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	TOP	AWARD
1	Tongji University Tongji University China	366.5	100.0	69.0	65.2	100.0	84.5
2	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	266.9	48.0	79.2	80.0	39.2	84.5
3	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	250.8	82.3	79.2	64.5	76.5	0.0
4	National Technical University of Athens National Technical University of Athens Greece	229.5	39.5	68.9	63.2	32.8	75.6
5	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	225.5	75.8	84.0	65.2	52.6	0.0
6	Polytechnic University of Madrid Polytechnic University of Madrid Spain	225.0	43.4	57.9	56.5	12.4	100.0
7	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	224.7	39.2	68.6	68.9	49.6	53.5
8	Lehigh University Lehigh University United States	224.4	23.3	68.7	64.7	54.1	65.5
9	University of Canterbury University of Canterbury New Zealand	223.9	23.9	61.2	82.6	56.8	65.5
10	Southeast University Southeast University China	220.0	76.6	71.4	62.4	59.5	0.0
11	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	218.2	50.1	76.2	81.5	0.0	75.6
12	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	215.9	59.3	75.4	78.1	65.6	0.0
13	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	208.8	56.7	78.0	86.3	56.8	0.0
14	Hunan University Hunan University China	207.3	58.8	81.8	70.3	52.6	0.0
15	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	206.7	54.4	82.7	84.5	52.6	0.0
16	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	203.8	53.9	84.4	64.2	52.6	0.0
17	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York United States	199.6	28.6	68.1	71.6	88.6	0.0
18	Western University Western University Canada	199.3	31.1	65.1	72.8	35.1	53.5
19	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	198.8	67.6	68.5	58.1	51.1	0.0
20	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Switzerland	198.3	44.7	86.2	81.5	51.1	0.0
21	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	195.2	50.4	77.3	81.8	51.1	0.0
22	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	192.2	66.9	68.6	59.4	44.7	0.0
23	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	190.2	49.9	68.5	68.7	58.2	0.0
24	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	189.9	68.9	69.6	61.5	39.2	0.0
25	Chongqing University Chongqing University China	189.1	57.5	72.0	66.1	46.4	0.0
25	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	189.1	59.1	70.7	65.0	46.4	0.0
27	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	188.1	43.9	66.6	65.9	64.5	0.0
28	Colorado State University Colorado State University United States	187.9	27.7	67.4	57.2	81.3	0.0
29	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	186.3	46.0	79.7	79.6	44.7	0.0
30	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	185.8	40.6	70.0	78.5	59.5	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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