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	Aarhus University Aarhus University Denmark	305.8	100.0	97.8	68.8	100.0
2	Utrecht University Utrecht University Netherlands	263.4	91.6	95.3	82.5	70.1
3	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands	257.0	88.4	94.8	69.6	70.1
4	Cardiff University Cardiff University United Kingdom	248.2	78.8	95.6	71.6	75.1
5	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington United States	246.2	78.1	83.6	64.4	80.9
6	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia United States	235.2	71.1	100.0	47.2	73.9
7	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	232.9	74.3	92.1	53.5	70.1
8	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus United States	226.0	69.5	86.1	61.4	72.6
9	Leiden University Leiden University Netherlands	224.6	76.6	87.2	73.9	58.8
10	Arizona State University Arizona State University United States	222.5	67.0	88.8	76.5	70.1
11	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom	212.9	80.9	89.1	64.3	40.5
12	Harvard University Harvard University United States	211.6	72.7	72.9	73.2	58.8
13	Rutgers University-Newark Rutgers University-Newark United States	205.1	60.6	93.3	71.6	60.3
14	Florida State University Florida State University United States	203.9	58.7	95.1	64.9	61.8
15	University College London University College London United Kingdom	201.0	71.1	84.0	76.3	44.7
16	Tilburg University Tilburg University Netherlands	199.1	57.7	100.0	85.3	53.9
17	University of Exeter University of Exeter United Kingdom	198.9	60.6	97.7	68.5	52.2
18	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen Denmark	195.7	61.6	99.3	69.7	46.7
19	American University American University United States	193.6	61.6	68.2	68.1	60.3
20	University of Antwerp University of Antwerp Belgium	190.8	64.3	87.8	77.8	42.6
21	Syracuse University Syracuse University United States	189.7	56.7	88.2	49.5	55.6
22	Bocconi University Bocconi University Italy	189.2	57.7	87.6	83.3	50.5
23	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands	188.4	67.0	89.8	73.5	35.7
24	University of Oslo University of Oslo Norway	187.1	64.3	81.3	73.3	42.6
25	University of Bern University of Bern Switzerland	183.5	58.7	97.5	61.8	40.5
26	KU Leuven KU Leuven Belgium	183.2	60.6	71.4	78.6	48.6
27	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, China	182.5	54.7	81.7	92.4	50.5
28	University of Warwick University of Warwick United Kingdom	181.0	53.6	95.9	59.8	46.7
29	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Sweden	177.2	59.7	78.7	78.1	40.5
30	University of Oxford University of Oxford United Kingdom	176.6	65.2	77.7	68.8	33.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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