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	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore Singapore	245.1	84.8	79.2	90.4	69.3
2	Harvard University Harvard University United States	244.0	74.7	74.2	57.0	89.2
2	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania United States	244.0	64.4	82.1	63.4	100.0
4	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	239.4	86.0	84.3	83.2	59.9
5	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	233.8	100.0	83.7	70.0	34.9
6	INSEAD INSEAD France	231.6	61.0	83.8	90.5	89.2
7	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	222.4	74.2	83.6	67.9	62.5
8	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	220.8	68.4	75.1	64.1	74.2
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	220.3	73.5	71.9	66.5	67.5
10	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities United States	217.2	64.2	82.5	67.7	72.9
11	University of Toronto University of Toronto Canada	212.0	62.3	68.2	81.2	76.4
12	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	211.4	68.8	81.0	62.5	61.5
13	University of Montreal University of Montreal Canada	210.6	88.5	69.7	81.1	34.9
14	New York University New York University United States	210.5	58.6	74.6	77.5	77.6
15	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology United States	208.4	74.8	75.4	72.5	51.3
15	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	208.4	72.5	77.2	74.1	53.7
17	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	205.1	66.5	77.2	63.1	60.4
18	Michigan State University Michigan State University United States	204.6	68.4	87.6	63.4	51.9
19	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park United States	199.4	62.2	68.7	63.3	65.5
20	Stanford University Stanford University United States	198.9	52.7	76.2	61.8	75.5
21	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge United Kingdom	197.8	62.4	81.6	84.2	54.9
22	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	197.4	73.2	77.2	73.6	41.6
23	Bocconi University Bocconi University Italy	196.2	54.4	85.7	86.8	63.0
24	University of Washington University of Washington United States	194.6	55.7	82.8	65.5	63.0
25	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School Denmark	192.7	63.6	75.1	84.9	51.3
26	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	192.4	65.0	75.7	63.9	50.6
27	Northwestern University Northwestern University United States	192.0	56.0	70.8	64.8	66.0
27	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong, China	192.0	60.2	77.6	79.6	54.9
29	London Business School London Business School United Kingdom	191.2	45.2	96.4	92.1	66.0
30	The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas United States	189.4	55.2	74.1	74.8	62.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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