World's Best Universities: Chemistry

Students who earn chemistry degrees can go on to find jobs in laboratories, government agencies, research institutions, pharmaceutical companies, colleges and universities, and more. These are the world's top universities for chemistry. See the methodology.

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Rank School Overall Score Academic Reputation Score Employer Reputation Score Citations per Paper Score
#1
Harvard University

United States

92.6 91.7 100.0 89.2
#2 88.1 93.7 56.3 100.0
#3 86.7 90.0 72.5 90.6
#4
University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

85.9 100.0 85.8 62.5
#5
Stanford University

United States

78.0 76.5 64.6 89.4
#6
University of Oxford

United Kingdom

76.3 91.1 78.2 50.5
#7 69.6 75.4 36.9 81.8
#8 68.3 57.6 49.0 99.1
#9
Imperial College London

United Kingdom

64.8 68.5 62.0 60.4
#10 62.3 71.9 42.3 59.7
#11
Yale University

United States

60.7 59.7 51.4 68.5
#12
Princeton University

United States

58.2 59.5 43.7 65.6
#13 57.0 71.9 43.4 41.2
#14
Cornell University

United States

56.5 52.6 47.5 68.9
#15 55.1 58.7 42.4 57.4
#16
Columbia University

United States

53.7 49.3 50.2 63.5
#16 53.7 37.4 52.7 81.5
#18 52.5 58.6 37.2 52.6
#19 51.8 53.0 38.3 58.7
#20 51.5 50.7 24.4 71.0
#21 51.4 42.8 29.8 80.2
#22 50.7 46.0 33.4 70.1
#23 50.4 43.5 56.9 57.6
#24
University of Chicago

United States

50.2 47.8 44.5 58.1
#25 50.0 60.1 44.1 37.2
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