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)

50 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University	285.0	100.0
2	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU	258.5	79.2
3	Harbin Engineering University Harbin Engineering University	251.8	81.7
4	University of Strathclyde University of Strathclyde	247.7	73.6
5	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	244.6	82.3
6	University of Lisbon University of Lisbon	243.2	68.9
7	Wuhan University of Technology Wuhan University of Technology	210.3	61.1
8	Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology	210.0	66.1
9	Tianjin University Tianjin University	201.7	57.9
10	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	199.9	56.1
11	Zhejiang University Zhejiang University	197.4	63.5
12	National University of Singapore National University of Singapore	196.7	54.6
13	Dalian Maritime University Dalian Maritime University	195.0	49.1
14	Ocean University of China Ocean University of China	193.9	61.9
15	University College London University College London	189.3	50.4
16	Jiangsu University of Science and Technology	188.5	51.1
17	Hohai University Hohai University	184.4	51.7
18	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	183.5	48.7
19	Griffith University Griffith University	178.6	34.4
20	University of Plymouth University of Plymouth	175.3	42.0
21	Harbin Institute of Technology Harbin Institute of Technology	174.1	41.2
22	Newcastle University Newcastle University	172.0	43.2
23	Northwestern Polytechnical University Northwestern Polytechnical University	171.5	37.7
24	University of Southampton University of Southampton	171.0	45.8
25	Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University	166.2	38.2
26	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	165.4	36.4
27	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Federal University of Rio de Janeiro	165.2	40.3
27	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania	165.2	41.6
29	Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark	163.1	41.6
30	Seoul National University Seoul National University	162.4	48.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020