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 Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	296.9	90.6	78.0	44.9	100.0	96.8
2	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	278.3	100.0	80.0	65.4	80.2	25.2
3	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	265.6	82.0	70.2	55.5	82.4	100.0
4	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	264.1	97.4	79.8	68.5	73.2	0.0
5	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	260.3	92.5	79.4	64.1	75.6	0.0
6	Monash University Monash University Australia	252.0	93.8	77.4	63.0	68.1	0.0
7	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	251.1	75.6	73.6	47.3	82.4	50.4
8	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	246.7	77.7	76.3	61.0	70.7	48.8
9	University of Southampton University of Southampton United Kingdom	245.4	55.5	96.2	90.3	75.6	0.0
10	University of Sydney University of Sydney Australia	243.3	91.7	74.0	60.7	65.5	0.0
11	University of Technology Sydney University of Technology Sydney Australia	242.4	91.0	75.1	72.5	56.7	25.2
12	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	239.7	71.6	79.0	80.0	68.1	25.2
13	Queensland University of Technology Queensland University of Technology Australia	235.2	69.0	78.4	68.2	65.5	43.6
14	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	234.5	67.5	84.7	72.8	62.7	25.2
15	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	232.6	63.9	80.3	64.4	75.6	0.0
16	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	231.8	63.9	93.1	90.7	56.7	0.0
17	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	227.5	78.5	69.8	71.6	59.8	25.2
18	Australian Catholic University Australian Catholic University Australia	226.4	68.4	74.0	67.1	65.5	25.2
19	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	225.7	59.0	72.8	50.1	75.6	41.8
20	Emory University Emory University United States	224.0	66.0	70.1	42.2	68.1	56.3
21	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands	223.5	56.6	77.5	81.2	73.2	0.0
22	Maastricht University Maastricht University Netherlands	222.3	55.9	81.2	85.8	68.1	0.0
23	Yale University Yale University United States	221.4	70.7	72.6	56.4	56.7	50.4
24	University of Washington University of Washington United States	219.2	67.2	71.6	54.4	56.7	64.2
25	University of Leeds University of Leeds United Kingdom	219.0	55.1	77.2	67.3	73.2	0.0
26	The University of Newcastle, Australia The University of Newcastle, Australia Australia	218.2	71.0	82.7	72.1	50.0	0.0
27	Uppsala University Uppsala University Sweden	218.0	76.2	77.8	70.3	50.0	0.0
28	Duke University Duke University United States	217.5	73.8	64.7	46.0	59.8	50.4
29	New York University New York University United States	217.2	62.6	71.0	48.2	62.7	56.3
30	Deakin University Deakin University Australia	213.9	72.1	74.6	60.7	46.3	43.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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