Schools That Are Strong in Biological Sciences
Students might pursue a degree in biology or biochemistry as a path to medical school or a variety of careers.
Whatever their goals, prospective students can explore these slides to learn more about the top 10 Best Global Universities for Biology and Biochemistry, as ranked by U.S. News based on academic research performance in that subject area.
10. Cornell University
Location: Ithaca, New York, U.S.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 22
Fact: Cornell University offers around 80 undergraduate majors, according to its website, including biology-related majors such as biology and society, chemistry and chemical biology, and biological engineering.
9. Johns Hopkins University
Location: Baltimore
Best Global Universities overall rank: 11 (tie)
Fact: Dedicated to biological research, Johns Hopkins University conducted $2.24 billion in medical, science and engineering research in fiscal year 2014, according to its website.
8. University of California–San Diego
Location: La Jolla, California, U.S.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 15
Fact: The University of California–San Diego‘s biological sciences division has around 90 research labs, according to its website.
7. University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge, England, U.K.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 7
Fact: The department of biochemistry is one of the University of Cambridge‘s largest departments, according to the institution’s website.
6. University of Oxford
Location: Oxford, England, U.K.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 6
Fact: The University of Oxford‘s biochemistry department offers a four-year program for undergrads that leads to a master’s credential, per the department’s website.
5. University of California–San Francisco
Location: San Francisco
Best Global Universities overall rank: 16
Fact: For globally minded students, the University of California–San Francisco offers a one-year master’s program and a doctoral program in global health sciences.
4. Stanford University
Location: Stanford, California, U.S.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 3
Fact: In fall 2016, human biology was the second most popular undergraduate major at Stanford University, according to the institution’s website. Computer science was the most popular.
3. University of California–Berkeley
Location: Berkeley, California, U.S.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 4
Fact: The University of California–Berkeley has field stations for biology researchers in places as close as San Jose, California and as far as French Polynesia.
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 2
Fact: Three current members of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology‘s biology department faculty are recipients of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, according to the university’s website.
1. Harvard University
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 1
Fact: Harvard University is affiliated with more than a dozen hospitals and health research institutes in the Boston area, per its website, creating many opportunities for student research in life sciences fields.
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