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	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	282.8	100.0	71.8	55.1
2	Beihang University Beihang University China	258.9	92.6	64.0	49.2
3	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	255.4	87.8	69.3	52.5
4	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	251.0	88.4	63.5	53.1
5	Jilin University Jilin University China	239.3	76.6	78.5	38.4
6	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	233.5	68.6	79.2	85.7
7	Southeast University Southeast University China	233.2	75.3	72.1	52.0
8	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	232.1	76.6	69.2	48.0
9	Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University China	222.8	74.5	64.3	47.8
10	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	220.9	72.2	65.2	56.6
11	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University China	217.4	66.0	73.7	59.0
12	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang) China	216.3	69.2	69.3	43.2
13	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	215.6	71.2	64.2	45.7
14	Chongqing University Chongqing University China	214.5	66.1	72.0	52.2
15	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	213.5	71.1	60.7	53.2
16	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	212.7	71.1	61.2	46.8
17	Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Institute of Technology China	209.5	67.6	64.5	49.3
18	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China	209.3	64.4	67.7	63.6
19	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China	208.6	65.4	68.3	47.6
20	Aalborg University Aalborg University Denmark	206.8	44.8	99.8	86.8
21	King Abdulaziz University King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia	198.4	39.3	100.0	98.9
22	Hanyang University Hanyang University South Korea	196.1	54.1	76.5	56.4
22	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	196.1	54.7	70.5	80.8
24	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	193.3	50.9	75.8	78.5
25	Central South University Central South University China	192.7	55.0	72.9	48.5
26	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	190.6	52.0	75.6	54.6
27	Hunan University Hunan University China	190.1	51.0	76.9	55.6
28	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	189.4	55.2	66.6	62.6
29	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	188.6	54.7	69.3	49.3
30	University of Science and Technology of China China	187.2	58.8	59.2	52.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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