Best Universities for Biochemistry 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 Biochemistry. A graph of 1.14B citations received by 30.8M academic papers made by 6,018 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 Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,525

2. Johns Hopkins University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

3. Stanford University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,078

4. University of California - San Francisco

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,007
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1864

5. Yale University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
69%

7. University of Pennsylvania

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,570

8. University of Washington - Seattle

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$16,156
Enrollment
56,997

9. University of California-San Diego

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
27%
Receiving Aid
66%
Average Aid
$25,757
Enrollment
44,256

10. University of Tokyo

For Biochemistry

#1 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,918
Founded
1877

11. Cornell University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

12. University of Toronto

For Biochemistry

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
102,431
Founded
1827

13. Kyoto University

For Biochemistry

#2 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,365
Founded
1897

14. University of California - Los Angeles

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$25,627
Enrollment
47,335

15. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1550
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,996

18. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1450
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
60%

20. University of California - Berkeley

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
63%
Average Aid
$29,608
Enrollment
45,882

21. Columbia University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

22. Washington University in St Louis

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

23. Osaka University

For Biochemistry

#3 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
23,234
Founded
1931

24. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
15%
Average SAT
1460
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

26. Karolinska Institute

For Biochemistry

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

27. Baylor College of Medicine

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,774
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1900

28. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Biochemistry

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

29. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

30. University of Pittsburgh

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
74%

31. University of California - Davis

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
42%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$24,591
Enrollment
40,065

32. University of Chicago

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$28,060

34. University of British Columbia

For Biochemistry

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

35. McGill University

For Biochemistry

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

36. Northwestern University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,830

37. Ohio State University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
80%

38. Emory University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,303

39. Zhejiang University

For Biochemistry

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

40. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
64%

41. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
69%

42. University of Florida

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

43. New York University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$30,325

45. University of Copenhagen

For Biochemistry

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

46. University of Southern California

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$43,412

47. Pennsylvania State University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
67%

48. Peking University

For Biochemistry

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

49. Duke University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$21,981

50. University of Melbourne

For Biochemistry

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
77,162
Founded
1853

51. Catholic University of Leuven

For Biochemistry

#8 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

52. University of Utah

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

53. Vanderbilt University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,186

55. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Biochemistry

#6 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

56. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
39%
Net Price
$12,328
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$2,018

57. University of Munich

For Biochemistry

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

58. Sun Yat - Sen University

For Biochemistry

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

59. Rockefeller University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
281
Male:Female
47:53
Founded
1901

60. University of Sao Paulo

For Biochemistry

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

61. University of Queensland

For Biochemistry

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

62. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Biochemistry

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

63. University of Alberta

For Biochemistry

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

64. Case Western Reserve University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$44,000

65. Lund University

For Biochemistry

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

67. Boston University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$24,420

68. Kyushu University

For Biochemistry

#9 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
18,813
Founded
1911

69. Seoul National University

For Biochemistry

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

70. University of Iowa

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
90%

71. University of Helsinki

For Biochemistry

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

72. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
95%

73. Tohoku University

For Biochemistry

#11 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,975
Founded
1907

74. Nagoya University

For Biochemistry

#12 in Asia
#6 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
15,959
Founded
1939

75. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,261
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1963

76. University of California - Irvine

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$23,110
Enrollment
37,297

77. University of Virginia

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
57%

79. Sichuan University

For Biochemistry

#13 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
44,200
Founded
1896

80. University of Milan

For Biochemistry

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

81. University of Sydney

For Biochemistry

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

82. University of Arizona

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
96%

83. California Institute of Technology

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
3%
Net Price
$14,513
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$72,373

84. University of Zurich

For Biochemistry

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

85. Hokkaido University

For Biochemistry

#14 in Asia
#7 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
17,770
Founded
1918

86. Purdue University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1340
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
59%

87. Fudan University

For Biochemistry

#15 in Asia
#6 in China
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

88. Michigan State University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
92%

89. University of Amsterdam

For Biochemistry

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

90. University of Hong Kong

For Biochemistry

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

92. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

93. University of Texas at Austin

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
27%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
65%

94. Utrecht University

For Biochemistry

#19 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1636

95. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
74%

96. Tsinghua University

For Biochemistry

#17 in Asia
#8 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

97. Uppsala University

For Biochemistry

#20 in Europe
#3 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1477

100. University of Maryland, Baltimore

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
6,636
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1807