa	United States		36.8	88.5	31.4	0	NA
101-150	The University of New Mexico - Albuquerque	United States		31.1	70.1	21.4	12	NA
101-150	The University of Sheffield	United Kingdom		49.4	43	31	0	NA
101-150	The University of Texas at San Antonio	United States		34	89	52.8	0	NA
101-150	University of Bergen	Norway		28.7	84.8	67.8	0	NA
101-150	University of Bristol	United Kingdom		40.6	54.7	39.4	0	NA
101-150	University of California, San Francisco	United States		41.9	75.5	27.6	0	NA
101-150	University of Central Florida	United States		37	79.1	44.2	0	NA
101-150	University of Colorado at Boulder	United States		37.3	90.6	21.9	0	NA
101-150	University of Connecticut	United States		36.4	65.6	25.9	12	NA
101-150	University of Copenhagen	Denmark		44.1	53.9	43.4	0	NA
101-150	University of Delaware	United States		30	88.5	45.8	0	NA
101-150	University of Essex	United Kingdom		41	66	54	0	NA
101-150	University of Gothenburg	Sweden		35.6	85	63.5	0	NA
101-150	University of Groningen	Netherlands		40.6	57.6	39.4	0	NA
101-150	University of Helsinki	Finland		46.5	46.1	40	0	NA
101-150	University of Houston	United States		41.5	63.7	18	0	NA
101-150	University of Kent	United Kingdom		47.3	58.4	36.7	0	NA
101-150	University of Kentucky	United States		30.7	96.9	18.8	0	NA
101-150	University of Leeds	United Kingdom		45	56.4	37.1	0	NA
101-150	University of Liverpool	United Kingdom		44.7	61.7	36.5	0	NA
101-150	University of Missouri-St Louis	United States		30.2	100	19.1	0	NA
101-150	University of Montreal	Canada		44.2	61.8	53.3	0	NA
101-150	University of Nebraska - Lincoln	United States		33.7	81.5	29.7	0	NA
101-150	University of New Hampshire - Durham	United States		30.7	100	26.6	0	NA
101-150	University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus	United States		44.2	70.1	35.4	0	NA
101-150	University of San Diego	United States		29.6	91.9	29.8	0	NA
101-150	University of Sydney	Australia		51.3	47.1	39	0	NA
101-150	University of Tasmania	Australia		37.9	59.3	41.3	0	NA
101-150	University of Utah	United States		30.7	89.2	26.6	0	NA
101-150	University of Zurich	Switzerland		35.3	64	56.7	0	NA
101-150	Victoria University of Wellington	New Zealand		38.8	72	48.7	0	NA
101-150	Wayne State University	United States		36.8	76.3	53.6	0	NA
101-150	York University	Canada		37.9	63.8	37.4	0	NA
151-200	Boston College	United States		28.3	84.7	28.9	0	NA
151-200	Brown University	United States		27.9	80.7	46.3	0	NA
151-200	Case Western Reserve University	United States		30.2	77.5	29.2	0	NA
151-200	City University London	United Kingdom		34.3	56.3	32.2	0	NA
151-200	Drexel University	United States		23.8	84.7	24.3	0	NA
151-200	Flinders University	Australia		34.8	52	28.7	0	NA
151-200	Free University Berlin	Germany		25.8	73.6	54.8	0	NA
151-200	Humboldt University of Berlin	Germany		29.5	64.5	53.1	0	NA
151-200	Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis	United States		29.8	78.3	19.4	0	NA
151-200	Kutztown University	United States		25	100	18.9	0	NA
151-200	La Trobe University	Australia		27.3	70.8	56	0	NA
151-200	Laval University	Canada		25.2	78.2	53	0	NA
151-200	Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge	United States		24.7	61.5	35.7	12	NA
151-200	Loyola University Chicago	United States		31.8	79.5	18.2	0	NA
151-200	Lund University	Sweden		34.7	51.9	43	0	NA
151-200	Middlesex University	United Kingdom		37	43.7	43.2	0	NA
151-200	Northumbria University	United Kingdom		35.9	54.7	65.7	0	NA
151-200	Ryerson University	Canada		26.3	72.8	52.4	0	NA
151-200	SOAS, University of London	United Kingdom		36.5	46.2	41.8	0	NA
151-200	Southern Illinois University Carbondale	United States		30.7	76.9	36	0	NA
151-200	Swinburne University of Technology	Australia		26.9	72.5	48	0	NA
151-200	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	China-Hong Kong		38	48	38.2	0	NA
151-200	The University of Auckland	New Zealand		35.6	60.8	47.8	0	NA
151-200	The University of Dundee	United Kingdom		45.7	32.4	30.1	0	NA
151-200	The University of Glasgow	United Kingdom		39	52.4	25.6	0	NA
151-200	Tulane University	United States		26	59.1	25.6	12	NA
151-200	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York	United States		31.5	78.3	18.4	0	NA
151-200	University of Antwerp	Belgium		27.7	78.6	60.2	0	NA
151-200	University of Cape Town	South Africa		35.9	42.2	50.9	0	NA
151-200	University of Colorado at Denver	United States		28.7	85.3	36.8	0	NA
151-200	University of Colorado Health Science Center	United States		27.3	80.4	29.9	0	NA
151-200	University of Frankfurt	Germany		31.5	57.6	42.4	0	NA
151-200	University of Haifa	Israel		33.8	60	36.9	0	NA
151-200	University of Hamburg	Germany		36.4	54	55	0	NA
151-200	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	United States		30.2	78.6	39.8	0	NA
151-200	University of Maryland, Baltimore	United States		23.6	94.2	34.6	0	NA
151-200	University of Massachusetts Lowell	United States		30.6	82.9	21.8	0	NA
151-200	University of Miami	United States		31.1	66.3	21.4	0	NA
151-200	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	United States		28.5	71	31	0	NA
151-200	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	United States		31.3	74	18.5	0	NA
151-200	University of Otago	New Zealand		29.8	67.2	50	0	NA
151-200	University of Saskatchewan	Canada		35.9	57	45.5	0	NA
151-200	University of Surrey	United Kingdom		34.5	53.3	29	0	NA
151-200	University of Tennessee - Knoxville	United States		29.5	68	25.3	0	NA
151-200	University of Warwick	United Kingdom		41.5	41.8	31.1	0	NA
151-200	University of York	United Kingdom		28.3	68.4	35.4	0	NA
151-200	Virginia Commonwealth University	United States		26.9	85.6	32.8	0	NA
151-200	Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)	Belgium		33.5	63.3	54.5	0	NA
151-200	Washington State University	United States		24.5	87.7	23.6	0	NA
201-300	Aarhus University	Denmark		26.9	52.4	46.4	0	NA
201-300	Auburn University	United States		24.1	54.2	19.6	0	NA
201-300	Birkbeck, University of London	United Kingdom		30.7	37.8	24.3	0	NA
201-300	Birmingham City University	United Kingdom		25.8	45.5	22.4	0	NA
201-300	Bocconi University	Italy		25.8	50	42.8	0	NA
201-300	Bond University	Australia		28.1	42.1	37.5	0	NA
201-300	Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	United States		25.6	73.5	22.5	0	NA
201-300	Brunel University	United Kingdom		38.6	25.6	47.3	0	NA
201-300	Catholic University of Chile	Chile		26.9	34.7	41.1	0	NA
201-300	China University of Political Science and Law	China		26.7	29	46.8	0	NA
201-300	Complutense University of Madrid	Spain		25.8	53.7	53.2	0	NA
201-300	Coventry University	United Kingdom		30.2	49.6	46.9	0	NA
201-300	DePaul University	United States		28.9	56.8	16.3	0	NA
201-300	Keele University	United Kingdom		27.3	46.3	29.9	0	NA
201-300	Liverpool John Moores University	United Kingdom		28.5	58.6	37	0	NA
201-300	Luiss Guido Carli University	Italy		27.9	54.4	41.4	0	NA
201-300	Macquarie University	Australia		24.5	68	60.9	0	NA
201-300	National University of Ireland, Galway	Ireland		27.3	52	38.6	0	NA
201-300	Newcastle University	United Kingdom		30.6	44.5	26.7	0	NA
201-300	Nottingham Trent University	United Kingdom		33.7	54.1	24.3	0	NA
201-300	Old Dominion University	United States		25.6	70	31.9	0	NA
201-300	Portland State University	United States		24.3	72.4	27.5	0	NA
201-300	RMIT University	Australia		25.8	63.1	42.8	0	NA
201-300	Sapienza University of Rome	Italy		25.4	56.5	47.3	0	NA
201-300	Seattle University	United States		26.9	69	17.5	0	NA
201-300	Sheffield Hallam University	United Kingdom		35.6	27.2	32.4	0	NA
201-300	Singapore Management University	Singapore		29.1	29.5	42.9	0	NA
201-300	Swansea University	United Kingdom		29.5	59.6	34	0	NA
201-300	Syracuse University	United States		24.1	48.5	19.6	0	NA
201-300	Texas State University-San Marcos	United States		26.9	69.7	46.4	0	NA
201-300	The Catholic University of America	United States		30.7	40.1	10.8	0	NA
201-300	The University of Adelaide	Australia		30.2	52.2	57.4	0	NA
201-300	The University of Calgary	Canada		28.9	39.8	40	0	NA
201-300	The University of Reading	United Kingdom		32.3	40.4	30.9	0	NA
201-300	The University of the West Indies	Jamaica		25.2	17	22.9	0	NA
201-300	The University of Tokyo	Japan		26.3	33.1	73	0	NA
201-300	The University of Western Australia	Australia		32.2	54	40.2	0	NA
201-300	Trinity College Dublin	Ireland		27.7	54.1	39.9	0	NA
201-300	Universidad del Rosario	Colombia		27.7	20.5	29.5	0	NA
201-300	University College Cork	Ireland		28.7	56.3	45	0	NA
201-300	University College Dublin	Ireland		30.6	53.6	60.7	0	NA
201-300	University of Aberdeen	United Kingdom		26.9	31.2	39.2	0	NA
201-300	University of Alberta	Canada		30.2	55	65.3	0	NA
201-300	University of Arkansas at Fayetteville	United States		27.3	71.9	24.4	0	NA
201-300	University of Baltimore	United States		29.3	60.2	22.8	0	NA
201-300	University of Barcelona	Spain		28.1	65.2	50.4	0	NA
201-300	University of Basel	Switzerland		24.5	65.2	45.1	0	NA
201-300	University of Bern	Switzerland		34.3	43.5	45.6	0	NA
201-300	University of Bologna	Italy		27.9	43.7	69.7	0	NA
201-300	University of Bonn	Germany		26.5	65.5	39.8	0	NA
201-300	University of Bremen	Germany		23.8	51.1	31.3	0	NA
201-300	University of Canberra	Australia		23.6	35.8	54.8	0	NA
201-300	University of Central Lancashire	United Kingdom		25.8	50.1	42.8	0	NA
201-300	University of Coimbra	Portugal		26	41.1	36.2	0	NA
201-300	University of Cologne	Germany		27.3	44.7	40.5	0	NA
201-300	University of East Anglia	United Kingdom		25.2	76.6	39.7	0	NA
201-300	University of Exeter	United Kingdom		33.8	46.6	42.9	0	NA
201-300	University of Freiburg	Germany		26.5	48.4	47.1	0	NA
201-300	University of Geneva	Switzerland		33.8	49.8	38.2	0	NA
201-300	University of Goettingen	Germany		28.9	32.1	30.6	0	NA
201-300	University of Huddersfield	United Kingdom		32.2	55.3	41.5	0	NA
201-300	University of Hull	United Kingdom		30.2	44.9	41.3	0	NA
201-300	University of Kansas	United States		24.3	72.6	19.4	0	NA
201-300	University of Lincoln	United Kingdom		25	63.8	32.7	0	NA
201-300	University of Ljubljana	Slovenia		24.1	54.5	41.6	0	NA
201-300	University of Los Andes (Colombia)	Colombia		27.1	41.9	34.8	0	NA
201-300	University of Macau	China-Macau		30.6	53.4	55.6	0	NA
201-300	University of Maribor	Slovenia		29.8	49.9	53.6	0	NA
201-300	University of Milan	Italy		32.2	31.3	27.4	0	NA
201-300	University of Mississippi	United States		24.1	58.1	34	0	NA
201-300	University of Munich	Germany		23.6	53.3	42.4	0	NA
201-300	University of Nevada - Reno	United States		24.5	70.6	33.3	0	NA
201-300	University of North Texas	United States		25.4	74.8	32.2	0	NA
201-300	University of Oklahoma - Norman	United States		24.5	54.4	23.6	0	NA
201-300	University of Oregon	United States		25.6	69.5	18.4	0	NA
201-300	University of Pretoria	South Africa		34.2	49.7	30.9	0	NA
201-300	University of South Australia	Australia		30.7	43.4	61.4	0	NA
201-300	University of Southampton	United Kingdom		32.5	48.4	41	0	NA
201-300	University of Strathclyde	United Kingdom		34	41.7	29.4	0	NA
201-300	University of Sussex	United Kingdom		33.8	46.1	44.1	0	NA
201-300	University of Technology Sydney	Australia		27.5	54.3	45.4	0	NA
201-300	University of the Basque Country	Spain		24.1	48.4	34	0	NA
201-300	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa		33.4	48.7	36.1	0	NA
201-300	University of Turin	Italy		23.6	65.7	40	0	NA
201-300	University of Valencia	Spain		29.1	62.2	38	0	NA
201-300	University of Victoria	Canada		24.1	64.8	41.6	0	NA
201-300	University of Vienna	Austria		30.7	53.4	56.4	0	NA
201-300	University of Western Sydney	Australia		29.6	39	56.3	0	NA
201-300	University of Westminster	United Kingdom		25.2	49.6	35	0	NA
201-300	University of Windsor	Canada		23.6	51.1	46.9	0	NA
201-300	University of Wollongong	Australia		32.3	52	37.2	0	NA
201-300	Uppsala University	Sweden		29.8	43.9	35.4	0	NA
201-300	Wake Forest University	United States		24.3	65.2	13.7	0	NA
201-300	West Virginia University	United States		25.6	48.5	36.8	0	NA
201-300	Western University	Canada		30.2	55	41.3	0	NA
201-300	Wuhan University	China		25.4	54	43.5	0	NA
¹ Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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