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)

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC
1	University of Washington University of Washington United States	299.8	99.7	86.7	68.9
2	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	296.9	100.0	82.8	70.5
3	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University France	280.2	91.0	80.3	89.3
4	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	260.9	78.6	86.1	88.2
5	Oregon State University Oregon State University United States	256.9	80.8	82.0	66.2
6	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	247.3	75.2	79.1	88.3
7	University of Bremen University of Bremen Germany	236.0	68.2	82.1	87.2
8	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania Australia	233.7	68.2	81.0	81.3
9	Columbia University Columbia University United States	229.6	64.0	85.7	79.9
10	University of Bergen University of Bergen Norway	228.8	65.4	81.2	84.7
11	University of Miami University of Miami United States	227.2	65.9	80.6	74.4
12	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	226.8	63.1	85.9	73.5
13	University of Western Brittany University of Western Brittany France	223.9	61.9	83.0	86.4
14	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	222.0	54.8	97.5	75.1
15	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China China	221.4	78.6	53.8	52.0
16	University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Hawaii at Manoa United States	220.8	61.7	82.3	76.1
17	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	217.2	60.0	79.6	88.0
18	University of California, Santa Cruz University of California, Santa Cruz United States	215.8	58.7	83.5	74.1
19	Princeton University Princeton University United States	211.5	52.0	92.4	75.2
20	Aix Marseille University Aix Marseille University France	211.2	55.6	82.5	87.8
21	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	209.8	56.2	80.7	84.0
22	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) France	209.2	53.7	83.7	90.2
23	Florida State University Florida State University United States	209.0	55.0	84.1	75.0
24	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	208.1	55.8	79.9	83.6
25	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	206.0	50.1	89.2	83.6
26	Stanford University Stanford University United States	203.2	52.2	84.0	73.1
27	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	201.2	53.3	82.7	59.4
28	University of Alaska - Fairbanks University of Alaska - Fairbanks United States	200.0	50.1	84.5	76.9
29	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	199.8	53.1	76.2	87.0
30	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde United Kingdom	199.4	50.7	81.9	80.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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