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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #7 |
Yale University
United States |
84.0 | 87.6 | 90.5 | 79.9 |
| #47 |
Washington University in St. Louis
United States |
72.1 | 72.2 | 49.2 | 76.6 |
| #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 |
| #27 |
University of Washington
United States |
76.1 | 76.9 | 74.9 | 75.7 |
| #23 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
76.6 | 79.4 | 87.3 | 72.2 |
| #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 |
| #5 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
84.9 | 96.0 | 96.5 | 73.6 |
| #40 |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
United States |
73.0 | 69.3 | 70.0 | 76.5 |
| #25 |
University of Michigan
United States |
76.4 | 73.0 | 86.2 | 77.2 |
| #24 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
76.5 | 86.4 | 95.5 | 64.8 |
| #41 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
72.8 | 74.9 | 85.3 | 68.7 |
| #42 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
72.6 | 78.5 | 81.7 | 66.0 |
| #49 |
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom |
71.5 | 67.2 | 75.2 | 74.1 |
| #28 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
75.5 | 82.3 | 83.7 | 68.5 |
| #33 |
University of Dundee
United Kingdom |
74.8 | 69.0 | 67.2 | 80.9 |
| #21 |
University of Chicago
United States |
77.5 | 77.1 | 88.2 | 75.7 |
| #3 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
87.7 | 98.3 | 100.0 | 76.8 |
| #16 |
University of California, San Francisco
United States |
79.7 | 83.2 | 58.7 | 81.0 |
| #9 |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States |
81.2 | 85.7 | 71.8 | 79.4 |
| #8 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
81.5 | 86.1 | 85.4 | 77.0 |
| #39 |
University of California, Davis (UCD)
United States |
73.9 | 79.8 | 79.8 | 68.0 |
| #6 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
84.3 | 94.7 | 86.5 | 75.6 |
| #34 | 74.6 | 78.5 | 78.2 | 70.8 |
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