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 77.9 84.3 78.8 72.5
#30 75.3 77.2 81.4 72.5
#34 74.6 74.4 86.8 72.4
#22 76.7 80.7 83.2 72.2
#23 76.6 79.4 87.3 72.2
#36 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 74.1 75.3 91.7 69.7
#48 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 73.9 79.8 79.8 68.0
#32 75.0 80.6 89.0 67.8
#31 75.2 81.5 88.7 67.4
#17 78.8 90.9 93.5 66.1
#42 72.6 78.5 81.7 66.0
#24 76.5 86.4 95.5 64.8
#43 72.5 77.9 92.0 64.2
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