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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #45 |
University of Basel
Switzerland |
72.3 | 69.1 | 66.5 | 76.1 |
| #32 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
75.0 | 80.6 | 89.0 | 67.8 |
| #17 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
78.8 | 90.9 | 93.5 | 66.1 |
| #4 |
Stanford University
United States |
85.6 | 91.2 | 94.6 | 79.4 |
| #34 | 74.6 | 74.4 | 86.8 | 72.4 | |
| #29 |
Rockefeller University
United States |
75.4 | 75.6 | 90.4 | |
| #13 |
Princeton University
United States |
80.0 | 81.4 | 88.3 | 77.2 |
| #22 |
Osaka University
Japan |
76.7 | 80.7 | 83.2 | 72.2 |
| #36 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
74.5 | 67.4 | 80.2 | 79.1 |
| #31 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
75.2 | 81.5 | 88.7 | 67.4 |
| #30 |
McGill University
Canada |
75.3 | 77.2 | 81.4 | 72.5 |
| #2 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
91.2 | 94.1 | 91.9 | 88.7 |
| #43 | 72.5 | 74.6 | 73.3 | 70.6 | |
| #18 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
77.9 | 84.3 | 78.8 | 72.5 |
| #48 |
Karolinska Institute
Sweden |
72.0 | 73.9 | 79.1 | 69.1 |
| #20 |
Johns Hopkins University
United States |
77.6 | 79.4 | 76.4 | 76.3 |
| #12 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
80.2 | 88.4 | 90.6 | 71.6 |
| #1 |
Harvard University
United States |
93.0 | 100.0 | 98.9 | 86.3 |
| #15 | 79.8 | 85.1 | 81.2 | 75.2 | |
| #25 |
Duke University
United States |
76.4 | 76.7 | 85.2 | 74.3 |
| #11 |
Cornell University
United States |
80.3 | 85.8 | 89.4 | 74.0 |
| #13 |
Columbia University
United States |
80.0 | 79.3 | 85.1 | 79.5 |
| #10 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
81.1 | 84.0 | 62.9 | 82.5 |
| #49 |
Boston University
United States |
71.5 | 67.4 | 70.1 | 75.1 |
| #43 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
72.5 | 77.9 | 92.0 | 64.2 |
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