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)

100 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Central South University Central South University	272.0	100.0
2	China University of Mining and Technology	255.9	62.4
3	The University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia	226.4	69.2
4	China University of Mining & Technology-Beijing	215.3	48.0
5	China University of Geosciences Beijing China University of Geosciences Beijing	208.6	84.6
6	Monash University Monash University	205.3	45.9
7	The University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide	205.0	46.6
8	The University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales	202.9	46.6
9	Shandong University of Science and Technology	202.6	35.3
10	China University of Geosciences China University of Geosciences	199.2	69.5
11	Northeastern University (Shenyang) Northeastern University (Shenyang)	197.6	64.2
12	Sichuan University Sichuan University	192.4	31.5
13	University of Lorraine University of Lorraine	189.7	44.9
14	Chongqing University Chongqing University	185.4	36.6
15	Curtin University Curtin University	179.6	56.2
16	The University of Queensland The University of Queensland	177.7	73.9
17	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	170.3	30.4
18	Imperial College London Imperial College London	169.3	30.4
19	Colorado School of Mines Colorado School of Mines	168.9	35.3
20	University of Toronto University of Toronto	168.3	29.9
21	University of Alberta University of Alberta	167.9	43.4
22	Dalian University of Technology Dalian University of Technology	167.8	25.9
23	Wuhan University Wuhan University	167.4	25.9
24	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	165.7	29.9
25	University of Tasmania University of Tasmania	161.4	42.7
26	University of Science and Technology Beijing	161.3	53.9
27	The University of Newcastle, Australia The University of Newcastle, Australia	160.4	33.0
28	Laurentian University Laurentian University	160.2	32.5
28	Tsinghua University Tsinghua University	160.2	29.9
30	Kyushu University Kyushu University	160.0	30.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020