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
1	Yale University Yale University United States	292.7	93.1	100.0	30.3	100.0
2	Harvard University Harvard University United States	269.6	100.0	100.0	39.1	65.7
3	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	259.9	99.6	100.0	32.2	57.2
4	Columbia University Columbia University United States	235.5	93.1	90.9	30.3	47.3
5	New York University New York University United States	234.9	97.1	85.2	30.4	43.5
6	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	229.8	91.9	99.0	30.7	39.4
7	Stanford University Stanford University United States	209.2	77.8	95.7	30.5	41.5
8	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	200.2	82.8	93.1	32.5	26.3
9	University of Virginia University of Virginia United States	199.3	73.6	94.2	23.6	39.4
10	Duke University Duke University United States	197.1	74.9	99.6	28.8	32.2
11	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	194.8	68.3	100.0	30.2	39.4
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	194.1	77.4	85.0	34.4	32.2
13	Georgetown University Georgetown University United States	187.4	66.6	100.0	27.7	34.7
14	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	176.9	68.3	99.4	20.9	22.7
15	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	162.3	72.3	100.0	38.5	0.0
16	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	161.6	63.4	100.0	34.2	13.1
17	Cornell University Cornell University United States	160.2	58.4	85.6	35.0	26.3
18	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	157.0	61.2	86.9	31.5	18.6
19	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	153.6	63.1	84.6	35.7	13.1
20	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	151.5	54.4	88.2	30.6	22.7
21	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	149.3	69.9	77.9	54.8	0.0
22	Florida State University Florida State University United States	149.2	64.3	97.4	41.2	0.0
23	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	147.7	56.7	80.7	37.1	18.6
24	Fordham University Fordham University United States	144.4	46.9	91.1	22.8	26.3
25	University at Albany (State University of New York) United States	144.3	62.2	95.8	31.4	0.0
26	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	143.4	57.1	82.6	33.0	13.1
27	University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati United States	141.6	62.2	89.4	36.8	0.0
28	University of Washington University of Washington United States	141.0	54.0	87.1	33.4	13.1
29	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands	138.5	61.5	81.0	56.9	0.0
30	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel	137.7	50.4	86.2	59.1	13.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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