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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 2026 QS: Biological Sciences
| # | University | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard University | 98.7 |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 94.1 |
| 3 | University of Oxford | 93.9 |
| 4 | Stanford University | 93.1 |
| 5 | University of Cambridge | 93 |
| 6 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | 89.8 |
| =7 | Imperial College London | 87.2 |
| =7 | Yale University | 87.2 |
| =9 | UCL | 86.3 |
| =9 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | 86.3 |
| 11 | University of California, San Francisco | 86.2 |
| 12 | Cornell University | 85.9 |
| 13 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | 85.7 |
| 14 | ETH Zurich | 84.7 |
| 15 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | 84.6 |
| 16 | University of Toronto | 83.3 |
| 17 | Johns Hopkins University | 83.1 |
| 18 | Columbia University | 82.3 |
| 19 | The University of Edinburgh | 82.1 |
| =20 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | 81.5 |
| =20 | University of Pennsylvania | 81.5 |
| 22 | Tsinghua University | 81.1 |
| 23 | The University of Tokyo | 81 |
| 24 | Peking University | 80.6 |
| =25 | Karolinska Institutet | 80.5 |
| =25 | University of Washington | 80.5 |
| 27 | Princeton University | 80.3 |
| 28 | Universität Heidelberg | 79.6 |
| =29 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | 79.2 |
| =29 | University of British Columbia | 79.2 |
| 31 | New York University (NYU) | 79.1 |
| 32 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | 79 |
| =33 | Duke University | 78.9 |
| =33 | King's College London | 78.9 |
| =33 | University of Copenhagen | 78.9 |
| 36 | University of Chicago | 78.6 |
| 37 | EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | 78.5 |
| 38 | The University of Melbourne | 78.4 |
| 39 | McGill University | 78.3 |
| 40 | Sorbonne University | 78.2 |
| 41 | Seoul National University | 78.1 |
| 42 | Wageningen University & Research | 77.8 |
| =43 | University of California, Davis | 77.7 |
| =43 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 77.7 |
| 45 | KU Leuven | 77.6 |
| 46 | The Rockefeller University | 77 |
| 47 | Washington University in St. Louis | 76.8 |
| 48 | The University of Manchester | 76.5 |
| 49 | Kyoto University | 76.4 |
| 50 | Uppsala University | 76 |
| 51 | The University of Hong Kong | 75.9 |
| 52 | The University of Sydney | 75.8 |
| 53 | University of Zurich | 75.7 |
| 54 | University of Glasgow | 75.6 |
| 55 | Technical University of Munich | 75.4 |
| 56 | Monash University | 75.2 |
| =57 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 75 |
| =57 | Université Paris-Saclay | 75 |
| 59 | The University of Queensland | 74.8 |
| 60 | Universidade de São Paulo | 74.7 |
| 61 | Fudan University | 74.6 |
| 62 | Utrecht University | 74.5 |
| 63 | Zhejiang University | 74.2 |
| 64 | Institute of Science Tokyo | 74.1 |
| 65 | Northwestern University | 74 |
| 66 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | 73.9 |
| 67 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 73.8 |
| 68 | Universitat de Barcelona | 73.6 |
| 69 | Ghent University | 73.3 |
| 70 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) | 73.2 |
| =71 | Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin | 73.1 |
| =71 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 73.1 |
| =73 | Australian National University (ANU) | 72.9 |
| =73 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | 72.9 |
| =73 | University of Helsinki | 72.9 |
| 76 | Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen | 72.6 |
| =77 | Boston University | 72.5 |
| =77 | Université PSL | 72.5 |
| =79 | Lund University | 72.4 |
| =79 | University of Texas at Austin | 72.4 |
| =81 | University of Amsterdam | 72.3 |
| =81 | University of Göttingen | 72.3 |
| 83 | Leiden University | 72.2 |
| =84 | University of Bristol | 72 |
| =84 | University of Vienna | 72 |
| 86 | Université de Montpellier | 71.9 |
| =87 | Pennsylvania State University | 71.8 |
| =87 | Stockholm University | 71.8 |
| =89 | Baylor College of Medicine | 71.7 |
| =89 | Freie Universitaet Berlin | 71.7 |
| 91 | University of Birmingham | 71.5 |
| =92 | University of Basel | 71.2 |
| =92 | Yonsei University | 71.2 |
| 94 | The University of Osaka | 70.9 |
| =95 | Emory University | 70.6 |
| =95 | Sapienza University of Rome | 70.6 |
| =97 | University of Liverpool | 70.5 |
| =97 | Weizmann Institute of Science | 70.5 |
| =99 | University of Exeter | 70.4 |
| =99 | University of Lausanne | 70.4 |
