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	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	389.2	89.7	83.8	78.7	100.0	100.0
2	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	361.3	94.9	89.5	78.7	99.9	61.2
3	Columbia University Columbia University United States	351.6	81.6	85.0	84.0	81.6	86.6
4	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	331.9	72.9	80.9	90.3	60.0	100.0
5	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	310.3	59.7	82.8	75.5	66.1	86.6
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	308.8	65.3	81.8	80.4	66.6	79.1
7	Princeton University Princeton University United States	292.0	54.0	93.9	79.2	57.6	70.7
8	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	280.8	96.7	84.3	92.1	81.4	0.0
9	Harvard University Harvard University United States	267.8	56.8	89.3	79.1	55.9	50.0
10	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University France	263.8	93.6	73.7	88.8	78.7	0.0
11	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	253.4	71.0	79.7	82.9	86.1	0.0
12	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	251.4	86.3	85.3	92.5	61.3	0.0
13	University of Washington University of Washington United States	250.8	73.5	90.4	76.8	71.6	0.0
14	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	250.1	74.0	80.1	80.4	79.9	0.0
15	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	249.4	60.4	77.7	92.3	42.8	50.0
16	University of Paris University of Paris France	247.7	57.2	79.7	88.0	57.7	35.4
17	University of Iowa University of Iowa United States	243.7	44.4	77.5	77.4	56.3	50.0
18	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	239.1	75.8	83.0	90.8	62.1	0.0
19	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences China	238.5	100.0	73.3	74.2	50.4	0.0
20	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	237.7	81.6	79.6	74.4	61.6	0.0
21	University of Leeds University of Leeds United Kingdom	237.1	73.7	85.9	89.3	59.8	0.0
22	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	234.8	63.6	89.6	80.7	65.4	0.0
23	University of Bristol University of Bristol United Kingdom	234.6	74.5	86.2	90.3	55.8	0.0
24	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes France	227.7	75.0	81.0	89.9	53.7	0.0
25	The Australian National University The Australian National University Australia	224.9	70.1	81.1	89.7	55.8	0.0
26	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo Japan	222.1	74.1	66.6	72.6	66.9	0.0
27	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	222.0	65.8	82.0	88.6	56.6	0.0
28	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	220.1	68.2	80.8	78.9	55.3	0.0
29	University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines France	219.3	67.5	86.9	92.6	46.3	0.0
30	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) France	218.8	61.3	81.0	92.0	58.1	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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