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)

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	281.0	100.0	70.3	53.5	100.0
2	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	233.5	65.1	75.2	81.1	77.0
3	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	225.7	62.0	71.5	72.9	77.7
4	Beijing Normal University Beijing Normal University China	212.5	66.5	65.3	70.5	66.6
5	Technical University of Munich Technical University of Munich Germany	207.8	48.6	91.4	75.5	52.7
6	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) France	202.6	50.1	79.2	84.9	56.3
7	University of Iceland University of Iceland Iceland	198.9	34.2	100.0	97.8	45.2
8	Xidian University Xidian University China	194.8	50.7	64.9	52.1	68.8
9	University of Twente University of Twente Netherlands	194.0	50.2	72.1	89.7	53.8
10	University of Valencia University of Valencia Spain	186.9	36.9	88.3	87.2	44.2
11	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University China	183.8	31.2	100.0	64.9	39.6
12	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	180.7	39.7	76.7	89.7	46.4
13	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	178.7	30.5	92.5	87.4	38.2
14	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	177.9	36.0	83.0	90.9	40.7
15	Boston University Boston University United States	177.4	29.9	96.3	80.2	35.2
16	Hunan University Hunan University China	177.2	26.4	100.0	76.0	35.6
17	Nanjing University Nanjing University China	176.6	43.2	68.0	73.8	50.6
18	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	176.4	42.7	71.9	68.6	48.1
19	South Dakota State University South Dakota State University United States	175.0	31.8	94.5	65.6	35.6
19	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University China	175.0	36.9	80.5	74.3	42.6
21	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes France	174.5	32.0	83.6	94.7	40.0
22	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	174.2	34.7	84.2	73.2	40.7
23	University of Extremadura University of Extremadura Spain	173.0	26.1	94.1	92.1	34.4
24	University of Trento University of Trento Italy	172.9	31.2	80.6	84.3	44.2
25	Humboldt University of Berlin Humboldt University of Berlin Germany	172.4	27.1	100.0	80.1	29.2
26	University of Massachusetts Boston University of Massachusetts Boston United States	171.7	24.0	99.3	84.4	31.5
27	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research Netherlands	171.0	32.6	87.6	92.2	32.4
28	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	170.5	32.4	82.5	76.5	40.3
29	University of Oklahoma - Norman University of Oklahoma - Norman United States	168.5	36.2	74.0	84.4	41.3
30	Peking University Peking University China	168.2	41.9	68.3	65.6	44.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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