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	322.3	100.0	92.6	60.3	100.0	100.0
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	290.1	84.6	100.0	56.3	93.1	72.5
3	Princeton University Princeton University United States	254.6	72.8	100.0	48.6	82.7	39.7
4	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	246.6	87.9	82.3	65.9	67.1	0.0
5	New York University New York University United States	246.3	71.6	87.2	56.5	81.6	39.7
6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	232.7	69.8	92.1	61.7	64.5	56.2
7	Columbia University Columbia University United States	228.9	67.6	76.2	54.5	71.9	60.7
8	Yale University Yale University United States	228.7	66.1	96.6	50.1	67.1	45.9
9	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	227.0	87.5	79.1	61.7	50.0	0.0
10	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	216.9	66.3	83.2	59.6	57.7	60.7
11	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	212.5	72.4	90.8	68.8	51.6	0.0
12	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego United States	211.6	60.5	100.0	51.3	59.2	32.4
13	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	203.4	60.0	92.6	50.9	61.9	0.0
14	Duke University Duke University United States	202.5	61.9	95.0	59.2	56.3	0.0
15	The George Washington University The George Washington University United States	202.3	66.3	81.4	44.6	57.7	0.0
16	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	202.2	59.8	100.0	47.8	57.7	0.0
17	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	201.7	54.4	100.0	55.8	64.5	0.0
18	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	200.6	54.9	85.1	50.4	70.7	0.0
19	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	195.6	78.7	95.8	72.6	22.4	0.0
20	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	191.6	50.9	93.1	41.2	64.5	0.0
21	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	191.2	56.9	81.4	46.0	60.6	0.0
22	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	190.2	57.2	98.5	51.7	50.0	0.0
23	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	190.0	55.4	89.1	46.2	57.7	0.0
24	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	187.7	61.7	96.9	79.6	38.7	0.0
25	Georgetown University Georgetown University United States	185.1	56.9	74.5	47.3	57.7	0.0
26	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	182.5	55.7	100.0	81.4	40.8	0.0
27	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Sweden	181.1	63.5	93.4	75.7	31.6	0.0
28	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich Switzerland	181.0	55.7	100.0	87.3	38.7	0.0
29	University of Essex University of Essex United Kingdom	178.6	55.2	83.1	77.3	46.5	0.0
30	University College London University College London United Kingdom	178.3	59.6	80.0	61.1	42.8	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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