2021 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

ShanghaiRanking began to publish world university ranking by academic subjects in 2009. By introducing improved methodology, the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) was first published in 2017. The 2024 GRAS contains rankings of universities in 55 subjects across Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. More than 1,900 out of 5,000 universities across 96 countries and regions are finally listed in the rankings. The GRAS rankings use a range of objective academic indicators and third-party data to measure the performance of world universities in respective subjects, covering in 5 major evaluation categories such as 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)

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	301.1	91.1
2	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	300.5	100.0
3	Peking University Peking University	289.1	93.7
4	University of Science and Technology of China	285.2	92.8
5	Soochow University Soochow University	280.2	86.8
6	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology	272.1	78.9
7	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	271.8	81.6
8	Stanford University Stanford University	266.4	72.7
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	263.3	77.2
10	Harvard University Harvard University	255.6	69.6
11	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	253.1	79.8
12	Fudan University Fudan University	251.1	77.6
13	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	248.2	76.8
13	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	248.2	68.3
15	Nanjing University Nanjing University	243.7	78.4
16	Tianjin University Tianjin University	239.4	71.3
17	Northwestern University Northwestern University	238.1	65.8
18	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	236.7	58.9
19	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	233.8	64.3
20	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	232.8	74.9
21	Jilin University Jilin University	231.5	75.6
21	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	231.5	73.3
23	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	229.6	57.4
24	University of Chicago University of Chicago	228.3	67.1
25	Nankai University Nankai University	227.4	62.8
26	Seoul National University Seoul National University	226.5	72.5
27	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	225.7	65.7
28	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	223.9	59.4
28	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology	223.9	59.6
30	Wuhan University Wuhan University	223.7	65.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020