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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #47 |
Washington University in St. Louis
United States |
72.1 | 72.2 | 49.2 | 76.6 |
| #16 |
University of California, San Francisco
United States |
79.7 | 83.2 | 58.7 | 81.0 |
| #10 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
81.1 | 84.0 | 62.9 | 82.5 |
| #45 |
University of Basel
Switzerland |
72.3 | 69.1 | 66.5 | 76.1 |
| #33 |
University of Dundee
United Kingdom |
74.8 | 69.0 | 67.2 | 80.9 |
| #40 |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
United States |
73.0 | 69.3 | 70.0 | 76.5 |
| #49 |
Boston University
United States |
71.5 | 67.4 | 70.1 | 75.1 |
| #9 |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States |
81.2 | 85.7 | 71.8 | 79.4 |
| #43 | 72.5 | 74.6 | 73.3 | 70.6 | |
| #27 |
University of Washington
United States |
76.1 | 76.9 | 74.9 | 75.7 |
| #49 |
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom |
71.5 | 67.2 | 75.2 | 74.1 |
| #20 |
Johns Hopkins University
United States |
77.6 | 79.4 | 76.4 | 76.3 |
| #34 | 74.6 | 78.5 | 78.2 | 70.8 | |
| #45 |
University of Zurich
Switzerland |
72.3 | 69.6 | 78.5 | 73.3 |
| #36 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States |
74.5 | 76.9 | 78.7 | 71.8 |
| #18 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
77.9 | 84.3 | 78.8 | 72.5 |
| #48 |
Karolinska Institute
Sweden |
72.0 | 73.9 | 79.1 | 69.1 |
| #39 |
University of California, Davis (UCD)
United States |
73.9 | 79.8 | 79.8 | 68.0 |
| #36 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
74.5 | 67.4 | 80.2 | 79.1 |
| #15 | 79.8 | 85.1 | 81.2 | 75.2 | |
| #30 |
McGill University
Canada |
75.3 | 77.2 | 81.4 | 72.5 |
| #42 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
72.6 | 78.5 | 81.7 | 66.0 |
| #22 |
Osaka University
Japan |
76.7 | 80.7 | 83.2 | 72.2 |
| #28 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
75.5 | 82.3 | 83.7 | 68.5 |
| #13 |
Columbia University
United States |
80.0 | 79.3 | 85.1 | 79.5 |
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