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	Jiangnan University Jiangnan University China	292.3	100.0	80.9	57.0
2	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University China	273.7	90.5	82.2	52.2
3	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research Netherlands	268.0	85.5	81.9	75.1
4	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology China	267.5	80.8	94.0	58.7
5	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	248.6	75.7	85.9	56.5
6	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University China	248.0	77.5	83.1	49.6
7	University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst United States	243.3	63.0	99.6	88.6
8	University of Campinas University of Campinas Brazil	237.3	72.4	81.9	53.0
9	Nanchang University Nanchang University China	229.7	62.1	93.2	61.1
10	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo Brazil	228.4	70.2	75.7	61.6
11	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	228.1	65.8	80.9	77.5
12	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University China	224.2	66.1	81.2	54.4
13	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University China	218.4	62.1	83.6	52.6
14	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	217.4	56.8	87.2	83.3
15	University of Porto University of Porto Portugal	213.0	62.6	74.1	68.2
16	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	212.9	60.6	77.9	69.5
17	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	210.7	59.8	74.4	83.0
18	University of Guelph University of Guelph Canada	209.5	56.8	81.3	72.8
19	Cornell University Cornell University United States	208.7	57.2	79.4	74.6
20	Beijing Technology and Business University China	207.2	56.9	83.1	51.5
20	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	207.2	54.3	81.8	84.6
20	University of Valencia University of Valencia Spain	207.2	54.0	84.7	72.7
23	King Abdulaziz University King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia	204.0	43.3	97.4	100.0
24	University College Dublin University College Dublin Ireland	202.8	49.3	88.3	79.2
25	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	200.6	43.9	93.8	94.5
26	University of Naples Federico II University of Naples Federico II Italy	198.7	52.7	80.3	65.1
27	Jiangsu University Jiangsu University China	198.4	48.8	89.7	55.8
28	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	197.7	56.2	69.7	78.1
29	Instituto Politecnico de Braganca Instituto Politecnico de Braganca Portugal	196.3	48.3	82.3	86.5
30	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	194.8	50.3	78.7	77.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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