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)

499 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	302.3	98.9
2	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University	292.3	100.0
3	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University	288.4	99.4
4	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University	286.0	97.6
5	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University	263.3	84.8
6	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	262.5	83.7
7	University of Florida University of Florida	248.8	80.2
8	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	248.3	75.8
9	Cornell University Cornell University	246.4	75.3
10	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	245.8	74.7
11	Michigan State University Michigan State University	240.6	71.9
12	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University	234.0	66.5
13	Ghent University Ghent University	230.8	65.5
14	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	228.9	65.6
15	Aarhus University Aarhus University	228.2	66.2
16	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	226.7	64.0
17	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	226.4	67.3
18	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	222.4	63.5
19	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo	222.2	73.7
20	Institut Agro Institut Agro	222.1	63.5
21	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	220.8	61.1
22	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	218.1	62.1
23	University of Montpellier University of Montpellier	217.9	61.5
24	Iowa State University Iowa State University	216.9	62.7
25	University of Goettingen University of Goettingen	216.0	59.9
26	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	212.2	59.8
27	South China Agricultural University South China Agricultural University	211.7	62.3
28	University of Guelph University of Guelph	210.2	61.3
29	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	209.6	58.1
30	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	207.2	61.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020