2021 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking began publishing the world university rankings by academic subjects in 2009. Building on this foundation, the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) was introduced in 2017 with an enhanced methodology.The 2024 edition of GRAS evaluates universities in 55 subjects across five broad fields: Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. Among more than 5,000 universities worldwide, over 1,900 institutions from 96 countries and regions are presented.GRAS relies on a comprehensive set of objective academic indicators and independent third-party data to assess performance at the subject level. The evaluation spans five major dimensions: World-Class Faculty, World-Class Output, High-Quality Research, Research Impact, and International Collaboration.The index of international academic awards is based on Academic Excellence Survey (AES) conducted by ShanghaiRanking.(Methodology)

200 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	399.3	100.0
2	Stanford University Stanford University	307.0	79.4
3	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	301.4	71.1
4	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	290.4	74.3
5	Columbia University Columbia University	281.5	71.1
6	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	276.2	74.2
7	Duke University Duke University	272.8	70.3
8	University of Chicago University of Chicago	265.6	65.9
9	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	264.8	68.7
10	Princeton University Princeton University	263.7	59.0
11	University of Toronto University of Toronto	259.6	62.1
12	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	251.4	56.5
13	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University	247.2	55.3
14	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	243.9	62.6
15	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	237.1	63.0
16	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	232.4	75.9
17	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	228.1	55.3
18	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	225.5	61.0
19	University of Washington University of Washington	217.8	69.8
20	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	216.9	66.8
21	University of Oxford University of Oxford	202.0	70.9
22	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	199.9	60.5
23	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	199.6	63.0
24	North Carolina State University - Raleigh	195.2	55.3
25	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	193.9	52.6
26	University College London University College London	193.5	66.6
27	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	190.7	47.1
28	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	189.3	47.6
29	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University	188.8	56.7
30	Yale University Yale University	186.4	58.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020