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	296.5	100.0	82.1	71.9	100.0	0.0
2	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco United States	234.6	60.8	79.9	66.9	80.4	0.0
3	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	221.0	64.2	83.0	72.0	59.4	0.0
4	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	220.4	62.7	86.1	86.8	54.2	0.0
5	University College London University College London United Kingdom	219.5	72.0	82.6	81.9	48.5	0.0
6	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	218.7	55.5	86.8	84.7	59.4	0.0
7	Karolinska Institute Karolinska Institute Sweden	215.6	68.5	81.0	88.2	48.5	0.0
7	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	215.6	81.9	75.6	80.8	42.0	0.0
9	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	214.6	75.0	78.9	61.0	48.5	0.0
10	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	214.0	73.7	76.0	78.8	48.5	0.0
11	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	213.3	42.8	86.9	74.5	68.6	0.0
12	Yale University Yale University United States	212.4	56.6	78.2	67.2	64.2	0.0
13	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	210.0	55.5	78.1	61.2	64.2	0.0
14	University of Paris University of Paris France	208.7	70.5	69.6	71.5	54.2	0.0
15	Imperial College London Imperial College London United Kingdom	208.1	63.3	79.8	82.5	48.5	0.0
16	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	207.0	72.6	78.5	69.1	42.0	0.0
16	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	207.0	52.1	76.5	67.6	48.5	81.6
18	Monash University Monash University Australia	206.3	73.3	82.5	81.4	34.3	0.0
19	Duke University Duke University United States	201.9	55.3	74.6	63.1	59.4	0.0
20	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	201.1	70.7	80.4	78.4	34.3	0.0
21	King's College London King's College London United Kingdom	198.5	61.2	75.4	80.2	34.3	57.7
22	The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	198.1	40.4	100.0	78.6	42.0	0.0
23	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai United States	196.8	50.5	84.0	69.0	48.5	0.0
24	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh United States	195.5	61.6	73.4	60.4	48.5	0.0
25	Uppsala University Uppsala University Sweden	194.9	57.7	79.0	81.2	42.0	0.0
26	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University France	194.8	60.8	70.6	74.9	48.5	0.0
27	Stanford University Stanford University United States	192.3	49.5	87.4	66.9	42.0	0.0
28	University of Washington University of Washington United States	192.0	59.2	78.7	60.7	42.0	0.0
29	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	191.7	66.7	78.8	59.5	34.3	0.0
30	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University France	191.0	59.5	74.5	74.9	42.0	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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