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	New York University New York University United States	296.1	100.0	84.3	67.4	97.2
2	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	292.8	94.6	88.6	66.0	100.0
3	University of Chicago University of Chicago United States	287.3	90.3	100.0	53.5	96.5
4	Harvard University Harvard University United States	268.2	81.9	84.1	68.2	96.5
5	Columbia University Columbia University United States	262.4	87.4	69.9	73.8	89.0
6	Stanford University Stanford University United States	254.5	81.1	89.6	63.7	81.6
7	Boston College Boston College United States	253.3	78.6	97.2	59.7	80.8
8	University of Southern California University of Southern California United States	248.1	77.4	90.9	66.7	79.9
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	246.8	80.3	72.0	61.4	84.2
10	London Business School London Business School United Kingdom	246.7	74.8	100.0	100.0	74.5
11	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	245.4	84.3	76.5	90.5	71.7
12	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin United States	243.6	83.5	78.5	64.5	72.6
13	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	241.6	76.5	86.6	62.6	77.3
14	Duke University Duke University United States	239.7	70.2	96.8	60.4	79.9
15	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	237.3	72.1	86.5	68.6	79.1
16	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States	234.4	79.9	78.7	65.0	68.7
17	Cornell University Cornell University United States	232.9	78.2	73.7	60.4	72.6
18	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	231.0	79.5	81.4	54.3	65.6
19	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	229.7	76.5	66.5	80.5	73.6
20	University of Washington University of Washington United States	228.4	72.1	87.0	60.4	70.7
21	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales Australia	228.1	86.6	73.3	75.7	54.0
22	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States	224.8	69.3	84.7	58.9	72.6
23	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	219.9	69.8	81.3	69.3	67.7
24	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley United States	217.5	68.8	69.3	69.5	72.6
25	Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis United States	215.5	67.4	85.1	74.0	64.5
26	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	212.1	73.9	81.2	66.9	54.0
27	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	210.3	69.8	72.4	60.2	63.5
28	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles United States	208.0	60.7	80.4	70.5	69.7
29	Tilburg University Tilburg University Netherlands	204.5	65.4	86.4	92.2	54.0
30	Singapore Management University Singapore Management University Singapore	204.2	66.4	84.4	97.1	52.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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