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 1.5B citations received by 55.3M academic papers made by 6,770 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
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

2. Johns Hopkins University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$24,034

3. Stanford University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,279

4. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
74%

5. University of Washington - Seattle

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$14,731
Enrollment
52,319

6. University of Toronto

For Biology

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

7. University of California - San Francisco

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,140
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

9. Cornell University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

10. University of Pennsylvania

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,123

11. Yale University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$18,647

12. University of California - Los Angeles

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
57%
Average Aid
$21,766
Enrollment
46,430

14. University of Tokyo

For Biology

#1 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,218
Founded
1877

15. University of California-San Diego

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
24%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$20,782
Enrollment
42,006

16. University of California - Berkeley

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$21,669
Enrollment
45,307

17. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
58%

19. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1555
Average ACT
36
Net Price
$20,232

20. Columbia University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

21. Kyoto University

For Biology

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

22. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

23. Washington University in St Louis

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$23,432

24. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
59%

26. University of Pittsburgh

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
87%

27. University of California - Davis

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
37%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$20,548
Enrollment
39,679

28. University of British Columbia

For Biology

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
20,893
Founded
1908

29. University of Florida

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

30. Osaka University

For Biology

#3 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,123
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

31. Karolinska Institute

For Biology

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

32. Northwestern University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,095

33. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

34. Ohio State University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
83%

35. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Biology

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

36. McGill University

For Biology

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

37. University of Chicago

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$36,991

39. Baylor College of Medicine

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,610
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1900

41. Pennsylvania State University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
68%

42. University of Southern California

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$36,808

43. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Biology

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

44. Emory University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1490
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,680

45. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
64%
Net Price
$11,830
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$2,182

46. New York University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

48. University of Melbourne

For Biology

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

49. University of Sao Paulo

For Biology

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

50. University of Sydney

For Biology

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

51. Lund University

For Biology

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

53. University of Copenhagen

For Biology

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

54. University of Alberta

For Biology

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

55. Zhejiang University

For Biology

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

56. Boston University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,829

58. University of Utah

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

59. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
70%

60. Peking University

For Biology

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

61. Duke University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,694

62. University of Arizona

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

65. Case Western Reserve University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,279

66. University of Hong Kong

For Biology

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

67. University of Texas at Austin

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
89%

68. Tohoku University

For Biology

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

69. Seoul National University

For Biology

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

70. University of Munich

For Biology

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

71. University of Iowa

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
91%

72. Michigan State University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
94%

73. University of Helsinki

For Biology

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

74. Vanderbilt University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,606

75. University of Amsterdam

For Biology

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

76. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1305
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

77. Kyushu University

For Biology

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

79. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Biology

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

80. Sun Yat - Sen University

For Biology

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

81. Tsinghua University

For Biology

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

82. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

83. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,253
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1963

84. Tel Aviv University

For Biology

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

85. Utrecht University

For Biology

#17 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

86. 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
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

89. University of Virginia

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
54%

90. Monash University

For Biology

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

91. Purdue University

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

92. University of Zurich

For Biology

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

93. Nagoya University

For Biology

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

95. Hokkaido University

For Biology

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

96. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

97. University of Bristol

For Biology

#21 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

98. California Institute of Technology

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$20,755
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$59,192

99. University of Miami

For Biology

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$36,467