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	University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder	389.2	89.7
2	California Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology	361.3	94.9
3	Columbia University Columbia University	351.6	81.6
4	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	331.9	72.9
5	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	310.3	59.7
6	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	308.8	65.3
7	Princeton University Princeton University	292.0	54.0
8	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	280.8	96.7
9	Harvard University Harvard University	267.8	56.8
10	Sorbonne University Sorbonne University	263.8	93.6
11	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	253.4	71.0
12	Utrecht University Utrecht University	251.4	86.3
13	University of Washington University of Washington	250.8	73.5
14	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	250.1	74.0
15	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	249.4	60.4
16	University of Paris University of Paris	247.7	57.2
17	University of Iowa University of Iowa	243.7	44.4
18	University of Oxford University of Oxford	239.1	75.8
19	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences	238.5	100.0
20	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	237.7	81.6
21	University of Leeds University of Leeds	237.1	73.7
22	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	234.8	63.6
23	University of Bristol University of Bristol	234.6	74.5
24	Université Grenoble Alpes Université Grenoble Alpes	227.7	75.0
25	The Australian National University The Australian National University	224.9	70.1
26	The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo	222.1	74.1
27	Imperial College London Imperial College London	222.0	65.8
28	University of Arizona University of Arizona	220.1	68.2
29	University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines	219.3	67.5
30	Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3)	218.8	61.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020