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	AWARD
1	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	374.6	70.4	87.6	83.2	100.0	100.0
2	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	316.5	56.5	81.2	70.7	86.3	78.3
3	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	316.4	61.0	77.6	79.2	83.5	78.3
4	Harvard University Harvard University United States	307.9	67.8	73.7	78.1	96.4	54.4
5	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	305.9	41.4	98.3	70.9	59.1	92.9
6	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	299.2	44.5	75.7	71.7	64.7	100.0
7	University of Washington University of Washington United States	296.0	55.4	79.0	76.9	66.5	79.8
8	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	292.4	47.2	84.8	79.6	64.7	79.8
9	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York United States	279.0	42.6	94.3	76.0	64.7	62.2
10	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo Brazil	274.5	100.0	66.9	63.8	64.7	30.2
11	University College London University College London United Kingdom	269.8	50.1	85.5	83.5	61.0	56.4
12	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	269.2	58.0	89.9	92.2	50.6	52.2
13	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	267.3	77.8	88.4	90.0	43.1	39.9
14	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	265.0	65.1	92.5	84.1	50.6	39.9
15	New York University New York University United States	257.5	54.6	74.9	83.2	55.0	56.4
16	University of Bern University of Bern Switzerland	257.2	82.8	88.2	98.6	40.3	26.1
17	Columbia University Columbia University United States	256.0	37.8	99.6	71.9	59.1	45.2
18	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	254.7	55.5	86.1	82.2	66.5	30.2
19	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham United Kingdom	253.9	42.8	95.9	78.1	43.1	56.4
20	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh United States	252.6	35.8	89.7	71.3	62.9	50.0
21	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	251.8	35.6	65.9	89.7	57.1	75.4
22	Osaka University Osaka University Japan	251.3	47.4	71.6	54.9	62.9	58.4
23	Sichuan University Sichuan University China	250.7	67.7	74.1	68.6	95.2	0.0
24	University of Iowa University of Iowa United States	250.3	38.7	75.1	62.2	55.0	69.1
25	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	248.4	52.2	70.8	81.9	50.6	58.4
26	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Sweden	247.1	67.0	90.6	77.0	40.3	33.7
27	University of Helsinki University of Helsinki Finland	245.0	44.7	77.3	79.1	55.0	52.2
28	Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo Medical and Dental University Japan	244.7	61.2	63.4	65.6	57.1	50.0
29	Stanford University Stanford University United States	243.1	29.6	97.9	79.7	57.1	42.6
30	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands	242.9	45.3	83.3	83.6	55.0	42.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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