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)

50 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University China	285.0	100.0	72.6	61.8	100.0	0.0
2	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU Norway	258.5	79.2	70.0	67.1	79.5	81.6
3	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University China	251.8	81.7	75.8	53.6	83.5	0.0
4	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde United Kingdom	247.7	73.6	86.7	85.9	70.2	0.0
5	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	244.6	82.3	66.8	61.5	83.2	0.0
6	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon Portugal	243.2	68.9	80.3	73.7	67.7	57.7
7	Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan University of Technology China	210.3	61.1	76.5	74.6	57.7	0.0
8	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology Netherlands	210.0	66.1	82.6	83.2	44.7	0.0
9	Tianjin University Tianjin University China	201.7	57.9	68.9	56.9	63.4	0.0
10	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	199.9	56.1	71.8	93.6	53.2	0.0
11	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	197.4	63.5	65.4	63.5	55.8	0.0
12	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	196.7	54.6	75.4	92.9	48.0	0.0
13	Dalian Maritime University Dalian Maritime University China	195.0	49.1	88.7	44.6	48.3	0.0
14	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China China	193.9	61.9	66.7	61.7	53.0	0.0
15	University College London University College London United Kingdom	189.3	50.4	76.4	94.6	43.6	0.0
16	Jiangsu University of Science and Technology China	188.5	51.1	74.4	78.5	47.4	0.0
17	Hohai University Hohai University China	184.4	51.7	70.7	76.0	46.7	0.0
18	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China	183.5	48.7	82.2	54.5	41.8	0.0
19	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	178.6	34.4	92.1	100.0	32.1	0.0
20	University of Plymouth University of Plymouth United Kingdom	175.3	42.0	86.3	89.7	29.0	0.0
21	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology China	174.1	41.2	80.6	74.3	37.4	0.0
22	Newcastle University Newcastle University United Kingdom	172.0	43.2	70.2	94.2	39.9	0.0
23	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University China	171.5	37.7	85.6	64.3	35.3	0.0
24	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	171.0	45.8	65.6	90.8	41.4	0.0
25	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	166.2	38.2	73.0	96.5	35.7	0.0
26	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	165.4	36.4	84.3	51.8	34.4	0.0
27	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Brazil	165.2	40.3	64.8	71.8	45.7	0.0
27	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania Australia	165.2	41.6	64.0	83.9	42.9	0.0
29	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	163.1	41.6	74.8	75.8	31.6	0.0
30	Seoul National University Seoul National University South Korea	162.4	48.4	57.7	48.0	46.7	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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