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
1	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research Netherlands	302.3	98.9	86.9	88.0
2	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University China	292.3	100.0	80.3	59.8
3	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University China	288.4	99.4	79.0	53.4
4	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University China	286.0	97.6	79.2	57.9
5	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University China	263.3	84.8	81.7	59.8
6	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	262.5	83.7	79.7	77.4
7	University of Florida University of Florida United States	248.8	80.2	74.1	71.3
8	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	248.3	75.8	84.2	62.2
9	Cornell University Cornell University United States	246.4	75.3	80.8	74.9
10	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden	245.8	74.7	79.1	86.1
11	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	240.6	71.9	82.9	69.8
12	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University France	234.0	66.5	84.8	81.0
13	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	230.8	65.5	82.5	86.0
14	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	228.9	65.6	80.1	87.8
15	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	228.2	66.2	78.8	85.3
16	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	226.7	64.0	81.3	86.7
17	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	226.4	67.3	77.6	71.3
18	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	222.4	63.5	80.4	74.7
19	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo Brazil	222.2	73.7	62.7	61.2
20	Institut Agro Institut Agro France	222.1	63.5	79.3	79.2
21	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	220.8	61.1	82.1	82.6
22	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	218.1	62.1	77.6	81.2
23	University of Montpellier University of Montpellier France	217.9	61.5	77.0	89.2
24	Iowa State University Iowa State University United States	216.9	62.7	77.9	67.6
25	University of Goettingen University of Goettingen Germany	216.0	59.9	79.6	83.7
26	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	212.2	59.8	79.4	66.8
27	South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University China	211.7	62.3	76.5	52.7
28	University of Guelph University of Guelph Canada	210.2	61.3	72.9	73.6
29	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	209.6	58.1	79.1	71.9
30	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	207.2	61.7	70.9	64.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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