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A guide to the best universities in the pharmaceutical field. The ranking includes the best universities from around the world with popular programs and the best conditions for students.
The bachelor's degree in pharmacy in most countries lasts four years, the curriculum covers biology, chemistry, ethics, economics. Students master practical skills in modern laboratories. The direction opens up excellent professional prospects, the main specialties: pharmacist, pharmacist's assistant and technician. Beginning pharmacists work in commercial companies and large hospitals.
Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Pharmacy
| Rank | University | Overall Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard University | 94.6 |
| 2 | Monash University | 94.2 |
| 3 | University of Oxford | 93.1 |
| 4 | UCL | 91.6 |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins University | 90.9 |
| 6 | Cambridge University | 90.8 |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 90.7 |
| 8 | Imperial College London | 90.5 |
| 9 | University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) | 89.7 |
| 10 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | 87.1 |
| 11 | University of Toronto | 86.9 |
| 12 | Karolinska Institutet | 85.7 |
| 13 | University of Nottingham | 85.5 |
| 13 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | 85.5 |
| 15 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | 85.2 |
| 16 | Leiden University | 85.1 |
| 17 | The University of Manchester | 84.9 |
| 18 | University of Copenhagen | 84.6 |
| 18 | Yale University | 84.6 |
| 20 | Sydney University | 84.4 |
| 21 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 84.3 |
| 22 | King's College London | 84.2 |
| 23 | Peking University | 84.1 |
| 24 | King Abdulaziz University (KAU) | 83.9 |
| 24 | KU Leuven | 83.9 |
| 26 | Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin | 83.4 |
| 27 | Uppsala University | 83.2 |
| 28 | Utrecht University | 83.1 |
| 29 | ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology | 82.5 |
| 30 | Columbia University | 82.4 |
| 31 | The University of Queensland | 82.3 |
| 32 | The University of Liverpool | 82.2 |
| 33 | University of Milan | 82.1 |
| 34 | University of Washington | 82 |
| 35 | Queen's University Belfast | 81.7 |
| 36 | Tsinghua University | 81.6 |
| 36 | University of British Columbia | 81.6 |
| 38 | The University of Edinburgh | 81.5 |
| 39 | University of Strathclyde | 81.4 |
| 40 | University of Texas at Austin | 81.3 |
| 41 | University of Tokyo | 81.2 |
| 42 | University of Melbourne | 81 |
| 43 | McGill University | 80.8 |
| 43 | Universidade Federal de São Paulo | 80.8 |
| 45 | University of Pennsylvania | 80.6 |
| 45 | Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg | 80.6 |
| 47 | University of Helsinki | 80.4 |
| 48 | Sorbonne University | 80.3 |
| 49 | University of Alberta | 80.2 |
| 49 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) | 80.2 |
| 51-100 | University of Groningen | |
| 51-100 | Zhejiang University | |
| 51-100 | Fudan University | |
| 51-100 | The University of Auckland | |
| 51-100 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | |
| 51-100 | Duke University | |
| 51-100 | King Saud University | |
| 51-100 | University of Geneva | |
| 51-100 | Purdue University | |
| 51-100 | University of Bristol | |
| 51-100 | Seoul National University | |
| 51-100 | Universitat de Barcelona | |
| 51-100 | Vanderbilt University | |
| 51-100 | Cairo University | |
| 51-100 | National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (NIPER), Mohali | |
| 51-100 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | |
| 51-100 | Freie Universitaet Berlin | |
| 51-100 | Université Paris-Saclay | |
| 51-100 | University of Glasgow | |
| 51-100 | Cornell University | |
| 51-100 | University of Basel | |
| 51-100 | Universiti Malaya (UM) | |
| 51-100 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | |
| 51-100 | University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) | |
| 51-100 | The University of Hong Kong | |
| 51-100 | Kyoto University | |
| 51-100 | Sapienza University of Rome | |
| 51-100 | Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) | |
| 51-100 | Chinese University of Hong Kong | |
| 51-100 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | |
| 51-100 | China Pharmaceutical University | |
| 51-100 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | |
| 51-100 | Università di Padova | |
| 51-100 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| 51-100 | Rutgers University–New Brunswick | |
| 51-100 | University of Naples - Federico II | |
| 51-100 | Université Paris Cité | |
| 51-100 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | |
| 51-100 | Technical University of Munich | |
| 51-100 | Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main | |
| 51-100 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | |
| 51-100 | Sechenov University | |
| 51-100 | University of Porto | |
| 51-100 | Cardiff University | |
| 51-100 | Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) | |
| 51-100 | University College Cork | |
| 51-100 | University of Birmingham | |
| 51-100 | Ghent University | |
| 51-100 | Complutense University of Madrid | |
| 51-100 | University of Dundee |
