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
1	Harvard University Harvard University United States	280.7	100.0	79.6	58.3	85.1
2	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	263.7	77.7	85.0	47.7	100.0
3	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University United States	254.0	85.4	89.2	36.5	77.7
4	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	252.7	84.2	81.2	47.9	80.9
5	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	245.8	75.7	81.6	43.0	87.1
6	Stanford University Stanford University United States	237.8	73.2	86.9	58.0	78.8
7	University of Washington University of Washington United States	235.6	73.0	81.0	45.8	80.9
8	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	228.7	74.6	90.5	72.5	64.3
9	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	226.2	73.2	76.5	38.7	74.3
10	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	225.3	96.1	75.0	65.8	37.1
11	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine United States	221.9	59.8	100.0	45.6	77.7
12	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	221.6	71.8	76.0	39.4	71.9
13	University of Virginia University of Virginia United States	220.7	67.9	80.0	33.4	75.4
14	New York University New York University United States	217.5	67.6	78.8	47.8	71.9
15	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	214.4	68.7	83.8	38.5	65.7
16	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh United States	212.2	64.4	82.8	47.7	69.5
17	Columbia University Columbia University United States	210.1	65.7	74.7	47.1	69.5
18	Maastricht University Maastricht University Netherlands	207.1	84.1	85.2	90.3	29.4
19	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	206.7	69.4	90.4	65.6	50.9
20	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	204.2	61.2	78.6	48.7	68.2
21	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	202.4	68.8	74.3	47.4	57.2
22	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	201.8	59.6	91.4	79.9	58.7
23	University College London University College London United Kingdom	200.8	76.7	76.4	60.3	41.5
24	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	199.2	64.6	82.5	69.7	54.1
25	University of Groningen University of Groningen Netherlands	198.3	65.9	77.2	67.2	54.1
26	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder United States	197.2	53.2	90.7	38.4	68.2
27	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	196.9	61.0	76.6	54.7	61.6
28	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	196.5	55.2	78.2	50.3	69.5
29	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	196.3	57.9	89.0	47.8	60.2
30	University of Missouri - Columbia University of Missouri - Columbia United States	195.3	56.8	76.5	36.2	68.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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