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 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 5,675 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
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

2. Stanford University

For Biochemistry

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

3. University of California - San Francisco

For Biochemistry

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

4. Johns Hopkins University

For Biochemistry

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

5. Yale University

For Biochemistry

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

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Biochemistry

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

7. University of Pennsylvania

For Biochemistry

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

8. University of Washington - Seattle

For Biochemistry

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

9. University of Tokyo

For Biochemistry

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

10. University of California-San Diego

For Biochemistry

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

11. Kyoto University

For Biochemistry

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

12. University of Toronto

For Biochemistry

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

13. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Biochemistry

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

14. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Biochemistry

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

15. University of California - Berkeley

For Biochemistry

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

17. University of California - Los Angeles

For Biochemistry

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

19. Cornell University

For Biochemistry

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

20. Columbia University

For Biochemistry

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

21. Washington University in St Louis

For Biochemistry

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

22. Osaka University

For Biochemistry

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

23. Karolinska Institute

For Biochemistry

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

24. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Biochemistry

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

25. Baylor College of Medicine

For Biochemistry

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

26. University of Pittsburgh

For Biochemistry

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

27. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Biochemistry

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

28. Boston University

For Biochemistry

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

30. University of California - Davis

For Biochemistry

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

31. University of Chicago

For Biochemistry

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

33. University of British Columbia

For Biochemistry

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

34. McGill University

For Biochemistry

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

35. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Biochemistry

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

36. Emory University

For Biochemistry

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

38. Ohio State University

For Biochemistry

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

39. Northwestern University

For Biochemistry

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

40. University of Florida

For Biochemistry

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

41. New York University

For Biochemistry

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

42. Pennsylvania State University

For Biochemistry

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

43. Imperial College London

For Biochemistry

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

44. University of Southern California

For Biochemistry

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

45. Rockefeller University

For Biochemistry

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

46. University of Copenhagen

For Biochemistry

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

47. Vanderbilt University

For Biochemistry

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

48. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Biochemistry

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

49. University of Utah

For Biochemistry

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

50. Zhejiang University

For Biochemistry

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

52. University of Melbourne

For Biochemistry

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

53. University of Alberta

For Biochemistry

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

54. Case Western Reserve University

For Biochemistry

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

55. Duke University

For Biochemistry

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

56. Catholic University of Leuven

For Biochemistry

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

57. University of Iowa

For Biochemistry

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

58. Kyushu University

For Biochemistry

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

59. Lund University

For Biochemistry

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

61. University of Queensland

For Biochemistry

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

62. Nagoya University

For Biochemistry

#7 in Asia
#5 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
16,376
Founded
1939

63. Tohoku University

For Biochemistry

#8 in Asia
#6 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
17,665
Founded
1907

64. University of Helsinki

For Biochemistry

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

65. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Biochemistry

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

66. University of California - Irvine

For Biochemistry

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

67. California Institute of Technology

For Biochemistry

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

68. University of Virginia

For Biochemistry

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

69. Seoul National University

For Biochemistry

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

71. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Biochemistry

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

72. Hokkaido University

For Biochemistry

#10 in Asia
#7 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
17,541
Founded
1918

73. Michigan State University

For Biochemistry

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

74. University of Sao Paulo

For Biochemistry

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

75. University of Arizona

For Biochemistry

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

76. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Biochemistry

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

77. University of Milan

For Biochemistry

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

78. University of Zurich

For Biochemistry

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

79. University of Sydney

For Biochemistry

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

80. Purdue University

For Biochemistry

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

81. Uppsala University

For Biochemistry

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

82. Weizmann Institute of Science

For Biochemistry

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

84. University of Amsterdam

For Biochemistry

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

85. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Biochemistry

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

86. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Biochemistry

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

87. University of Texas at Austin

For Biochemistry

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

88. University of Munich

For Biochemistry

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

89. Tufts University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$31,630

90. Utrecht University

For Biochemistry

#18 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1636

91. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Biochemistry

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

92. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,292
Male:Female
34:66
Founded
1962

93. Technical University of Munich

For Biochemistry

#20 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

94. Tel Aviv University

For Biochemistry

#13 in Asia
#2 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

95. Fudan University

For Biochemistry

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

96. Peking University

For Biochemistry

#15 in Asia
#4 in China
Enrollment
35,915
Founded
1898

97. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Biochemistry

#16 in Asia
#3 in Israel
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
23,500
Founded
1918

98. Tsinghua University

For Biochemistry

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

99. Monash University

For Biochemistry

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

100. Oregon Health & Science University

For Biochemistry

Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
2,984
Male:Female
31:69
Founded
1887