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	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	245.1	84.8
2	Harvard University Harvard University	244.0	74.7
2	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	244.0	64.4
4	Erasmus University Rotterdam Erasmus University Rotterdam	239.4	86.0
5	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	233.8	100.0
6	INSEAD INSEAD	231.6	61.0
7	Arizona State University Arizona State University	222.4	74.2
8	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	220.8	68.4
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	220.3	73.5
10	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	217.2	64.2
11	University of Toronto University of Toronto	212.0	62.3
12	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	211.4	68.8
13	University of Montreal University of Montreal	210.6	88.5
14	New York University New York University	210.5	58.6
15	Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology	208.4	74.8
15	University of Warwick University of Warwick	208.4	72.5
17	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	205.1	66.5
18	Michigan State University Michigan State University	204.6	68.4
19	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	199.4	62.2
20	Stanford University Stanford University	198.9	52.7
21	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	197.8	62.4
22	City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong	197.4	73.2
23	Bocconi University Bocconi University	196.2	54.4
24	University of Washington University of Washington	194.6	55.7
25	Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School	192.7	63.6
26	Purdue University - West Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette	192.4	65.0
27	Northwestern University Northwestern University	192.0	56.0
27	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	192.0	60.2
29	London Business School London Business School	191.2	45.2
30	The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at Dallas	189.4	55.2

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020