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	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	374.6	70.4
2	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	316.5	56.5
3	King's College London King's College London	316.4	61.0
4	Harvard University Harvard University	307.9	67.8
5	University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco	305.9	41.4
6	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	299.2	44.5
7	University of Washington University of Washington	296.0	55.4
8	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	292.4	47.2
9	University at Buffalo, the State University of New York	279.0	42.6
10	University of Sao Paulo University of Sao Paulo	274.5	100.0
11	University College London University College London	269.8	50.1
12	KU Leuven KU Leuven	269.2	58.0
13	University of Zurich University of Zurich	267.3	77.8
14	The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong	265.0	65.1
15	New York University New York University	257.5	54.6
16	University of Bern University of Bern	257.2	82.8
17	Columbia University Columbia University	256.0	37.8
18	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	254.7	55.5
19	University of Birmingham University of Birmingham	253.9	42.8
20	University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh	252.6	35.8
21	University of Southern California University of Southern California	251.8	35.6
22	Osaka University Osaka University	251.3	47.4
23	Sichuan University Sichuan University	250.7	67.7
24	University of Iowa University of Iowa	250.3	38.7
25	University of Toronto University of Toronto	248.4	52.2
26	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg	247.1	67.0
27	University of Helsinki University of Helsinki	245.0	44.7
28	Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tokyo Medical and Dental University	244.7	61.2
29	Stanford University Stanford University	243.1	29.6
30	Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University Nijmegen	242.9	45.3

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020