Across the 22 subject-specific rankings, U.S. schools again claim the most No. 1 spots. For the first time, China's Tsinghua University replaces MIT as No. 1 in computer science and once again tops the list for engineering. Listed in rank order, these countries performed the best in the following subject rankings:

Computer science: U.S., China, U.K., Canada, Australia
Economics and business: U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, China (tie), Netherlands (tie)
Engineering: U.S., China, U.K., Canada, Italy
Neuroscience and behavior: U.S., Germany, U.K., Canada (tie), France (tie), Netherlands (tie)