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)

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	301.1	91.1	95.1	89.3	97.0
2	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	300.5	100.0	88.4	60.8	100.0
3	Peking University Peking University China	289.1	93.7	86.7	58.2	97.0
4	University of Science and Technology of China China	285.2	92.8	88.7	57.8	92.2
5	Soochow University Soochow University China	280.2	86.8	92.6	62.0	88.4
6	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	272.1	78.9	90.4	84.5	85.9
7	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	271.8	81.6	85.2	85.9	87.9
8	Stanford University Stanford University United States	266.4	72.7	93.4	79.1	84.5
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	263.3	77.2	81.2	81.3	88.6
10	Harvard University Harvard University United States	255.6	69.6	85.4	86.6	83.4
11	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	253.1	79.8	83.3	66.4	76.8
12	Fudan University Fudan University China	251.1	77.6	84.9	58.1	77.0
13	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	248.2	76.8	86.4	59.5	73.0
13	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	248.2	68.3	82.4	79.9	81.5
15	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	243.7	78.4	81.4	59.1	72.1
16	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	239.4	71.3	87.9	58.1	68.7
17	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	238.1	65.8	78.9	74.7	78.5
18	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	236.7	58.9	89.2	82.1	72.2
19	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	233.8	64.3	80.1	92.3	70.9
20	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	232.8	74.9	77.6	59.9	68.3
21	Jilin University Jilin University China	231.5	75.6	81.1	54.9	63.8
21	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea	231.5	73.3	71.4	56.1	75.6
23	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia	229.6	57.4	93.3	87.8	61.3
24	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	228.3	67.1	75.1	75.2	71.0
25	Nankai University Nankai University China	227.4	62.8	95.6	54.2	58.1
26	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	226.5	72.5	70.0	55.1	73.0
27	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	225.7	65.7	90.1	59.8	57.9
28	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	223.9	59.4	80.7	83.9	67.1
28	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology South Korea	223.9	59.6	84.6	63.4	67.1
30	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	223.7	65.6	84.8	53.1	62.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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