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)

500 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	University of Chicago University of Chicago	379.8	82.4
2	Harvard University Harvard University	366.5	100.0
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	340.3	86.4
4	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	321.2	87.1
5	Princeton University Princeton University	308.2	64.3
6	Columbia University Columbia University	304.5	75.8
7	Stanford University Stanford University	300.1	83.6
8	London School of Economics and Political Science	287.3	95.3
9	New York University New York University	283.4	68.8
10	Yale University Yale University	268.7	62.9
11	Northwestern University Northwestern University	250.3	69.6
12	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	232.4	71.7
13	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	224.1	56.6
14	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	219.5	64.5
15	University of Oxford University of Oxford	215.6	83.0
16	University College London University College London	205.0	69.4
17	Duke University Duke University	204.8	66.0
18	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	202.4	47.6
19	University of Toronto University of Toronto	196.7	66.2
20	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	196.0	60.4
21	Arizona State University Arizona State University	194.8	53.2
22	University of Toulouse 1 University of Toulouse 1	194.5	43.9
23	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	192.0	65.3
24	Cornell University Cornell University	190.5	69.4
25	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	190.2	55.8
26	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	187.0	69.6
27	Bocconi University Bocconi University	185.5	60.3
28	Boston University Boston University	183.8	52.9
29	Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University	180.1	45.9
30	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	175.7	58.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020