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)

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1	CNCI	IC	TOP	AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	399.3	100.0	85.3	66.3	100.0	100.0
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	307.0	79.4	91.9	59.4	87.5	48.5
3	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	301.4	71.1	82.0	64.7	83.2	64.2
4	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	290.4	74.3	73.9	52.8	94.7	42.0
5	Columbia University Columbia University United States	281.5	71.1	92.0	67.1	73.6	48.5
6	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	276.2	74.2	87.9	76.8	64.9	48.5
7	Duke University Duke University United States	272.8	70.3	70.6	57.4	84.3	42.0
8	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	265.6	65.9	84.0	60.0	76.7	42.0
9	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	264.8	68.7	67.0	58.4	88.1	34.3
10	Princeton University Princeton University United States	263.7	59.0	93.2	70.8	73.0	48.5
11	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	259.6	62.1	91.0	83.8	48.3	64.2
12	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	251.4	56.5	100.0	62.3	61.9	48.5
13	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University United States	247.2	55.3	74.8	62.5	66.3	54.2
14	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University United States	243.9	62.6	82.7	54.0	61.1	42.0
15	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	237.1	63.0	78.7	64.3	48.3	48.5
16	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	232.4	75.9	73.7	61.1	75.5	0.0
17	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	228.1	55.3	100.0	79.7	38.7	48.5
18	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	225.5	61.0	60.4	71.7	72.3	24.3
19	University of Washington University of Washington United States	217.8	69.8	72.5	63.6	70.4	0.0
20	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	216.9	66.8	100.0	71.4	59.6	0.0
21	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	202.0	70.9	78.6	79.2	48.3	0.0
22	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	199.9	60.5	67.3	57.7	69.7	0.0
23	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	199.6	63.0	65.8	95.1	62.7	0.0
24	North Carolina State University - Raleigh United States	195.2	55.3	61.4	54.0	76.1	0.0
25	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	193.9	52.6	73.5	64.9	71.7	0.0
26	University College London University College London United Kingdom	193.5	66.6	84.7	80.2	43.2	0.0
27	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	190.7	47.1	64.0	65.6	57.2	24.3
28	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	189.3	47.6	71.0	62.0	52.1	24.3
29	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University France	188.8	56.7	61.8	64.9	32.1	34.3
30	Yale University Yale University United States	186.4	58.6	72.5	66.4	55.5	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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