Best Universities for Molecular 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 Molecular Biology. A graph of 75.3M citations received by 2.26M academic papers made by 2,496 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 Molecular Biology

Acceptance Rate
3%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$19,491

2. Johns Hopkins University

For Molecular Biology

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

3. Stanford University

For Molecular Biology

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

4. University of Tokyo

For Molecular Biology

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

5. University of California - San Francisco

For Molecular Biology

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

6. University of Pennsylvania

For Molecular Biology

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

7. Yale University

For Molecular Biology

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

8. Kyoto University

For Molecular Biology

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

9. Osaka University

For Molecular Biology

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

10. University of Washington - Seattle

For Molecular Biology

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

11. University of California-San Diego

For Molecular Biology

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

12. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Molecular Biology

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

13. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Molecular Biology

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

14. Cornell University

For Molecular Biology

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

15. University of Toronto

For Molecular Biology

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
27,651
Founded
1827

16. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Molecular Biology

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

17. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Molecular Biology

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

18. Baylor College of Medicine

For Molecular Biology

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

19. Columbia University

For Molecular Biology

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

20. University of California - Los Angeles

For Molecular Biology

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

21. Washington University in St Louis

For Molecular Biology

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

22. Karolinska Institute

For Molecular Biology

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

23. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Molecular Biology

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

24. University of Oxford

For Molecular Biology

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

25. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

For Molecular Biology

Enrollment
364
Male:Female
20:80
Founded
1941

26. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

For Molecular Biology

Enrollment
2,354
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1943

27. Rockefeller University

For Molecular Biology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
273
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1901

28. University of California - Berkeley

For Molecular Biology

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

29. University of Cambridge

For Molecular Biology

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

30. University of Chicago

For Molecular Biology

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

31. New York University

For Molecular Biology

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

33. University of Munich

For Molecular Biology

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

34. McGill University

For Molecular Biology

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

35. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Molecular Biology

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

36. University of California - Davis

For Molecular Biology

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

37. Emory University

For Molecular Biology

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

38. University of Pittsburgh

For Molecular Biology

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

39. Northwestern University

For Molecular Biology

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

40. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Molecular Biology

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

41. Kyushu University

For Molecular Biology

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

42. University of Southern California

For Molecular Biology

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

43. University of Iowa

For Molecular Biology

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

44. University of Florida

For Molecular Biology

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

45. Ohio State University

For Molecular Biology

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

46. University of British Columbia

For Molecular Biology

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

47. Nagoya University

For Molecular Biology

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

48. Case Western Reserve University

For Molecular Biology

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

49. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Molecular Biology

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

50. Weizmann Institute of Science

For Molecular Biology

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

51. Vanderbilt University

For Molecular Biology

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

52. Lund University

For Molecular Biology

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

53. Boston University

For Molecular Biology

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

54. Tohoku University

For Molecular Biology

#7 in Asia
#6 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,591
Founded
1907

55. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Molecular Biology

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

56. University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

For Molecular Biology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,352
Male:Female
34:66
Founded
1962

57. University of Utah

For Molecular Biology

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

58. Hokkaido University

For Molecular Biology

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

59. University of Zurich

For Molecular Biology

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

60. University of Edinburgh

For Molecular Biology

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

61. University of Virginia

For Molecular Biology

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

62. University of Amsterdam

For Molecular Biology

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

63. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Molecular Biology

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

64. University of Alberta

For Molecular Biology

#4 in Canada
Enrollment
31,185
Founded
1908

65. University of Tubingen

For Molecular Biology

#12 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Enrollment
27,770
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1477

66. Pennsylvania State University

For Molecular Biology

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

67. Catholic University of Leuven

For Molecular Biology

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

69. University of Sao Paulo

For Molecular Biology

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

70. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Molecular Biology

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

71. Sun Yat - Sen University

For Molecular Biology

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

72. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Molecular Biology

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

73. University of Helsinki

For Molecular Biology

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

74. California Institute of Technology

For Molecular Biology

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

75. Seoul National University

For Molecular Biology

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

76. Leiden University

For Molecular Biology

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
27,713
Founded
1575

77. Thomas Jefferson University

For Molecular Biology

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$28,110

78. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Molecular Biology

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

79. Imperial College London

For Molecular Biology

#17 in Europe
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

80. Uppsala University

For Molecular Biology

#18 in Europe
#3 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
69%
Enrollment
35,556
Founded
1477

81. University of Copenhagen

For Molecular Biology

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

82. University of Cologne

For Molecular Biology

#20 in Europe
#5 in Germany
Enrollment
52,204
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

83. Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis

For Molecular Biology

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
91%

84. University of Maryland, Baltimore

For Molecular Biology

Acceptance Rate
65%
Enrollment
6,931
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1807

85. University of Arizona

For Molecular Biology

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

86. University of Rochester

For Molecular Biology

Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

87. University of Vienna

For Molecular Biology

#21 in Europe
#1 in Austria
Enrollment
93,628
Founded
1365

88. Peking University

For Molecular Biology

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

89. Washington State University

For Molecular Biology

Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
88%
Average Aid
$10,689
Enrollment
27,539

90. University of California - Irvine

For Molecular Biology

Acceptance Rate
21%
Receiving Aid
80%
Average Aid
$17,411
Enrollment
35,937

91. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Molecular Biology

#22 in Europe
#6 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
33,132
Founded
1946

92. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus

For Molecular Biology

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1145
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
94%

93. Tokyo University of Science

For Molecular Biology

#12 in Asia
#8 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1881

94. Tufts University

For Molecular Biology

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,479

95. University of Freiburg

For Molecular Biology

#23 in Europe
#7 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
23,938
Founded
1457

96. University of Wurzburg

For Molecular Biology

#24 in Europe
#8 in Germany
Enrollment
27,149
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1402

97. Utrecht University

For Molecular Biology

#25 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

98. Duke University

For Molecular Biology

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

99. University of Texas Medical Branch

For Molecular Biology

Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
3,361
Male:Female
29:71
Founded
1891

100. Hannover Medical School

For Molecular Biology

#26 in Europe
#9 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
3,843
Founded
1965