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.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #20 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
78.0 | 67.6 | 90.8 | 82.0 |
| #21 | 77.8 | 68.3 | 80.6 | 86.0 | |
| #22 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
77.1 | 68.3 | 70.8 | 89.0 |
| #39 | 75.0 | 68.4 | 93.0 | 72.7 | |
| #35 |
Tsinghua University
China |
75.4 | 69.1 | 90.2 | 74.3 |
| #34 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
75.5 | 69.3 | 82.3 | 78.2 |
| #17 |
Northwestern University
United States |
79.4 | 69.8 | 78.9 | 89.2 |
| #44 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
73.8 | 70.1 | 90.4 | 69.1 |
| #16 |
Yale University
United States |
80.4 | 70.5 | 84.0 | 88.5 |
| #19 |
Peking University
China |
78.6 | 72.5 | 95.0 | 76.4 |
| #7 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
84.7 | 72.5 | 79.9 | 99.4 |
| #13 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
82.1 | 74.1 | 96.1 | 83.0 |
| #11 | 82.9 | 74.2 | 86.0 | 90.1 | |
| #10 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
83.2 | 75.0 | 90.8 | 87.7 |
| #9 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
83.3 | 75.4 | 90.7 | 87.4 |
| #18 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
78.8 | 75.8 | 92.2 | 75.0 |
| #8 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
83.8 | 76.3 | 95.0 | 85.7 |
| #12 | 82.7 | 76.9 | 87.8 | 85.9 | |
| #4 |
Stanford University
United States |
87.0 | 77.8 | 92.1 | 93.7 |
| #5 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
85.0 | 80.0 | 68.4 | 98.2 |
| #14 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
81.5 | 80.0 | 94.3 | 76.5 |
| #6 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
84.8 | 81.2 | 97.8 | 81.9 |
| #2 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
90.5 | 81.4 | 91.5 | 99.0 |
| #3 |
Harvard University
United States |
90.4 | 83.7 | 100.0 | 92.4 |
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
97.5 | 100.0 | 94.7 | 96.5 |
- U.S. News College Compass
-
Expanded Profiles for 1,600 U.S. Schools
Minimum TOEFL Scores
Comprehensive Financial Aid Info
-
- Follow U.S. News Best Colleges
-
Popular on Facebook
