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
| # | University | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard University | 95 |
| 2 | Monash University | 91.3 |
| =3 | UCL | 90.6 |
| =3 | University of Oxford | 90.6 |
| 5 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 87.7 |
| 6 | Johns Hopkins University | 86.1 |
| 7 | University of Cambridge | 85.9 |
| 8 | University of Nottingham | 85.5 |
| 9 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | 85 |
| 10 | Imperial College London | 84.4 |
| 11 | University of California, San Francisco | 84.3 |
| 12 | University of Toronto | 83.4 |
| 13 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 82.6 |
| 14 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | 82.1 |
| 15 | Karolinska Institutet | 81.8 |
| 16 | Yale University | 81.7 |
| 17 | King's College London | 81.4 |
| 18 | The University of Manchester | 81.2 |
| 19 | Queen's University Belfast | 81.1 |
| 20 | The University of Sydney | 80.9 |
| 21 | University of Copenhagen | 80.8 |
| 22 | The University of Queensland | 80.3 |
| 23 | Leiden University | 79.3 |
| 24 | Uppsala University | 79.2 |
| 25 | University of Strathclyde | 79.1 |
| 26 | University of Texas at Austin | 79 |
| 27 | University of British Columbia | 78.9 |
| =28 | Peking University | 78.1 |
| =28 | Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin | 78.1 |
| 30 | KU Leuven | 77.9 |
| 31 | King Saud University | 77.8 |
| 32 | Purdue University | 77.7 |
| 33 | The University of Tokyo | 77.3 |
| 34 | Seoul National University | 77.2 |
| 35 | ETH Zurich | 77.1 |
| 36 | University of Florida | 77 |
| =37 | McGill University | 76.9 |
| =37 | Utrecht University | 76.9 |
| 39 | The University of Edinburgh | 76.8 |
| 40 | University of Pennsylvania | 76.6 |
| 41 | China Pharmaceutical University | 76.5 |
| 42 | University of Alberta | 76.4 |
| 43 | Universidade de São Paulo | 76.2 |
| 44 | The University of Melbourne | 76 |
| 45 | Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani | 75.9 |
| 46 | University of Jordan | 75.8 |
| 47 | Duke University | 75.6 |
| =48 | Sapienza University of Rome | 75.5 |
| =48 | Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) | 75.5 |
| 50 | University of Helsinki | 75.1 |
| 51 | Université Paris-Saclay | 74.9 |
| 52 | University of Milan | 74.8 |
| 53 | Cairo University | 74.6 |
| =54 | King Abdulaziz University (KAU) | 74.4 |
| =54 | University of Minnesota (System) | 74.4 |
| 56 | University of Washington | 74.3 |
| 57 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | 73.9 |
| 58 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | 73.8 |
| 59 | Jamia Hamdard | 73.7 |
| 60 | The University of Hong Kong | 73.6 |
| =61 | University of Naples - Federico II | 73.5 |
| =61 | Vanderbilt University | 73.5 |
| =63 | Tsinghua University | 73.4 |
| =63 | University of Groningen | 73.4 |
| =65 | Fudan University | 73.3 |
| =65 | University of Liverpool | 73.3 |
| 67 | Columbia University | 73.2 |
| 68 | University of Technology Sydney | 73.1 |
| 69 | University of Porto | 73 |
| 70 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 72.9 |
| 71 | University of Geneva | 72.8 |
| =72 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | 72.7 |
| =72 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | 72.7 |
| 74 | University of Glasgow | 72.6 |
| 75 | Université de Montréal | 72.5 |
| =76 | Cornell University | 72.4 |
| =76 | Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India | 72.4 |
| =78 | Emory University | 72.3 |
| =78 | Yonsei University | 72.3 |
| 80 | Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) | 72 |
| 81 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 71.9 |
| 82 | University of Birmingham | 71.6 |
| =83 | Qatar University | 71.5 |
| =83 | Universitat de Barcelona | 71.5 |
| =85 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | 71.4 |
| =85 | The University of Auckland | 71.4 |
| =85 | University of Basel | 71.4 |
| =85 | University of Bristol | 71.4 |
| =89 | Kyoto University | 71.3 |
| =89 | Universiti Malaya (UM) | 71.3 |
| 91 | JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research | 71.2 |
| =92 | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn | 71.1 |
| =92 | University College Cork | 71.1 |
| =94 | University of Pittsburgh | 71 |
| =94 | Zhejiang University | 71 |
| 96 | Mahidol University | 70.8 |
| 97 | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela | 70.7 |
| 98 | Universität Heidelberg | 70.6 |
| 99 | Adelaide University | 70.2 |
| 100 | Sorbonne University | 70.1 |