Best Universities for Pharmacy in the World

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Pharmacy. A graph of 19.8M citations received by 1.05M academic papers made by 2,235 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. Kyoto University

For Pharmacy

#1 in Asia

#1 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,455
Male:Female: 76:24
Founded: 1897

2. Osaka University

For Pharmacy

#2 in Asia

#2 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,123
Male:Female: 68:32
Founded: 1931

3. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Pharmacy

#1 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 43,728
Founded: 1780

4. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Pharmacy

#2 in Europe

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

5. University of Tokyo

For Pharmacy

#3 in Asia

#3 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,218
Founded: 1877

6. Tohoku University

For Pharmacy

#4 in Asia

#4 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 17,591
Founded: 1907

7. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Pharmacy

#3 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 28,413
Male:Female: 45:55
Founded: 1386

8. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Pharmacy

#4 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 52,418
Founded: 1472

9. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Pharmacy

#5 in Asia

#5 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 10,357
Founded: 1881

10. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Pharmacy

#5 in Europe

Enrollment: 27,149
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1402

11. University of Marburg

Germany | Hesse

For Pharmacy

#6 in Europe

Enrollment: 22,612
Founded: 1527

12. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Pharmacy

#7 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 44,000
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1868

13. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Pharmacy

#6 in Asia

#6 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 17,541
Founded: 1918

14. Nankai University

China | Tianjin

For Pharmacy

#7 in Asia

#1 in China

Enrollment: 26,568
Founded: 1919

15. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Pharmacy

#8 in Europe

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

16. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

United States | Massachusetts

For Pharmacy

#1 in North America

#1 in the United States

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

17. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Pharmacy

#8 in Asia

#7 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 18,560
Founded: 1911

18. Peking University

China | Beijing

For Pharmacy

#9 in Asia

#2 in China

Enrollment: 44,730
Founded: 1898

19. Nagoya University

For Pharmacy

#10 in Asia

#8 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 15,834
Founded: 1939

20. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Pharmacy

#9 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 38,043
Founded: 1818

21. University of California - Berkeley

United States | California

For Pharmacy

#2 in North America

#2 in the United States

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

22. University of Toronto

Canada | Ontario

For Pharmacy

#3 in North America

#1 in Canada

Enrollment: 27,651
Founded: 1827

23. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Pharmacy

#10 in Europe

#10 in Germany

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

24. Zhejiang University

China | Hangzhou

For Pharmacy

#11 in Asia

#3 in China

Enrollment: 60,739
Founded: 1897

25. Harvard University

United States | Massachusetts

For Pharmacy

#4 in North America

#3 in the United States

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

26. University of Wisconsin - Madison

United States | Wisconsin

For Pharmacy

#5 in North America

#4 in the United States

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

27. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Pharmacy

#11 in Europe

#11 in Germany

Enrollment: 27,770
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

28. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Pharmacy

#12 in Europe

#12 in Germany

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 38,878
Founded: 1743

29. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Pharmacy

#13 in Europe

#1 in Switzerland

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

30. Lanzhou University

China | Lanzhou

For Pharmacy

#12 in Asia

#4 in China

Founded: 1909

31. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Pharmacy

#14 in Europe

#13 in Germany

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,608
Founded: 1948

32. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Pharmacy

#15 in Europe

#14 in Germany

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 23,938
Founded: 1457

33. Braunschweig University of Technology

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Pharmacy

#16 in Europe

#15 in Germany

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 17,794
Founded: 1745

34. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Pharmacy

#17 in Europe

#16 in Germany

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

35. Yale University

United States | Connecticut

For Pharmacy

#6 in North America

#5 in the United States

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

36. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Pharmacy

#18 in Europe

#1 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

37. Sichuan University

China | Chengdu

For Pharmacy

#13 in Asia

#5 in China

Enrollment: 44,200
Founded: 1896

38. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Pharmacy

#19 in Europe

#1 in Russia

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

39. University of Regensburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Pharmacy

#20 in Europe

#17 in Germany

Enrollment: 20,702
Founded: 1962

40. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Pharmacy

#21 in Europe

#2 in the United Kingdom

Founded: 1824

41. University of Florida

United States | Florida

For Pharmacy

#7 in North America

#6 in the United States

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

42. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

United States | Illinois

For Pharmacy

#8 in North America

#7 in the United States

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

43. Iowa State University

United States | Iowa State

For Pharmacy

#9 in North America

#8 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1220
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 89%

44. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

United States | Michigan

For Pharmacy

#10 in North America

#9 in the United States

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

45. California Institute of Technology

United States | California

For Pharmacy

#11 in North America

#10 in the United States

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

46. Nanjing University

China | Nanjing

For Pharmacy

#14 in Asia

#6 in China

Enrollment: 56,068
Founded: 1902

47. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

United States | Minnesota

For Pharmacy

#12 in North America

#11 in the United States

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

48. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Pharmacy

#22 in Europe

#18 in Germany

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

49. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Pharmacy

#23 in Europe

#19 in Germany

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 33,132
Founded: 1946

50. University of California - Los Angeles

United States | California

For Pharmacy

#13 in North America

#12 in the United States

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

51. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Pharmacy

#24 in Europe

#20 in Germany

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

52. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Pharmacy

#25 in Europe

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

53. Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

Germany | Saxony-Anhalt

For Pharmacy

#26 in Europe

#21 in Germany

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 20,390
Founded: 1817

54. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Pharmacy

#27 in Europe

#22 in Germany

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 23,321
Founded: 2009

55. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

United States | North Carolina

For Pharmacy

#14 in North America

#13 in the United States

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

56. Texas A&M University - College Station

United States | Texas

For Pharmacy

#15 in North America

#14 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 74%

57. Ohio State University

United States | Ohio

For Pharmacy

#16 in North America

#15 in the United States

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

58. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Pharmacy

#28 in Europe

#1 in France

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 35,114
Founded: 1150

59. Stanford University

United States | California

For Pharmacy

#17 in North America

#16 in the United States

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

60. University of Hong Kong

China | Hong Kong

For Pharmacy

#15 in Asia

#7 in China

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 21,652
Founded: 1911

61. University of Texas at Austin

United States | Texas

For Pharmacy

#18 in North America

#17 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1365
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 89%

62. Purdue University

United States | Indiana

For Pharmacy

#19 in North America

#18 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Average SAT: 1335
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 60%

63. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Pharmacy

#29 in Europe

#2 in Switzerland

Enrollment: 12,576

64. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Pharmacy

#30 in Europe

#1 in Spain

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 64,236
Male:Female: 86:14

65. Cairo University

For Pharmacy

#1 in Africa

#1 in Egypt

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Enrollment: 257,200
Founded: 1908

66. East China University of Science and Technology

China | Shanghai

For Pharmacy

#16 in Asia

#8 in China

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 26,000
Founded: 1952

67. University of Alberta

Canada | Alberta

For Pharmacy

#20 in North America

#2 in Canada

Enrollment: 31,185
Founded: 1908

68. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Pharmacy

#31 in Europe

#1 in Italy

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 79,999
Founded: 1088

69. University of Science and Technology of China

For Pharmacy

#17 in Asia

#9 in China

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1958

70. Tokyo University of Science

For Pharmacy

#18 in Asia

#9 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1881

71. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Pharmacy

#32 in Europe

#23 in Germany

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

72. University of Pittsburgh

United States | Pennsylvania

For Pharmacy

#21 in North America

#19 in the United States

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

73. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Pharmacy

#33 in Europe

#3 in Switzerland

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

74. University of Pennsylvania

United States | Pennsylvania

For Pharmacy

#22 in North America

#20 in the United States

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

75. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Pharmacy

#34 in Europe

#4 in Switzerland

Enrollment: 12,896

76. University of Illinois at Chicago

United States | Illinois

For Pharmacy

#23 in North America

#21 in the United States

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

77. Fudan University

China | Shanghai

For Pharmacy

#19 in Asia

#10 in China

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1905

78. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Pharmacy

#35 in Europe

#3 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

79. University of Oviedo

For Pharmacy

#36 in Europe

#2 in Spain

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1604

80. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Pharmacy

#37 in Europe

#2 in France

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

81. National Tsing Hua University

Taiwan | Hsinchu

For Pharmacy

#20 in Asia

#1 in Taiwan

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 16,647
Founded: 1911

82. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Pharmacy

#38 in Europe

#3 in Spain

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

83. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Pharmacy

#39 in Europe

#3 in France

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

84. National University of Singapore

Singapore | Singapore City

For Pharmacy

#21 in Asia

#1 in Singapore

Enrollment: 30,098
Founded: 1905

85. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Pharmacy

#40 in Europe

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

86. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Pharmacy

#41 in Europe

#4 in Spain

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1495

87. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Pharmacy

#42 in Europe

#4 in the United Kingdom

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

88. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Pharmacy

#43 in Europe

#5 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

89. Chiba University

For Pharmacy

#22 in Asia

#10 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 13,983
Founded: 1949

90. Emory University

United States | Georgia

For Pharmacy

#24 in North America

#22 in the United States

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

91. University of Chicago

United States | Illinois

For Pharmacy

#25 in North America

#23 in the United States

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

92. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Pharmacy

#44 in Europe

#6 in the United Kingdom

Founded: 1948

93. Autonomous University of Madrid

For Pharmacy

#45 in Europe

#5 in Spain

Founded: 1968

94. Nanyang Technological University

Singapore | Singapore City

For Pharmacy

#23 in Asia

#2 in Singapore

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1955

95. University of Leipzig

Germany | Saxony

For Pharmacy

#46 in Europe

#24 in Germany

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 31,088
Founded: 1409

96. University of Ottawa

Canada | Ontario

For Pharmacy

#26 in North America

#3 in Canada

Enrollment: 42,027
Founded: 1848

97. Technical University of Kaiserslautern

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Pharmacy

#47 in Europe

#25 in Germany

Enrollment: 13,607
Male:Female: 60:40
Founded: 1970

98. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Pharmacy

#48 in Europe

#5 in Switzerland

Enrollment: 17,744

99. TU Dortmund University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Pharmacy

#49 in Europe

#26 in Germany

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 34,616
Male:Female: 54:46
Founded: 1968

100. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Pharmacy

#50 in Europe

#27 in Germany

Enrollment: 52,204
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1388

Medicine subfields in the World

Anatomy and Physiology4255

Anesthesiology2681

Bioethics/Medical Ethics1011

Biomedical Engineering1654

Clinical Psychology3123

Cosmetology1011

Critical Care Nursing1911

Dermatology1700

Epidemiology1273

Family medicine2622

Forensic Science1000

Gastroenterology and Hepatology2148

Gerontology2214

Health Science3646

Healthcare Management (MHA)2642

Medical Physics1004

Neurosurgery1022

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)2294

Occupational Therapy1135

Oncology and Cancer research3216

Ophthalmology1621

Orthodontics2030

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine2196

Pharmacology3471

Physical Therapy3630

Plastic Surgery1067

Public Health5032

Radiation Therapy1584

Radiology and Nuclear medicine4277

Respiratory Therapy1003

Social Work1028

Sonography and Ultrasound1004

Sports / Exercise science1145

Sports Medicine2413