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)

400 Institutions

World Rank	Institution	Total Score	Q1 CNCI IC TOP AWARD
1	Harvard University Harvard University	322.3	100.0
2	Stanford University Stanford University	290.1	84.6
3	Princeton University Princeton University	254.6	72.8
4	London School of Economics and Political Science	246.6	87.9
5	New York University New York University	246.3	71.6
6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	232.7	69.8
7	Columbia University Columbia University	228.9	67.6
8	Yale University Yale University	228.7	66.1
9	University of Oxford University of Oxford	227.0	87.5
10	University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley	216.9	66.3
11	Aarhus University Aarhus University	212.5	72.4
12	University of California, San Diego University of California, San Diego	211.6	60.5
13	Texas A&M University Texas A&M University	203.4	60.0
14	Duke University Duke University	202.5	61.9
15	The George Washington University The George Washington University	202.3	66.3
16	University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania	202.2	59.8
17	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	201.7	54.4
18	University of Chicago University of Chicago	200.6	54.9
19	University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam	195.6	78.7
20	Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University	191.6	50.9
21	The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin	191.2	56.9
22	The Ohio State University - Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus	190.2	57.2
23	University of Wisconsin - Madison University of Wisconsin - Madison	190.0	55.4
24	University of British Columbia University of British Columbia	187.7	61.7
25	Georgetown University Georgetown University	185.1	56.9
26	University of Zurich University of Zurich	182.5	55.7
27	University of Gothenburg University of Gothenburg	181.1	63.5
28	ETH Zurich ETH Zurich	181.0	55.7
29	University of Essex University of Essex	178.6	55.2
30	University College London University College London	178.3	59.6

* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Methodology-Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020