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	Central South University Central South University China	272.0	100.0	84.8	49.5	77.3
2	China University of Mining and Technology China	255.9	62.4	83.5	49.9	100.0
3	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	226.4	69.2	96.2	90.8	42.9
4	China University of Mining & Technology-Beijing China	215.3	48.0	89.9	52.2	67.0
5	China University of Geosciences Beijing China University of Geosciences Beijing China	208.6	84.6	83.2	62.3	28.4
6	Monash University Monash University Australia	205.3	45.9	95.3	80.9	47.9
7	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide Australia	205.0	46.6	99.2	81.5	42.9
8	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	202.9	46.6	89.7	76.2	51.4
9	Shandong University of Science and Technology China	202.6	35.3	100.0	53.1	56.7
10	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences China	199.2	69.5	79.0	60.5	38.7
11	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang) China	197.6	64.2	66.5	40.8	58.7
12	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	192.4	31.5	95.7	47.6	55.7
13	University of Lorraine University of Lorraine France	189.7	44.9	84.8	85.8	42.9
14	Chongqing University Chongqing University China	185.4	36.6	83.2	44.3	56.7
15	Curtin University Curtin University Australia	179.6	56.2	70.7	77.5	37.1
16	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	177.7	73.9	68.5	69.1	21.4
17	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	170.3	30.4	83.3	62.1	44.2
18	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	169.3	30.4	83.2	77.5	40.1
19	Colorado School of Mines Colorado School of Mines United States	168.9	35.3	73.0	69.1	46.7
20	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	168.3	29.9	74.1	75.4	49.1
21	University of Alberta University of Alberta Canada	167.9	43.4	77.0	76.7	32.2
22	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology China	167.8	25.9	85.9	52.6	45.5
23	Wuhan University Wuhan University China	167.4	25.9	81.8	64.8	46.7
24	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	165.7	29.9	94.6	53.9	30.3
25	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania Australia	161.4	42.7	90.2	88.9	10.7
26	University of Science and Technology Beijing China	161.3	53.9	57.3	42.9	41.5
27	The University of Newcastle, Australia The University of Newcastle, Australia Australia	160.4	33.0	82.4	64.5	32.2
28	Laurentian University Laurentian University Canada	160.2	32.5	78.5	68.5	35.6
28	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University China	160.2	29.9	77.0	51.9	42.9
30	Kyushu University Kyushu University Japan	160.0	30.4	86.5	83.9	26.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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