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	Yale University Yale University	292.7	93.1
2	Harvard University Harvard University	269.6	100.0
3	University of Chicago University of Chicago	259.9	99.6
4	Columbia University Columbia University	235.5	93.1
5	New York University New York University	234.9	97.1
6	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	229.8	91.9
7	Stanford University Stanford University	209.2	77.8
8	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	200.2	82.8
9	University of Virginia University of Virginia	199.3	73.6
10	Duke University Duke University	197.1	74.9
11	University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles	194.8	68.3
12	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	194.1	77.4
13	Georgetown University Georgetown University	187.4	66.6
14	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	176.9	68.3
15	University of California, Irvine University of California, Irvine	162.3	72.3
16	University of Maryland, College Park University of Maryland, College Park	161.6	63.4
17	Cornell University Cornell University	160.2	58.4
18	Northwestern University Northwestern University	157.0	61.2
19	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	153.6	63.1
20	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	151.5	54.4
21	University of Cambridge University of Cambridge	149.3	69.9
22	Florida State University Florida State University	149.2	64.3
23	University of Southern California University of Southern California	147.7	56.7
24	Fordham University Fordham University	144.4	46.9
25	University at Albany (State University of New York)	144.3	62.2
26	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	143.4	57.1
27	University of Cincinnati University of Cincinnati	141.6	62.2
28	University of Washington University of Washington	141.0	54.0
29	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	138.5	61.5
30	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	137.7	50.4

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020