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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #49 |
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom |
71.5 | 67.2 | 75.2 | 74.1 |
| #49 |
Boston University
United States |
71.5 | 67.4 | 70.1 | 75.1 |
| #36 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
74.5 | 67.4 | 80.2 | 79.1 |
| #33 |
University of Dundee
United Kingdom |
74.8 | 69.0 | 67.2 | 80.9 |
| #45 |
University of Basel
Switzerland |
72.3 | 69.1 | 66.5 | 76.1 |
| #40 |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
United States |
73.0 | 69.3 | 70.0 | 76.5 |
| #45 |
University of Zurich
Switzerland |
72.3 | 69.6 | 78.5 | 73.3 |
| #47 |
Washington University in St. Louis
United States |
72.1 | 72.2 | 49.2 | 76.6 |
| #25 |
University of Michigan
United States |
76.4 | 73.0 | 86.2 | 77.2 |
| #48 |
Karolinska Institute
Sweden |
72.0 | 73.9 | 79.1 | 69.1 |
| #34 | 74.6 | 74.4 | 86.8 | 72.4 | |
| #43 | 72.5 | 74.6 | 73.3 | 70.6 | |
| #41 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
72.8 | 74.9 | 85.3 | 68.7 |
| #38 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
74.1 | 75.3 | 91.7 | 69.7 |
| #19 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
77.8 | 75.4 | 85.2 | 78.3 |
| #29 |
Rockefeller University
United States |
75.4 | 75.6 | 90.4 | |
| #25 |
Duke University
United States |
76.4 | 76.7 | 85.2 | 74.3 |
| #27 |
University of Washington
United States |
76.1 | 76.9 | 74.9 | 75.7 |
| #36 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States |
74.5 | 76.9 | 78.7 | 71.8 |
| #21 |
University of Chicago
United States |
77.5 | 77.1 | 88.2 | 75.7 |
| #30 |
McGill University
Canada |
75.3 | 77.2 | 81.4 | 72.5 |
| #43 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
72.5 | 77.9 | 92.0 | 64.2 |
| #34 | 74.6 | 78.5 | 78.2 | 70.8 | |
| #42 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
72.6 | 78.5 | 81.7 | 66.0 |
| #13 |
Columbia University
United States |
80.0 | 79.3 | 85.1 | 79.5 |
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