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	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	281.3	99.5
2	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	279.4	90.2
3	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	277.6	89.7
4	Harvard University Harvard University	254.6	100.0
5	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	246.9	80.6
6	Duke University Duke University	246.2	67.4
7	Georgia State University Georgia State University	245.3	73.9
8	Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington	245.0	86.2
9	INSEAD INSEAD	242.0	83.4
10	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	240.1	70.0
11	Columbia University Columbia University	238.9	68.9
12	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	236.9	72.9
13	Arizona State University Arizona State University	234.7	78.6
14	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	232.2	75.3
15	University of Washington University of Washington	232.0	74.6
16	Michigan State University Michigan State University	229.7	80.3
17	Tilburg University Tilburg University	229.2	73.9
18	Northwestern University Northwestern University	228.4	65.0
19	University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia	227.6	71.8
20	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	226.4	76.3
21	The University of Georgia The University of Georgia	223.5	76.0
22	University of Leeds University of Leeds	221.8	91.1
23	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	221.7	67.0
24	University of Southern California University of Southern California	218.5	63.8
25	Aalto University Aalto University	217.1	82.8
26	University of Miami University of Miami	215.5	59.6
27	Northeastern University (Boston) Northeastern University (Boston)	213.5	78.6
28	Bocconi University Bocconi University	211.0	76.0
29	City, University of London City, University of London	209.3	70.7
30	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	209.0	59.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020