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
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	284.3	100.0	70.4	69.3	100.0
2	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	217.6	76.6	69.8	70.4	57.1
3	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine United Kingdom	211.0	60.7	73.5	92.3	58.4
4	University of Washington University of Washington United States	207.1	64.5	71.9	65.1	57.7
5	University College London University College London United Kingdom	203.3	59.7	73.3	79.6	54.3
6	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	202.2	50.9	79.9	85.5	54.3
7	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	201.6	49.5	70.5	85.1	64.6
8	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	200.2	59.5	68.7	61.2	59.7
9	University of Bristol University of Bristol United Kingdom	198.2	38.3	81.8	72.0	63.7
10	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	197.5	54.3	77.9	86.7	47.9
11	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	197.2	61.9	68.4	72.4	52.5
12	Columbia University Columbia University United States	189.6	54.9	70.5	64.2	51.4
13	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	187.5	47.0	70.9	80.2	53.6
14	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	184.7	64.0	70.1	64.8	37.7
15	Emory University Emory University United States	182.8	48.7	74.5	62.0	47.1
16	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne Australia	182.0	47.7	72.7	74.7	46.7
17	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	181.3	54.5	66.4	54.0	49.5
17	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	181.3	42.3	72.3	78.2	51.0
19	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	180.5	44.0	79.3	78.1	41.5
20	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	177.9	40.0	82.2	77.7	40.1
21	McGill University McGill University Canada	176.7	43.1	70.6	75.6	47.9
22	Pompeu Fabra University Pompeu Fabra University Spain	175.6	24.7	83.0	82.1	51.4
23	Boston University Boston University United States	174.9	45.6	73.2	59.5	44.2
24	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	173.9	43.0	73.0	72.8	43.3
25	Yale University Yale University United States	173.8	50.7	72.7	61.4	38.2
26	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	173.7	37.1	69.7	66.6	53.6
27	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	173.3	52.0	66.5	59.9	42.9
28	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	171.7	42.6	76.7	76.3	37.1
29	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	171.3	33.8	88.5	75.6	33.9
30	Stanford University Stanford University United States	169.6	46.1	77.9	63.9	32.8

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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