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
1	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	281.3	99.5	81.1	82.5	83.3
2	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	279.4	90.2	86.8	63.5	94.3
3	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	277.6	89.7	79.6	61.1	97.2
4	Harvard University Harvard University United States	254.6	100.0	68.2	59.9	64.5
5	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	246.9	80.6	76.0	63.4	81.6
6	Duke University Duke University United States	246.2	67.4	77.0	67.0	100.0
7	Georgia State University Georgia State University United States	245.3	73.9	84.0	74.6	85.0
8	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	245.0	86.2	89.4	65.7	64.5
9	INSEAD INSEAD France	242.0	83.4	86.2	92.4	64.5
10	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	240.1	70.0	81.7	61.0	88.2
11	Columbia University Columbia University United States	238.9	68.9	68.9	68.8	94.3
12	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	236.9	72.9	82.1	66.0	79.9
13	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	234.7	78.6	86.9	65.9	66.7
14	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	232.2	75.3	79.8	66.8	72.6
15	University of Washington University of Washington United States	232.0	74.6	78.9	60.6	74.5
16	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	229.7	80.3	90.7	61.9	57.7
17	Tilburg University Tilburg University Netherlands	229.2	73.9	78.6	82.8	70.7
18	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	228.4	65.0	84.9	68.0	81.6
19	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia United States	227.6	71.8	84.8	68.6	70.7
20	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	226.4	76.3	69.5	64.9	70.7
21	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	223.5	76.0	79.2	53.8	64.5
22	University of Leeds University of Leeds United Kingdom	221.8	91.1	79.0	83.4	37.3
23	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	221.7	67.0	73.0	66.4	78.2
24	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	218.5	63.8	74.4	55.8	79.9
25	Aalto University Aalto University Finland	217.1	82.8	81.4	81.6	44.1
26	University of Miami University of Miami United States	215.5	59.6	82.6	65.6	78.2
27	Northeastern University (Boston) Northeastern University (Boston) United States	213.5	78.6	87.9	75.0	44.1
28	Bocconi University Bocconi University Italy	211.0	76.0	81.9	89.3	47.1
29	City, University of London City, University of London United Kingdom	209.3	70.7	88.2	91.1	50.0
30	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia Canada	209.0	59.6	72.9	85.7	74.5

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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