Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranks global higher education based on the 9 subjects of natural sciences. Key components of evaluation criteria include academic, employer, citations, and H index. The 9 subjects of natural sciences in QS World University Rankings 2021 include Chemistry, Earth & Marine Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Geography, Geology, Geophysics, Materials Sciences, Mathematics and Physics & Astronomy.

  Four subjects of natural sciences in NSYSU were recognized in subject ranking. The best performance is Mathematics, which was ranked between 201 and 250. However, the ranking of Physics & Astronomy was lower than last year, which was ranked between 351 and 400.

2017-2021 QS World University Discipline Ranking-Sun Yat-sen University Natural Science.