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	317.6	100.0	83.5	68.3	100.0	20.4
2	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	292.4	55.9	84.4	64.2	45.8	93.5
3	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	277.3	39.1	85.0	83.3	36.6	100.0
4	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	269.5	59.4	83.4	58.5	47.2	67.7
5	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	262.6	64.2	83.7	64.4	51.8	50.0
6	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	257.6	46.3	92.8	83.7	58.4	43.3
7	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center United States	254.1	48.2	86.7	67.4	35.0	70.7
8	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	251.1	47.5	87.8	84.7	55.5	43.3
9	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh United States	249.4	53.6	81.7	60.2	40.8	61.2
10	University of Washington University of Washington United States	244.4	52.0	86.3	61.4	50.6	43.3
11	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	240.0	50.2	82.4	63.2	44.8	50.0
12	Emory University Emory University United States	235.5	44.9	84.9	59.0	43.9	50.0
13	Duke University Duke University United States	231.3	50.6	83.2	62.5	44.2	40.8
14	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	229.1	46.2	79.5	75.7	47.4	40.8
15	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	221.1	65.9	81.2	77.4	58.4	0.0
16	Heidelberg University Heidelberg University Germany	218.1	43.2	80.5	74.3	38.7	40.8
17	University College London University College London United Kingdom	215.7	57.9	84.8	80.8	56.8	0.0
18	University of Leicester University of Leicester United Kingdom	201.3	22.0	88.9	75.6	31.9	43.3
19	Oregon Health and Science University Oregon Health and Science University United States	200.6	35.3	86.2	58.2	32.1	35.4
20	University of Virginia University of Virginia United States	200.4	30.6	81.2	58.0	27.0	50.0
21	Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine United States	199.8	60.5	82.4	59.9	45.0	0.0
22	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University France	197.4	30.7	90.9	73.8	25.7	35.4
23	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	197.2	36.5	78.9	74.6	31.5	35.4
24	Stanford University Stanford University United States	197.1	53.4	84.9	64.8	45.8	0.0
24	University of Utah University of Utah United States	197.1	36.6	77.5	54.9	28.7	43.3
26	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas United States	195.3	37.0	82.3	58.0	29.0	35.4
27	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	194.7	46.2	84.3	74.4	49.4	0.0
28	Columbia University Columbia University United States	191.9	50.5	82.3	65.1	46.1	0.0
29	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	189.7	47.0	83.8	81.9	42.5	0.0
30	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia Australia	189.5	29.7	80.0	74.5	34.2	30.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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