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)

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP
1	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	282.5	91.9	75.6	74.8	100.0
2	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University China	252.2	68.8	84.6	44.9	89.8
3	University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Germany	242.7	80.3	69.9	66.6	79.2
4	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	241.9	78.3	84.8	78.7	63.1
5	The Royal Veterinary College The Royal Veterinary College United Kingdom	241.7	96.3	85.1	75.6	45.3
6	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	241.1	82.6	77.5	75.6	65.9
7	Autonomous University of Barcelona Autonomous University of Barcelona Spain	240.0	73.5	80.9	81.1	69.4
8	University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna Austria	234.9	77.9	73.2	80.6	67.7
9	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	233.6	100.0	71.4	59.4	50.3
10	University of Bern University of Bern Switzerland	232.0	77.9	75.9	80.6	62.1
11	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research Netherlands	228.7	67.7	86.9	85.0	57.0
12	Complutense University of Madrid Complutense University of Madrid Spain	228.0	67.0	84.2	78.1	61.1
13	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark Denmark	227.4	57.8	90.0	77.9	64.0
14	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	224.9	78.9	77.7	84.0	51.5
15	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	224.8	73.9	80.2	73.6	56.0
16	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University China	223.3	54.8	81.8	56.9	75.3
17	Iowa State University Iowa State University United States	223.0	65.2	80.3	62.8	64.9
18	University of Guelph University of Guelph Canada	222.9	83.6	75.3	74.3	49.1
19	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University China	220.9	58.6	87.5	44.5	65.9
20	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	219.3	71.5	79.5	67.1	54.9
21	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	219.2	64.1	81.5	72.5	59.1
22	Leibniz University Hannover Leibniz University Hannover Germany	218.3	68.5	68.5	63.8	68.5
23	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	216.9	68.4	77.2	60.6	59.1
24	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden	216.1	74.6	84.7	86.5	39.6
25	Yangzhou University Yangzhou University China	215.6	51.5	77.7	51.6	76.0
26	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	213.1	77.3	73.8	77.3	46.6
27	South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University China	212.4	56.0	90.6	38.8	58.1
28	University of Liverpool University of Liverpool United Kingdom	210.7	73.0	77.5	74.3	45.3
29	Cornell University Cornell University United States	207.9	76.5	74.5	65.1	43.9
30	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	205.9	70.8	69.2	55.2	54.9

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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