Best Schools for Molecular Biology, Genetics Research
Prospective students interested in obtaining a degree in molecular biology or genetics will find top-notch school options both inside and outside of the U.S.
Here are the top 10 Best Global Universities for Molecular Biology and Genetics, as ranked by U.S. News based on academic research performance in that subject area.
10. University of Toronto
Location: Toronto
Best Global Universities overall rank: 21
Fact: The University of Toronto‘s molecular genetics department offers, among other options, a two-year master’s program in genetic counseling. Students in the program participate in clinical rotations and conduct an independent research project, according to the school’s website.
9. University of California–San Diego
Location: La Jolla, California, U.S.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 15
Fact: The University of California–San Diego has a program allowing biology majors to proceed right into graduate coursework after earning their undergraduate degree, according to the school’s website. Students in the program earn their master’s three to five quarters after receiving their bachelor’s.
8. Johns Hopkins University
Location: Baltimore
Best Global Universities overall rank: 11 (tie)
Fact: The department of molecular biology and genetics at Johns Hopkins University is directed by one of the joint recipients of the 2009 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine — Carol Greider.
7. University of Oxford
Location: Oxford, England, U.K.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 6
Fact: The University of Oxford offers, among other programs, a graduate degree in genomic medicine and statistics. Students earn a doctoral degree after completing the four-year program, according to the school’s website.
6. University of Washington
Location: Seattle
Best Global Universities overall rank: 11 (tie)
Fact: The University of Washington‘s molecular and cellular biology graduate program is offered in partnership with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, according to the school’s website.
5. Stanford University
Location: Stanford, California, U.S.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 3
Fact: Most students in Stanford University‘s department of genetics are working toward a Ph.D., but students pursuing an M.D. may also conduct research in genetics, according to the school’s website.
4. University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge, England, U.K.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 7
Fact: The department of genetics at the University of Cambridge has more than 20 research groups, according to the school’s website. They focus on areas such as developmental biology, microbial genetics, and evolution and population genetics.
3. University of California–San Francisco
Location: San Francisco
Best Global Universities overall rank: 16
Fact: In the Tetrad graduate program at the University of California–San Francisco, students focus their Ph.D. studies on biochemistry and molecular biology, cell biology, developmental biology or genetics, but the program as a whole emphasizes interdisciplinary research, according to the school’s website.
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 2
Fact: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology‘s department of biology is home to faculty members who focus their research in more than a dozen fields including human genetics, molecular medicine and human disease, and plant molecular biology, per the school’s website.
1. Harvard University
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Best Global Universities overall rank: 1
Fact: The department of molecular biology at Massachusetts General Hospital is also a part of Harvard University‘s genetics department, according to the school’s website.
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