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	Harvard University Harvard University	317.6	100.0
2	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	292.4	55.9
3	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	277.3	39.1
4	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	269.5	59.4
5	Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University	262.6	64.2
6	University of Oxford University of Oxford	257.6	46.3
7	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center	254.1	48.2
8	Imperial College London Imperial College London	251.1	47.5
9	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	249.4	53.6
10	University of Washington University of Washington	244.4	52.0
11	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	240.0	50.2
12	Emory University Emory University	235.5	44.9
13	Duke University Duke University	231.3	50.6
14	The University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne	229.1	46.2
15	University of Toronto University of Toronto	221.1	65.9
16	Heidelberg University Heidelberg University	218.1	43.2
17	University College London University College London	215.7	57.9
18	University of Leicester University of Leicester	201.3	22.0
19	Oregon Health and Science University Oregon Health and Science University	200.6	35.3
20	University of Virginia University of Virginia	200.4	30.6
21	Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine	199.8	60.5
22	Paris-Saclay University Paris-Saclay University	197.4	30.7
23	Aarhus University Aarhus University	197.2	36.5
24	Stanford University Stanford University	197.1	53.4
24	University of Utah University of Utah	197.1	36.6
26	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	195.3	37.0
27	University of Sydney University of Sydney	194.7	46.2
28	Columbia University Columbia University	191.9	50.5
29	King's College London King's College London	189.7	47.0
30	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	189.5	29.7

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020