Best Universities for Biology in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Biology. A graph of 1.98B citations received by 63.2M academic papers made by 6,833 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Harvard University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,900

2. Johns Hopkins University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,844

3. Stanford University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,998

4. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
66%

5. University of Washington - Seattle

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
43%
Receiving Aid
55%
Average Aid
$14,390
Enrollment
55,620

6. University of California - San Francisco

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,126
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

7. University of Toronto

For Biology

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

8. Cornell University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

10. University of Pennsylvania

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

11. Yale University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,044

12. University of California - Los Angeles

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$22,441
Enrollment
46,678

14. University of California-San Diego

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
25%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$24,176
Enrollment
42,376

15. University of Tokyo

For Biology

#1 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,479
Founded
1877

16. University of California - Berkeley

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$25,951
Enrollment
45,699

18. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
43%
Average SAT
1435
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
60%

19. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,519

20. Columbia University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

21. Kyoto University

For Biology

#2 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Founded
1897

22. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

23. Washington University in St Louis

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,440

24. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
58%

25. University of Pittsburgh

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

26. University of California - Davis

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$21,258
Enrollment
39,707

28. University of British Columbia

For Biology

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

29. University of Florida

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
92%

30. Northwestern University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,341

31. Karolinska Institute

For Biology

#4 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Enrollment
8,070
Founded
1861

32. Ohio State University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
75%

33. Osaka University

For Biology

#3 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,123
Founded
1931

34. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Biology

#5 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
28,413
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1386

35. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
61%

36. University of Chicago

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,979

37. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
39%
Net Price
$11,577
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$1,900

38. McGill University

For Biology

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

40. Baylor College of Medicine

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,699
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1900

41. University of Sao Paulo

For Biology

#1 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
97,964
Founded
1827

43. University of Southern California

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,496

44. Pennsylvania State University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
66%

45. Emory University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,986

46. New York University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,730

48. University of Melbourne

For Biology

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

49. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Biology

#8 in Europe
#1 in France
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,114
Founded
1150

50. Duke University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,422

51. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
71%

52. University of Sydney

For Biology

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

53. Zhejiang University

For Biology

#4 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

54. Peking University

For Biology

#5 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

55. University of Copenhagen

For Biology

#9 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

57. University of Alberta

For Biology

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

59. University of Utah

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1289
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

60. Lund University

For Biology

#11 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

61. University of Arizona

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
98%

63. Boston University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,551

64. University of Texas at Austin

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

66. University of Hong Kong

For Biology

#7 in Asia
#3 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

67. University of Munich

For Biology

#13 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
52,418
Founded
1472

68. Sun Yat - Sen University

For Biology

#8 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
65,638
Founded
1924

69. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Biology

#9 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

70. Case Western Reserve University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$41,351

71. Seoul National University

For Biology

#10 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

72. Michigan State University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
97%

73. University of Iowa

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
88%

74. University of Amsterdam

For Biology

#14 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

75. Vanderbilt University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,689

76. University of Helsinki

For Biology

#15 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

77. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
97%

79. Tohoku University

For Biology

#11 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,591
Founded
1907

80. Utrecht University

For Biology

#17 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

81. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,234
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1963

82. Kyushu University

For Biology

#12 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
18,560
Founded
1911

83. Purdue University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

84. Tsinghua University

For Biology

#13 in Asia
#6 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

85. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
77%

86. Tel Aviv University

For Biology

#14 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

87. University of Milan

For Biology

#18 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
65,234
Founded
1924

88. University of California - Irvine

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
26%
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$21,533
Enrollment
36,582

90. University of Zurich

For Biology

#20 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
25,732

91. University of Virginia

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
44%

92. Monash University

For Biology

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

93. California Institute of Technology

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$23,397
Receiving Aid
68%
Average Aid
$60,201

94. Sichuan University

For Biology

#15 in Asia
#7 in China
Enrollment
44,200
Founded
1896

95. University of New South Wales

For Biology

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
63,864
Founded
1949

96. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
80%

97. University of Miami

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$41,028

98. Nagoya University

For Biology

#16 in Asia
#6 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
15,834
Founded
1939

99. Hokkaido University

For Biology

#17 in Asia
#7 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
17,541
Founded
1918

100. University of Georgia

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
84%