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)

300 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Jiangnan University Jiangnan University	292.3	100.0
2	China Agricultural University China Agricultural University	273.7	90.5
3	Wageningen University & Research Wageningen University & Research	268.0	85.5
4	South China University of Technology South China University of Technology	267.5	80.8
5	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	248.6	75.7
6	Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Agricultural University	248.0	77.5
7	University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst	243.3	63.0
8	University of Campinas University of Campinas	237.3	72.4
9	Nanchang University Nanchang University	229.7	62.1
10	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo	228.4	70.2
11	Ghent University Ghent University	228.1	65.8
12	Northwest A&F University Northwest A&F University	224.2	66.1
13	Huazhong Agricultural University Huazhong Agricultural University	218.4	62.1
14	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	217.4	56.8
15	University of Porto University of Porto	213.0	62.6
16	KU Leuven KU Leuven	212.9	60.6
17	University of Copenhagen University of Copenhagen	210.7	59.8
18	University of Guelph University of Guelph	209.5	56.8
19	Cornell University Cornell University	208.7	57.2
20	Beijing Technology and Business University	207.2	56.9
20	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	207.2	54.3
20	University of Valencia University of Valencia	207.2	54.0
23	King Abdulaziz University King Abdulaziz University	204.0	43.3
24	University College Dublin University College Dublin	202.8	49.3
25	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	200.6	43.9
26	University of Naples Federico II University of Naples Federico II	198.7	52.7
27	Jiangsu University Jiangsu University	198.4	48.8
28	University of California, Davis University of California, Davis	197.7	56.2
29	Instituto Politecnico de Braganca Instituto Politecnico de Braganca	196.3	48.3
30	Aarhus University Aarhus University	194.8	50.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020