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)

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	376.4	100.0	100.0	75.9	100.0	61.2
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	324.8	61.9	100.0	74.8	77.2	70.7
3	Stanford University Stanford University United States	318.8	62.5	100.0	70.6	68.6	73.6
4	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	287.9	62.6	96.7	85.5	40.7	70.7
5	Rockefeller University Rockefeller University United States	282.2	30.8	100.0	73.0	50.2	86.6
6	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	281.0	59.4	91.5	69.8	39.8	76.4
7	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	280.5	56.7	100.0	69.9	59.8	50.0
8	Columbia University Columbia University United States	277.8	49.3	96.0	71.2	44.7	73.6
9	University of Washington University of Washington United States	276.3	59.7	93.4	67.9	38.9	70.7
10	University College London University College London United Kingdom	268.2	56.7	92.6	84.1	31.4	70.7
11	Yale University Yale University United States	251.3	51.2	87.7	71.5	40.4	57.7
12	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	249.5	64.4	94.2	86.3	32.9	40.8
13	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas United States	247.9	38.3	91.1	67.4	34.3	70.7
14	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	241.1	50.2	95.1	68.5	41.3	40.8
15	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	237.3	49.5	94.0	64.2	31.0	50.0
16	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	230.7	48.1	92.5	89.7	31.4	40.8
17	University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School United States	230.4	31.0	94.4	68.1	30.2	61.2
18	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	221.4	27.5	99.7	66.5	26.9	54.0
19	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	216.8	59.4	95.2	73.4	47.5	0.0
20	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	212.9	42.8	91.5	63.1	30.6	35.4
21	Princeton University Princeton University United States	208.6	30.7	94.6	68.9	28.6	40.8
22	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU Norway	207.0	23.8	87.3	83.2	8.5	70.7
23	Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan	206.3	19.1	66.9	59.0	8.5	100.0
24	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	204.9	56.9	94.7	67.2	39.8	0.0
25	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	202.7	53.0	94.1	71.4	41.3	0.0
26	Cornell University Cornell University United States	200.3	57.2	90.5	70.0	38.6	0.0
27	Cardiff University Cardiff University United Kingdom	199.6	27.2	94.8	83.0	11.0	50.0
28	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	198.9	58.6	88.2	80.3	36.0	0.0
29	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis United States	197.1	46.5	97.7	64.1	40.1	0.0
30	University of Utah University of Utah United States	193.5	35.6	90.7	64.4	19.0	35.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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