Best Universities for Biomedical Engineering in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Biomedical Engineering. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 1,500 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 Biomedical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Biomedical Engineering

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

3. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Biomedical Engineering

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

4. Stanford University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

5. University of Pittsburgh

For Biomedical Engineering

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

6. National University of Singapore

For Biomedical Engineering

#1 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

7. University of Pennsylvania

For Biomedical Engineering

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

8. University of Toronto

For Biomedical Engineering

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

9. University of Washington - Seattle

For Biomedical Engineering

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

10. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Biomedical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
72%

11. Case Western Reserve University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

12. University College London

For Biomedical Engineering

#1 in Europe
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

13. Imperial College London

For Biomedical Engineering

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

14. Johns Hopkins University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

15. University of California-San Diego

For Biomedical Engineering

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

16. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

17. Duke University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

18. University of California - San Francisco

For Biomedical Engineering

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

19. University of California - Los Angeles

For Biomedical Engineering

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

20. Columbia University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

21. Rice University

For Biomedical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$18,521

22. Tufts University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

23. Wake Forest University

For Biomedical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
25%
Net Price
$24,643
Receiving Aid
41%
Average Aid
$53,244

24. Nanyang Technological University

For Biomedical Engineering

#3 in Asia
#2 in Singapore
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1955

25. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Biomedical Engineering

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

26. University of Utah

For Biomedical Engineering

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

27. University of Tokyo

For Biomedical Engineering

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

28. Tsinghua University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

29. Sichuan University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

30. University of Twente

For Biomedical Engineering

#3 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

31. Washington University in St Louis

For Biomedical Engineering

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

32. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Biomedical Engineering

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

33. Seoul National University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

34. University of Texas at Austin

For Biomedical Engineering

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

35. Boston University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

36. University of Minho

For Biomedical Engineering

#4 in Europe
#1 in Portugal
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
19,077
Founded
1973

37. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Biomedical Engineering

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
23,420

38. Cornell University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

39. Northwestern University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

40. Zhejiang University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

41. University of California - Berkeley

For Biomedical Engineering

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

42. Kyoto University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

43. University of Virginia

For Biomedical Engineering

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

44. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Biomedical Engineering

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

46. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

For Biomedical Engineering

#7 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Enrollment
8,877
Founded
1710

47. Queensland University of Technology

For Biomedical Engineering

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1989

48. University of Iowa

For Biomedical Engineering

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

49. University of Southern California

For Biomedical Engineering

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

50. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Biomedical Engineering

#8 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1956

51. University of California - Irvine

For Biomedical Engineering

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

52. Yale University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

53. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Biomedical Engineering

#9 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
38,878
Founded
1743

54. Catholic University of Leuven

For Biomedical Engineering

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

55. University of California - Davis

For Biomedical Engineering

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

56. McGill University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

57. University of Oxford

For Biomedical Engineering

#11 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

58. Purdue University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

59. University of Zurich

For Biomedical Engineering

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

60. University of Florida

For Biomedical Engineering

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

61. Pennsylvania State University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

62. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Biomedical Engineering

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

64. Tohoku University

For Biomedical Engineering

#10 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
17,665
Founded
1907

65. Yonsei University

For Biomedical Engineering

#11 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
29,502
Founded
1957

66. RWTH Aachen University

For Biomedical Engineering

#14 in Europe
#3 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
44,517
Founded
1870

67. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Biomedical Engineering

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

68. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

For Biomedical Engineering

#15 in Europe
#1 in Ireland
Acceptance Rate
34%
Founded
1592

69. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Biomedical Engineering

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

70. Osaka University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

71. University of British Columbia

For Biomedical Engineering

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

72. Ohio State University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

73. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Biomedical Engineering

#13 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
40,346
Founded
1896

74. Hannover Medical School

For Biomedical Engineering

#16 in Europe
#4 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
3,256
Founded
1965

75. Drexel University

For Biomedical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$26,076

76. University of Bern

For Biomedical Engineering

#17 in Europe
Enrollment
18,576

77. University of Sydney

For Biomedical Engineering

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

78. Tel Aviv University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

80. Fudan University

For Biomedical Engineering

#15 in Asia
#6 in China
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

81. Western University

For Biomedical Engineering

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Enrollment
27,300
Founded
1878

83. New York University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

84. University of Sheffield

For Biomedical Engineering

#19 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1905

85. Lund University

For Biomedical Engineering

#20 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

86. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Biomedical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
74%

87. Technical University of Munich

For Biomedical Engineering

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

88. University of New South Wales

For Biomedical Engineering

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

89. University of Cambridge

For Biomedical Engineering

#22 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

90. University of Melbourne

For Biomedical Engineering

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

91. University of Nottingham

For Biomedical Engineering

#23 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
11%
Founded
1948

92. Vanderbilt University

For Biomedical Engineering

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

93. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Biomedical Engineering

#17 in Asia
#7 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1953

94. Ghent University

For Biomedical Engineering

#24 in Europe
#2 in Belgium
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817

95. University of Arizona

For Biomedical Engineering

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

96. National Taiwan University

For Biomedical Engineering

#18 in Asia
#1 in Taiwan
Enrollment
32,500
Founded
1945

97. University of Queensland

For Biomedical Engineering

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

98. University of Colorado Boulder

For Biomedical Engineering

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
65%

99. University of Alberta

For Biomedical Engineering

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

100. Kyushu University

For Biomedical Engineering

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