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	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	379.8	82.4	100.0	63.0	100.0	100.0
2	Harvard University Harvard University United States	366.5	100.0	100.0	68.2	98.6	61.0
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	340.3	86.4	100.0	69.8	86.6	67.2
4	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	321.2	87.1	100.0	66.1	78.8	55.1
5	Princeton University Princeton University United States	308.2	64.3	100.0	66.8	73.9	81.0
6	Columbia University Columbia University United States	304.5	75.8	97.5	72.1	70.7	64.2
7	Stanford University Stanford University United States	300.1	83.6	100.0	63.8	90.3	28.0
8	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	287.3	95.3	90.5	82.4	66.7	24.3
9	New York University New York University United States	283.4	68.8	92.9	70.4	69.7	56.9
10	Yale University Yale University United States	268.7	62.9	100.0	68.1	67.0	50.5
11	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	250.3	69.6	100.0	61.2	72.6	17.1
12	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	232.4	71.7	95.9	64.7	70.4	0.0
13	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	224.1	56.6	94.3	60.0	51.8	34.3
14	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	219.5	64.5	80.0	78.1	26.4	48.5
15	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	215.6	83.0	85.2	82.2	40.3	0.0
16	University College London University College London United Kingdom	205.0	69.4	83.0	80.2	51.4	0.0
17	Duke University Duke University United States	204.8	66.0	98.2	66.9	50.0	0.0
18	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	202.4	47.6	100.0	67.3	44.6	29.7
19	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	196.7	66.2	83.9	82.5	47.1	0.0
20	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	196.0	60.4	80.1	68.2	28.9	29.7
21	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	194.8	53.2	91.4	70.7	32.6	29.7
22	University of Toulouse 1 University of Toulouse 1 France	194.5	43.9	70.0	85.2	36.6	48.5
23	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	192.0	65.3	94.4	67.3	40.3	0.0
24	Cornell University Cornell University United States	190.5	69.4	86.9	69.4	36.0	0.0
25	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	190.2	55.8	83.2	66.3	34.0	24.3
26	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	187.0	69.6	88.1	89.2	29.7	0.0
27	Bocconi University Bocconi University Italy	185.5	60.3	85.9	90.6	43.0	0.0
28	Boston University Boston University United States	183.8	52.9	100.0	77.8	46.6	0.0
29	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University United States	180.1	45.9	89.4	70.2	38.5	21.0
30	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	175.7	58.4	92.0	67.0	35.4	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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