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)

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	301.6	100.0	79.2	71.7	100.0	40.1
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	257.3	62.0	81.3	69.7	80.1	100.0
3	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	254.4	68.7	78.0	70.8	76.9	82.9
4	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	235.8	55.4	88.0	86.3	75.1	0.0
5	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	228.3	52.4	85.3	84.9	65.6	40.1
6	University College London University College London United Kingdom	223.9	64.8	82.1	87.4	59.5	0.0
7	New York University New York University United States	222.8	50.5	78.9	62.8	66.9	69.4
8	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	218.5	65.9	76.8	78.0	51.0	46.3
9	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	215.5	54.0	80.3	73.7	66.5	0.0
10	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	213.6	51.7	82.7	62.8	54.1	62.7
11	Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine United States	207.5	57.6	80.5	57.4	44.6	66.8
12	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	206.2	54.3	78.6	66.8	59.9	0.0
13	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	204.5	56.7	74.9	62.0	48.2	62.0
14	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	203.7	38.9	77.8	62.2	62.2	61.2
15	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	202.3	36.6	80.4	82.6	59.9	44.3
16	Duke University Duke University United States	201.6	50.5	81.4	63.1	46.4	53.5
17	Heidelberg University Heidelberg University Germany	199.4	52.5	83.2	71.7	49.3	0.0
18	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	195.8	46.7	76.3	57.4	61.3	0.0
19	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	195.5	48.0	74.5	79.6	57.1	0.0
20	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands	194.9	47.8	94.5	88.5	34.9	0.0
21	Technical University of Munich Technical University of Munich Germany	192.3	48.8	85.1	75.1	43.3	0.0
22	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	191.8	33.7	88.9	80.1	53.1	0.0
23	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	191.5	41.4	75.1	55.8	63.9	0.0
24	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	190.3	42.9	74.4	66.0	48.2	58.2
25	Leiden University Leiden University Netherlands	187.7	46.7	79.4	82.3	45.2	0.0
26	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas United States	186.1	40.4	73.3	63.2	50.4	46.3
27	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	183.0	43.4	95.4	82.2	27.8	0.0
28	Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University United States	182.4	32.5	80.7	67.7	46.4	46.3
29	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	181.7	37.7	83.7	85.3	34.1	46.3
30	University of Lausanne University of Lausanne Switzerland	179.9	36.6	74.5	89.1	51.0	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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