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TOP-100 best biological universities in the world 2025 Rankings

Top 100 best universities in the world in 2025 QS: Biological Sciences

Explore the top 100 best biological universities in the world for international students: we have selected the leading universities that offer bachelor's and master's programs in biology. Biology is a common name for all natural science disciplines that study the structure and functions of living organisms. The influence of biology extends to other areas of research, especially in medicine. The need for educated biologists is growing, so graduates have many advantages.

Earning a degree in biology from leading universities will help you gain the basic knowledge you need to pave the way for a vibrant academic career, gain vital marketable skills for professional success.

Biology is a fast-growing field with a wide range of high-paying positions. Although the most prestigious positions require extensive training and education, they are considered highly paid both emotionally and financially.

Employment opportunities for graduates of university biology programs:

Medical Communications Specialist
Microbiologist
Pharmaceutical Sales Representative
Scientist-ecologist
Registered Nurse
Assistant physiotherapist.
Genetics consultant.

Top 100 best universities in the world in 2025 QS: Biological Sciences

Rank	University	Overall Score
1	Harvard University	98,8
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	94,4
3	Stanford University	93,0
4	University of Oxford	92,9
5	University of Cambridge	92,4
=6	ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology	86,2
=6	UCL	86,2
=8	Imperial College London	86,1
=8	Yale University	86,1
10	University of California, San Diego (UCSD)	85,8
11	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	85,5
12	University of California, San Francisco	85,0
=13	Cornell University	84,5
=13	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	84,5
15	Johns Hopkins University	84,1
16	National University of Singapore (NUS)	83,1
17	Karolinska Institute	82,7
18	Columbia University	82,5
19	University of Pennsylvania	82,3
20	California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	81,5
21	The University of Edinburgh	81,4
=22	University of Copenhagen	81,3
=22	University of Toronto	81,3
24	Tsinghua University	81,1
25	University of Washington	80,9
26	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich	80,7
27	Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg	80,5
28	Peking University	80,2
29	Princeton University	80,0
30	University of Chicago	79,7
31	The University of Tokyo	79,4
=32	EPFL	79,1
=32	King's College London	79,1
34	Wageningen University & Research	78,4
=35	New York University (NYU)	78,0
=35	Sorbonne University	78,0
=35	University of British Columbia	78,0
=38	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)	77,9
=38	The University of Melbourne	77,9
40	The University of Manchester	77,7
=41	Duke University	77,6
=41	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	77,6
=43	McGill University	77,3
=43	University of California, Davis	77,3
45	Washington University in St. Louis	76,7
=46	Technical University of Munich	76,6
=46	Utrecht University	76,6
48	Seoul National University	76,5
49	Uppsala University	76,4
50	Kyoto University	75,8
51	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	75,5
=52	KU Leuven	75,4
=52	University of Zurich	75,4
54	The University of Queensland	75,3
55	The Rockefeller University	74,8
56	University of Glasgow	74,5
=57	Universidade de São Paulo	74,3
=57	Zhejiang University	74,3
59	University of Wisconsin-Madison	74,2
=60	Université Paris-Saclay	74,1
=60	University of Amsterdam	74,1
62	Universitat de Barcelona	73,9
63	Fudan University	73,8
=64	Northwestern University	73,7
=64	University of Basel	73,7
=66	Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen	73,6
=66	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	73,6
=66	Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL	73,6
=69	Leiden University	73,2
=69	The University of Hong Kong	73,2
=69	The University of Sydney	73,2
=72	Baylor College of Medicine	73,0
=72	Monash University	73,0
74	Université de Montpellier	72,8
=75	Ghent University	72,7
=75	Stockholm University	72,7
77	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	72,4
78	Lund University	72,2
79	University of Helsinki	72,1
80	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)	72,0
81	Universität Göttingen	71,9
82	University of Florida	71,8
83	The Australian National University	71,7
84	Osaka University	71,5
=85	Freie Universitaet Berlin	71,4
=85	Pennsylvania State University	71,4
87	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)	71,3
=88	KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science	71,0
=88	Lomonosov Moscow State University	71,0
=88	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	71,0
=88	University of Texas at Austin	71,0
=92	National Taiwan University (NTU)	70,7
=92	University of Bristol	70,7
=92	University of Groningen	70,7
95	Technical University of Denmark	70,6
96	University of Vienna	70,4
97	Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin	70,2
=98	Boston University	70,1
=98	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	70,1
100	The Ohio State University	70,0
=101	Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg	69,9
=101	University of Lausanne	69,9
=103	Texas A&M University	69,8

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