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The Times Higher Education China Subject Ratings are the only performance tables that judge Chinese institutions against their global peers based on the Chinese Ministry of Education¡¯s classification of subjects.

The ratings for physical science reveal performance across 14 subjects: astronomy; atmospheric sciences; biology; chemistry; ecology; geography; geology; geophysics; history of science and technology; marine sciences; mathematics; physics; statistics; and systems sciences.

In total, 1,266 universities worldwide receive a rating for at least one subject in the physical science pillar.

View the China Subject Ratings 2021 methodology

Seven universities achieve an A+ grade in all 14 of the physical science subjects: Columbia University; Harvard University; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Los Angeles; University of Cambridge; University of Oxford; and University of Toronto.

Peking University is the top-performing institution in mainland China; achieving 11 A+ grades for physical science.

Read our analysis of the China Subject Ratings 2021

If you would like to discuss the results of the ratings, contact Elizabeth Shepherd, head of THE¡¯s consultancy team, at Elizabeth.Shepherd@timeshighereducation.com.