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)

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC
1	Xidian University Xidian University China	283.0	100.0	71.2	58.9
2	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	281.8	94.3	80.0	65.6
3	Southeast University Southeast University China	281.2	95.1	78.4	63.1
4	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China	271.7	93.5	72.8	60.2
5	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China	270.5	95.5	67.7	59.0
6	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	246.8	73.1	82.9	88.9
7	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	245.4	80.4	71.8	63.8
8	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	237.5	62.4	94.6	90.0
9	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	234.5	72.3	75.8	70.0
10	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	230.3	56.8	100.0	83.6
11	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo Canada	228.6	57.2	96.4	89.0
12	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	227.2	61.1	88.2	84.1
13	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	226.9	68.7	76.1	66.5
14	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	221.4	60.3	87.8	64.9
15	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	218.5	64.3	77.5	61.9
16	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney Australia	217.3	57.5	84.0	91.4
17	University of Houston University of Houston United States	212.9	49.3	95.5	94.4
18	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong, China	211.7	53.0	91.9	68.4
19	Carleton University Carleton University Canada	211.0	46.9	100.0	85.3
20	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	210.0	52.7	88.6	80.0
21	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	209.2	48.6	93.5	91.9
22	Beijing Jiaotong University Beijing Jiaotong University China	207.9	61.7	70.9	67.8
23	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	207.5	58.7	79.3	53.4
24	Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications China	205.9	60.6	73.2	57.4
25	Singapore University of Technology & Design Singapore	205.8	48.5	90.0	93.7
26	Queen Mary University of London Queen Mary University of London United Kingdom	205.5	45.2	97.1	89.9
27	Beihang University Beihang University China	205.4	62.9	68.1	57.8
27	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	205.4	47.8	92.6	86.2
29	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University France	205.3	48.5	91.3	84.3
30	Shenzhen University Shenzhen University China	203.9	58.2	74.9	63.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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