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	353.6	100.0	95.6	73.5	100.0	43.3
2	University College London University College London United Kingdom	304.0	66.4	88.6	85.4	45.3	86.6
3	Columbia University Columbia University United States	298.6	51.0	90.9	68.9	52.8	90.1
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	290.3	46.3	100.0	75.7	67.7	61.2
5	Rockefeller University Rockefeller University United States	274.8	25.7	100.0	76.3	33.9	100.0
6	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	243.9	50.3	85.8	66.0	44.6	50.0
7	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center United States	243.3	36.9	97.2	68.8	34.2	61.2
8	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas United States	239.3	33.4	85.6	62.9	32.7	75.0
9	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	238.8	41.6	85.4	86.1	33.3	61.2
10	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	229.9	46.7	90.8	85.1	40.0	35.4
11	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	229.2	59.6	97.5	71.4	57.9	0.0
12	Stanford University Stanford University United States	227.8	55.3	100.0	69.2	58.7	0.0
13	Kyoto University Kyoto University Japan	219.4	29.0	71.1	57.1	21.3	86.6
14	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	217.1	57.4	94.8	65.1	51.9	0.0
15	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	214.8	66.1	90.1	69.6	44.6	0.0
16	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	213.8	51.0	92.7	68.7	56.4	0.0
17	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU Norway	209.4	18.2	73.1	75.7	16.3	86.6
18	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	209.0	57.9	89.3	87.3	44.4	0.0
19	Yale University Yale University United States	207.0	51.1	92.2	71.1	49.4	0.0
20	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis United States	205.0	47.9	98.9	63.5	45.5	0.0
21	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai United States	200.0	43.5	95.8	69.7	46.7	0.0
22	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Sweden	199.7	29.1	85.9	85.9	17.6	50.0
23	Cornell University Cornell University United States	198.3	42.8	94.0	67.9	48.0	0.0
24	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	198.2	52.4	85.6	88.4	42.5	0.0
25	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	197.3	57.6	83.5	78.3	40.5	0.0
26	University of Washington University of Washington United States	196.6	52.2	89.3	67.6	41.5	0.0
27	University of Strasbourg University of Strasbourg France	195.1	22.0	80.3	79.2	15.7	61.2
28	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston United States	194.3	30.5	79.5	67.4	20.8	50.0
29	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology United States	193.4	17.7	98.0	70.7	20.3	43.3
30	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	193.1	49.9	86.6	77.9	41.0	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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