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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #25 |
Duke University
United States |
76.4 | 76.7 | 85.2 | 74.3 |
| #49 |
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom |
71.5 | 67.2 | 75.2 | 74.1 |
| #11 |
Cornell University
United States |
80.3 | 85.8 | 89.4 | 74.0 |
| #5 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
84.9 | 96.0 | 96.5 | 73.6 |
| #45 |
University of Zurich
Switzerland |
72.3 | 69.6 | 78.5 | 73.3 |
| #18 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
77.9 | 84.3 | 78.8 | 72.5 |
| #30 |
McGill University
Canada |
75.3 | 77.2 | 81.4 | 72.5 |
| #34 | 74.6 | 74.4 | 86.8 | 72.4 | |
| #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 |
| #36 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States |
74.5 | 76.9 | 78.7 | 71.8 |
| #12 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
80.2 | 88.4 | 90.6 | 71.6 |
| #34 | 74.6 | 78.5 | 78.2 | 70.8 | |
| #43 | 72.5 | 74.6 | 73.3 | 70.6 | |
| #38 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
74.1 | 75.3 | 91.7 | 69.7 |
| #48 |
Karolinska Institute
Sweden |
72.0 | 73.9 | 79.1 | 69.1 |
| #41 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
72.8 | 74.9 | 85.3 | 68.7 |
| #28 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
75.5 | 82.3 | 83.7 | 68.5 |
| #39 |
University of California, Davis (UCD)
United States |
73.9 | 79.8 | 79.8 | 68.0 |
| #32 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
75.0 | 80.6 | 89.0 | 67.8 |
| #31 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
75.2 | 81.5 | 88.7 | 67.4 |
| #17 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
78.8 | 90.9 | 93.5 | 66.1 |
| #42 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
72.6 | 78.5 | 81.7 | 66.0 |
| #24 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
76.5 | 86.4 | 95.5 | 64.8 |
| #43 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
72.5 | 77.9 | 92.0 | 64.2 |
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