World's Best Universities
Biological Sciences
Students earning a biological sciences degree can specialize in fields such as cell or molecular biology. After graduation, students may become laboratory technicians, conservationists, and technical writers. These are the world's top universities for biological sciences. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
Harvard University
United States |
93.0 | 100.0 | 98.9 | 86.3 |
| #2 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
91.2 | 94.1 | 91.9 | 88.7 |
| #3 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
87.7 | 98.3 | 100.0 | 76.8 |
| #4 |
Stanford University
United States |
85.6 | 91.2 | 94.6 | 79.4 |
| #5 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
84.9 | 96.0 | 96.5 | 73.6 |
| #6 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
84.3 | 94.7 | 86.5 | 75.6 |
| #7 |
Yale University
United States |
84.0 | 87.6 | 90.5 | 79.9 |
| #8 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
81.5 | 86.1 | 85.4 | 77.0 |
| #9 |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States |
81.2 | 85.7 | 71.8 | 79.4 |
| #10 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
81.1 | 84.0 | 62.9 | 82.5 |
| #11 |
Cornell University
United States |
80.3 | 85.8 | 89.4 | 74.0 |
| #12 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
80.2 | 88.4 | 90.6 | 71.6 |
| #13 |
Columbia University
United States |
80.0 | 79.3 | 85.1 | 79.5 |
| #13 |
Princeton University
United States |
80.0 | 81.4 | 88.3 | 77.2 |
| #15 | 79.8 | 85.1 | 81.2 | 75.2 | |
| #16 |
University of California, San Francisco
United States |
79.7 | 83.2 | 58.7 | 81.0 |
| #17 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
78.8 | 90.9 | 93.5 | 66.1 |
| #18 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
77.9 | 84.3 | 78.8 | 72.5 |
| #19 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
77.8 | 75.4 | 85.2 | 78.3 |
| #20 |
Johns Hopkins University
United States |
77.6 | 79.4 | 76.4 | 76.3 |
| #21 |
University of Chicago
United States |
77.5 | 77.1 | 88.2 | 75.7 |
| #22 |
Osaka University
Japan |
76.7 | 80.7 | 83.2 | 72.2 |
| #23 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
76.6 | 79.4 | 87.3 | 72.2 |
| #24 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
76.5 | 86.4 | 95.5 | 64.8 |
| #25 |
Duke University
United States |
76.4 | 76.7 | 85.2 | 74.3 |
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