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
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	279.7	86.2	97.6	54.5	96.2
2	Stanford University Stanford University United States	262.3	72.6	96.8	49.5	100.0
3	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	257.2	89.3	91.6	54.8	72.0
4	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	254.6	100.0	84.8	77.1	54.4
5	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	251.8	74.7	86.5	42.2	92.3
6	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	244.1	79.1	74.2	67.2	81.6
7	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	240.9	86.5	84.8	49.3	63.8
8	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	236.8	86.9	81.8	47.8	60.9
9	Cornell University Cornell University United States	235.9	87.6	82.7	54.3	57.7
10	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	229.0	77.9	81.8	45.4	66.7
11	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	224.8	85.1	93.4	73.7	43.0
12	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	223.8	79.5	86.0	38.3	57.7
13	Duke University Duke University United States	223.4	63.1	97.1	56.3	74.5
14	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	221.9	73.1	87.1	49.7	63.8
15	Columbia University Columbia University United States	219.2	57.0	84.1	55.0	86.1
16	Princeton University Princeton University United States	215.7	60.7	100.0	52.8	69.4
17	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	212.7	70.5	84.0	41.0	60.9
18	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	212.1	62.2	80.0	43.2	74.5
19	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	209.4	67.8	84.3	46.8	60.9
20	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	209.2	61.7	86.2	42.1	69.4
21	New York University New York University United States	203.7	61.7	81.7	36.7	66.7
22	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	193.0	64.1	76.1	43.9	54.4
23	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	192.2	71.4	92.0	57.9	33.3
24	University of Washington University of Washington United States	192.0	57.6	80.4	45.5	60.9
25	The University of Manchester The University of Manchester United Kingdom	191.6	84.7	79.6	54.7	19.2
26	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	185.2	58.1	85.8	42.6	50.9
27	Yale University Yale University United States	185.1	47.6	85.2	43.8	66.7
28	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	182.8	60.2	89.3	48.9	43.0
29	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	175.3	53.7	93.9	47.7	43.0
30	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	173.0	63.1	66.4	65.4	38.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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