2021 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking first introduced the world university rankings by academic subjects in 2009, which was officially renamed the ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) in 2017. GRAS evaluates world universities across 57 subjects in the fields of Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. GRAS is based on nine objective indicators grouped into five categories: World-Class Faculty, World-Class Research Output, High-Quality Research, Research Impact, and International Collaboration. Each year, GRAS presents around 20,000 subject units from approximately 2,000 universities across some 100 countries and regions.(See full Methodology)

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University France	328.5	89.4	71.0	73.8	88.9	100.0
2	Princeton University Princeton University United States	311.2	72.8	88.1	65.8	100.0	81.2
3	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University France	269.1	100.0	70.4	72.9	93.2	26.1
4	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	262.9	64.5	88.7	79.7	77.8	60.3
5	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	256.2	80.5	73.2	76.9	76.1	47.7
6	Stanford University Stanford University United States	251.3	64.9	86.6	65.2	87.4	42.6
7	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	243.5	80.1	83.6	64.0	82.7	26.1
8	New York University New York University United States	243.1	61.9	93.2	67.8	60.7	60.3
9	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	234.1	72.3	76.7	79.5	64.9	42.6
10	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	227.2	67.3	82.8	67.3	48.7	56.4
11	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	219.7	63.7	82.3	65.4	64.9	36.9
12	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	218.4	71.5	77.2	63.2	74.3	21.3
13	PSL University PSL University France	214.4	71.5	79.5	72.8	58.5	30.2
14	University of Bonn University of Bonn Germany	212.8	65.8	76.6	73.7	51.3	42.6
15	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	209.3	58.6	77.5	64.9	68.8	30.2
16	Harvard University Harvard University United States	200.6	48.5	80.6	64.3	68.8	30.2
17	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	199.5	71.8	81.3	81.9	70.7	0.0
18	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	198.1	59.1	69.7	78.0	45.9	42.6
19	Stony Brook University Stony Brook University United States	197.6	44.7	76.5	67.5	58.5	42.6
20	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	196.5	63.8	78.2	62.5	81.1	0.0
21	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	195.6	59.4	70.0	74.5	56.2	30.2
22	University of Paris University of Paris France	189.1	67.7	68.7	72.6	72.5	0.0
23	Kyoto University Kyoto University Japan	187.6	58.1	66.5	60.2	62.8	21.3
24	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel	181.2	44.0	60.7	79.0	64.9	26.1
25	Columbia University Columbia University United States	178.9	56.7	83.3	68.6	66.9	0.0
26	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	176.6	59.7	64.5	79.4	68.8	0.0
27	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	175.5	59.5	64.6	68.5	48.7	21.3
27	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	175.5	66.4	68.0	61.3	62.8	0.0
29	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	169.8	67.7	73.3	70.5	51.3	0.0
30	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	169.3	47.3	86.2	60.2	66.9	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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