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 1.08B citations received by 29.9M academic papers made by 5,983 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
3%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,900

2. Johns Hopkins University

For Biochemistry

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

3. Stanford University

For Biochemistry

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

4. University of California - San Francisco

For Biochemistry

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

5. Yale University

For Biochemistry

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

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Biochemistry

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

7. University of Pennsylvania

For Biochemistry

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

8. University of Washington - Seattle

For Biochemistry

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

9. University of California-San Diego

For Biochemistry

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

10. University of Tokyo

For Biochemistry

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

11. Cornell University

For Biochemistry

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

12. University of Toronto

For Biochemistry

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

13. Kyoto University

For Biochemistry

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

14. University of California - Los Angeles

For Biochemistry

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

15. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Biochemistry

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

18. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Biochemistry

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

19. University of California - Berkeley

For Biochemistry

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

21. Columbia University

For Biochemistry

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

22. Washington University in St Louis

For Biochemistry

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

23. Osaka University

For Biochemistry

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

24. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Biochemistry

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

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
1,699
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1900

28. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Biochemistry

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

29. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Biochemistry

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

30. University of Pittsburgh

For Biochemistry

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

31. University of California - Davis

For Biochemistry

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

32. University of Chicago

For Biochemistry

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

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

37. Ohio State University

For Biochemistry

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

38. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Biochemistry

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

39. Emory University

For Biochemistry

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

40. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Biochemistry

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

41. University of Florida

For Biochemistry

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

42. New York University

For Biochemistry

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

43. Zhejiang University

For Biochemistry

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

45. University of Southern California

For Biochemistry

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

46. Pennsylvania State University

For Biochemistry

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

47. University of Copenhagen

For Biochemistry

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

48. Duke University

For Biochemistry

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

49. Vanderbilt University

For Biochemistry

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

50. University of Utah

For Biochemistry

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

52. Catholic University of Leuven

For Biochemistry

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

53. Peking University

For Biochemistry

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

54. University of Melbourne

For Biochemistry

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

55. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Biochemistry

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

56. Rockefeller University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
286
Male:Female
51:49
Founded
1901

57. University of Munich

For Biochemistry

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

58. Lund University

For Biochemistry

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

59. Case Western Reserve University

For Biochemistry

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

60. University of Alberta

For Biochemistry

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

61. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Biochemistry

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

62. University of Sao Paulo

For Biochemistry

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

63. University of Queensland

For Biochemistry

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

64. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Biochemistry

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

65. Kyushu University

For Biochemistry

#7 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
18,560
Founded
1911

66. Boston University

For Biochemistry

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

68. University of Iowa

For Biochemistry

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

69. Sun Yat - Sen University

For Biochemistry

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

70. University of Helsinki

For Biochemistry

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

71. Seoul National University

For Biochemistry

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

72. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Biochemistry

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

73. Tohoku University

For Biochemistry

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

74. Nagoya University

For Biochemistry

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

75. University of California - Irvine

For Biochemistry

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

76. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Biochemistry

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

77. University of Virginia

For Biochemistry

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

79. University of Arizona

For Biochemistry

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

80. California Institute of Technology

For Biochemistry

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

81. University of Milan

For Biochemistry

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

82. Hokkaido University

For Biochemistry

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

83. University of Sydney

For Biochemistry

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

84. University of Zurich

For Biochemistry

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

85. Purdue University

For Biochemistry

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

86. Michigan State University

For Biochemistry

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

87. University of Amsterdam

For Biochemistry

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

89. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Biochemistry

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

90. Utrecht University

For Biochemistry

#19 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

91. University of Texas at Austin

For Biochemistry

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

92. University of Hong Kong

For Biochemistry

#14 in Asia
#5 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

93. Sichuan University

For Biochemistry

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

94. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Biochemistry

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

95. Uppsala University

For Biochemistry

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

96. Fudan University

For Biochemistry

#16 in Asia
#7 in China
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

98. Tufts University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,333

99. Weizmann Institute of Science

For Biochemistry

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

100. University of Maryland, Baltimore

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
6,667
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1807