Best Universities for Biology in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Biology. A graph of 354M citations received by 8.14M academic papers made by 4,496 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
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

2. Stanford University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

3. University of Washington - Seattle

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

4. University of California - San Francisco

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
3,165
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

5. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

6. University of California - Los Angeles

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

7. Yale University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

8. University of Pennsylvania

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

9. Cornell University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

10. Washington University in St Louis

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,298

11. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

12. Johns Hopkins University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
8%
Net Price
$20,680
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$45,373

13. University of Tokyo

For Biology

#1 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,133
Founded
1877

14. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

15. University of California-San Diego

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

17. University of California - Berkeley

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

19. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

20. Duke University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

21. University of Toronto

For Biology

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

23. University of California - Davis

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$17,628
Enrollment
40,050

24. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

25. Kyoto University

For Biology

#2 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Male:Female
76:24
Founded
1897

26. University of Pittsburgh

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
78%

27. Columbia University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

28. Northwestern University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$29,999

30. University of Florida

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

31. Ohio State University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

32. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
49%
Net Price
$11,188
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$2,100

33. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

34. University of British Columbia

For Biology

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

35. Baylor College of Medicine

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,596
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1900

36. Imperial College London

For Biology

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

37. Karolinska Institute

For Biology

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

38. Osaka University

For Biology

#3 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
23,044
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

39. University of Chicago

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,727

41. Emory University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$28,367

42. Pennsylvania State University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

43. New York University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

44. University of Munich

For Biology

#6 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
50,918
Founded
1472

45. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

46. University of Texas at Austin

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

47. McGill University

For Biology

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
40,036
Founded
1821

49. University of Sao Paulo

For Biology

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

50. University of Southern California

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

51. Vanderbilt University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,553

52. Case Western Reserve University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,166

53. University of Copenhagen

For Biology

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

54. University of Arizona

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

55. University of Zurich

For Biology

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

56. Utrecht University

For Biology

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1636

57. University of Georgia

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

58. University of Utah

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
89%

59. Michigan State University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
72%

60. Zhejiang University

For Biology

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

61. Lund University

For Biology

#11 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

62. Purdue University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
73%

63. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
79%

67. Rockefeller University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
268
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1901

68. California Institute of Technology

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,162
Receiving Aid
67%
Average Aid
$47,556

69. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Biology

#6 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
23,500
Founded
1918

70. University of Alberta

For Biology

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

71. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1281
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

72. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
78%

73. University of California - Irvine

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505

74. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,249
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1963

75. Peking University

For Biology

#7 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
35,915
Founded
1898

76. Kyushu University

For Biology

#8 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
18,560
Founded
1911

77. University of Helsinki

For Biology

#13 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

78. University of Melbourne

For Biology

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

79. Fudan University

For Biology

#9 in Asia
#3 in China
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

80. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Biology

#10 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

81. University of Iowa

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
87%

82. University of Milan

For Biology

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

83. University of Rochester

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,125

84. University of Sydney

For Biology

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

85. Seoul National University

For Biology

#11 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

86. University of Virginia

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
21%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
63%

87. Boston University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$25,852

88. Sun Yat - Sen University

For Biology

#12 in Asia
#5 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
65,638
Founded
1924

89. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Biology

#15 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
28,413
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1386

90. University of Amsterdam

For Biology

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
31,123
Founded
1632

92. Iowa State University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
93%

93. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

94. Weizmann Institute of Science

For Biology

#13 in Asia
#2 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
1,380
Founded
1934

95. Ghent University

For Biology

#18 in Europe
#2 in Belgium
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817

96. Princeton University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

97. University of Kentucky

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
94%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
94%

98. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
74%

99. Hokkaido University

For Biology

#14 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
17,541
Founded
1918

100. Uppsala University

For Biology

#19 in Europe
#3 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
35,556
Founded
1477