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	AWARD
1	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong, China	323.8	100.0	91.2	81.8	100.0	100.0
2	University of Central Florida University of Central Florida United States	228.0	72.1	87.7	68.5	69.1	0.0
3	University of Surrey University of Surrey United Kingdom	225.8	60.4	98.8	96.9	58.9	86.6
4	Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University China	221.7	67.4	90.3	85.4	66.8	0.0
5	Griffith University Griffith University Australia	212.1	70.2	75.6	86.1	60.4	0.0
6	Sejong University Sejong University South Korea	200.8	59.9	100.0	84.6	52.4	0.0
7	Washington State University Washington State University United States	192.1	53.1	100.0	89.9	53.4	0.0
8	Temple University Temple University United States	189.8	53.1	91.7	74.4	56.8	0.0
9	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland Australia	188.8	59.4	80.0	75.4	52.1	0.0
10	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette United States	186.6	55.4	79.9	70.2	56.5	0.0
11	Pennsylvania State University - University Park United States	183.0	55.6	76.3	64.0	55.0	0.0
12	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States	182.0	49.4	100.0	71.5	50.8	0.0
13	Bournemouth University Bournemouth University United Kingdom	181.7	53.1	89.8	81.2	49.0	0.0
14	Florida State University Florida State University United States	179.7	52.3	86.3	75.5	50.4	0.0
15	Kyung Hee University Kyung Hee University South Korea	179.5	51.8	87.3	87.2	49.4	0.0
16	University of Nevada-Las Vegas University of Nevada-Las Vegas United States	175.2	49.9	90.7	52.3	49.7	0.0
17	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia United States	167.6	46.5	87.8	69.9	46.9	0.0
18	University of Johannesburg University of Johannesburg South Africa	164.9	48.8	80.8	93.9	41.9	0.0
19	University of Houston University of Houston United States	162.5	44.1	87.5	60.8	46.5	0.0
20	University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst United States	154.3	42.2	78.4	76.0	44.3	0.0
21	University of Florida University of Florida United States	150.8	42.2	79.3	63.5	41.5	0.0
22	Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State University United States	149.1	39.9	84.1	78.8	39.3	0.0
23	University of Waterloo University of Waterloo Canada	147.7	35.5	85.1	77.0	24.2	100.0
24	University of Otago University of Otago New Zealand	144.6	41.5	76.5	83.6	35.7	0.0
25	University of Macau University of Macau Macau, China	142.0	37.4	85.0	63.3	37.1	0.0
26	Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University United Kingdom	140.6	31.8	73.2	84.4	30.5	86.6
27	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University United States	140.4	37.7	78.2	71.9	37.5	0.0
28	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University China	138.7	36.6	84.1	90.6	32.6	0.0
29	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona United States	137.4	34.7	86.7	68.5	35.2	0.0
30	Xiamen University Xiamen University China	137.3	32.3	95.6	79.5	33.2	0.0

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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