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
1	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	288.6	93.7	81.3	92.4	95.1
2	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	280.0	80.8	84.6	72.8	100.0
3	University of Montpellier University of Montpellier France	279.8	100.0	77.0	91.7	84.5
4	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research Netherlands	266.4	88.0	86.1	91.2	74.0
5	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden	263.9	86.1	79.6	90.1	80.2
6	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	261.6	83.7	82.8	74.6	80.2
7	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	261.3	88.2	74.6	70.0	84.5
8	PSL University PSL University France	260.4	83.4	77.2	90.8	81.6
9	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	254.3	72.8	90.7	92.0	72.4
10	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	254.2	76.0	85.6	93.0	74.0
11	University of Exeter University of Exeter United Kingdom	253.5	80.3	81.7	87.4	74.0
12	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	246.3	72.9	79.0	94.0	75.6
13	Western Sydney University Western Sydney University Australia	240.1	51.4	100.0	90.0	70.7
14	Cornell University Cornell University United States	239.6	80.5	75.8	71.4	69.0
15	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	238.6	94.0	76.7	83.3	51.2
16	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	238.4	76.8	81.7	90.9	61.7
17	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	237.9	63.8	86.9	73.9	72.4
18	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	235.6	82.1	76.2	87.5	59.8
19	Colorado State University Colorado State University United States	234.5	74.1	77.0	63.6	70.7
20	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	234.3	67.2	69.2	81.2	81.6
21	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	232.5	66.0	80.2	86.2	69.0
22	Stanford University Stanford University United States	232.3	64.8	91.7	80.0	59.8
23	Princeton University Princeton University United States	232.1	56.1	86.8	83.9	72.4
24	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University France	232.0	84.5	68.0	88.5	61.7
25	James Cook University James Cook University Australia	230.1	82.9	79.3	83.6	51.2
26	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	228.9	69.9	74.8	67.3	70.7
27	Institut Agro Institut Agro France	228.7	74.0	77.3	88.4	59.8
28	Universite Paul-Valery Montpellier 3 Universite Paul-Valery Montpellier 3 France	228.0	66.3	80.1	89.9	63.6
29	University of Florida University of Florida United States	227.5	82.4	72.5	74.4	57.7
30	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	226.8	65.1	78.3	72.1	69.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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