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	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam Netherlands	298.8	100.0	100.0	60.8	92.7
2	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	274.6	83.5	89.0	48.0	100.0
3	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	251.5	78.5	87.9	49.9	84.8
4	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	249.6	80.5	86.1	41.1	81.6
5	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Singapore	225.9	67.0	90.7	75.4	72.5
6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	225.7	67.4	100.0	45.3	70.1
7	University of Vienna University of Vienna Austria	224.2	67.0	100.0	75.2	66.2
8	University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara United States	224.1	61.5	83.1	43.9	85.8
9	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	223.1	64.1	88.7	42.8	78.4
10	Cornell University Cornell University United States	211.8	59.3	95.0	41.0	71.3
11	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	209.5	59.7	88.5	42.9	71.3
12	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands	209.3	56.5	100.0	70.7	67.5
13	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	208.0	59.3	84.2	44.0	72.5
14	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison United States	206.2	63.2	88.2	37.3	63.5
15	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	203.4	60.2	94.8	50.3	60.7
16	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	201.4	61.5	90.6	61.0	57.7
17	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	201.1	58.8	79.2	32.2	70.1
18	University of Zurich University of Zurich Switzerland	199.0	60.2	100.0	74.2	51.3
19	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	197.3	54.5	85.2	41.2	68.8
20	University of Munich University of Munich Germany	196.8	56.9	94.2	66.1	57.7
21	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	193.3	54.0	81.4	66.6	64.9
22	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	193.2	59.7	87.6	36.2	56.2
23	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick United States	187.1	54.0	74.9	37.4	64.9
24	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis United States	184.2	50.4	82.8	50.7	62.1
25	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel	184.0	53.5	72.0	55.7	62.1
26	University of Missouri - Columbia University of Missouri - Columbia United States	183.8	56.9	85.7	42.6	51.3
27	Ghent University Ghent University Belgium	183.6	55.0	86.6	47.7	53.0
28	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	182.8	47.6	100.0	50.9	56.2
29	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	178.5	56.5	80.5	39.8	49.6
30	University of Arizona University of Arizona United States	177.5	52.5	67.1	30.9	62.1

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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