QS World University Rankings for Biological Sciences 2017 | Top Universities

Biological Sciences

Discover where to study with the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017: Biological Sciences.

The rankings are based upon academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact (click here to read the full methodology).

Use the interactive table below to filter the rankings by location, and click on individual universities for more information. Registered users will also be able to use the site’s Compare function to see facts and statistics about multiple universities side-by-side.

Students at Harvard University clearly know all about the birds and the bees, as their university has been ranked top for Biological Sciences yet again. Nine of the top 10 universities are from the US or UK, with only 10th placed ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) from Switzerland spoiling the party.

A whopping 500 universities have been ranked this year, making this the biggest Biological Sciences subject ranking ever published by QS.

Interested in other courses besides Biological Sciences? The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017 covers 46 different subjects. Click here to see the full list.

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Biological Sciences

Discover where to study with the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017: Biological Sciences.

The rankings are based upon academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact (click here to read the full methodology).

Use the interactive table below to filter the rankings by location, and click on individual universities for more information. Registered users will also be able to use the site’s Compare function to see facts and statistics about multiple universities side-by-side.

Students at Harvard University clearly know all about the birds and the bees, as their university has been ranked top for Biological Sciences yet again. Nine of the top 10 universities are from the US or UK, with only 10th placed ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) from Switzerland spoiling the party.

A whopping 500 universities have been ranked this year, making this the biggest Biological Sciences subject ranking ever published by QS.

Interested in other courses besides Biological Sciences? The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017 covers 46 different subjects. Click here to see the full list.

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Overall Score: 97.8
Harvard University Harvard University
location Cambridge, United States
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Employer Reputation

100

Academic Reputation

98.8

Citations per Paper

93

H-index Citations

100

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Rank 2 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 95

Employer Reputation

96.2

Academic Reputation

93.5

Citations per Paper

100

H-index Citations

92

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Rank 3 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 93.7
University of Cambridge University of Cambridge
location Cambridge, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

98.7

Academic Reputation

97.4

Citations per Paper

89.3

H-index Citations

90.2

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Rank 4 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.9
University of Oxford University of Oxford
location Oxford, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

97.8

Academic Reputation

96.4

Citations per Paper

86.5

H-index Citations

91.9

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Scholarship

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Rank 5 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.2
Stanford University Stanford University
location Stanford, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

92.9

Academic Reputation

93.7

Citations per Paper

90.6

H-index Citations

91.2

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Scholarship

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Rank 6 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 89.7

Employer Reputation

90.1

Academic Reputation

94

Citations per Paper

90.7

H-index Citations

81.8

International Fees

Scholarship

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Rank 7 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.3
Yale University Yale University
location New Haven, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

87.6

Academic Reputation

89.1

Citations per Paper

87.3

H-index Citations

84.2

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Scholarship

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English Tests

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Rank 8 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.4

Employer Reputation

75.1

Academic Reputation

97.9

Citations per Paper

90.5

H-index Citations

68.6

International Fees

Scholarship

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English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 9 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.3

Employer Reputation

81.2

Academic Reputation

88.5

Citations per Paper

86.2

H-index Citations

84.8

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Rank 10 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.1
ETH Zurich ETH Zurich
location Zürich, Switzerland
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

77.9

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Paper

81.7

H-index Citations

71.5

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Scholarship

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Rank 11 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.8

Employer Reputation

74.3

Academic Reputation

86

Citations per Paper

88.3

H-index Citations

87.7

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Scholarship

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Rank 12 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.7

Employer Reputation

89.5

Academic Reputation

89.8

Citations per Paper

79.7

H-index Citations

79.5

International Fees

Scholarship

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Rank 13 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84

Employer Reputation

88.1

Academic Reputation

82.2

Citations per Paper

83.4

H-index Citations

85.8

International Fees

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Rank 14 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83.9
Cornell University Cornell University
location Ithaca, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

78.4

Academic Reputation

85

Citations per Paper

85.8

H-index Citations

82.5

International Fees

Scholarship

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English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 15 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83.6

Employer Reputation

86.6

Academic Reputation

91.8

Citations per Paper

79.3

H-index Citations

73.6

International Fees

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Rank 16 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83.5
Columbia University Columbia University
location New York City, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

80.5

Academic Reputation

81.6

Citations per Paper

87.7

H-index Citations

83.6

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Rank 17 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83.4
Princeton University Princeton University
location Princeton, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

82.3

Academic Reputation

91.9

Citations per Paper

87.9

H-index Citations

65.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

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Rank 18 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83.2

Employer Reputation

61.3

Academic Reputation

78.3

Citations per Paper

92.9

H-index Citations

89.9

International Fees

Scholarship

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Rank =19 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83
Imperial College London Imperial College London
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

83

Academic Reputation

87.4

Citations per Paper

80

H-index Citations

79.1

International Fees

Scholarship

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Rank =19 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83

Employer Reputation

87.2

Academic Reputation

86.4

Citations per Paper

81.2

H-index Citations

77.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

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Rank 21 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.4
University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania
location Philadelphia, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

76.7

Academic Reputation

77.9

Citations per Paper

86.9

H-index Citations

87.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

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Rank 22 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.2
Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University
location Baltimore, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

76.3

Academic Reputation

78.1

Citations per Paper

85.3

H-index Citations

87.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

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Rank =23 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.1

Employer Reputation

84.7

Academic Reputation

84.1

Citations per Paper

80.2

H-index Citations

79.8

International Fees

Scholarship

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Rank =23 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.1
University of Washington University of Washington
location Seattle, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

74.2

Academic Reputation

79.5

Citations per Paper

85.2

H-index Citations

86.3

International Fees

Scholarship

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Rank 25 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.7
UCL UCL
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

81.5

Academic Reputation

79.1

Citations per Paper

81.5

H-index Citations

86.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

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Rank 26 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.4
The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh
location Edinburgh, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

70.2

Academic Reputation

83.3

Citations per Paper

83.9

H-index Citations

80.5

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Scholarship

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Rank =27 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.2
The Rockefeller University The Rockefeller University
location New York City, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

53.5

Academic Reputation

80.1

Citations per Paper

97.2

H-index Citations

78

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

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Academic Tests

Rank =27 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.2

Employer Reputation

69.2

Academic Reputation

89.3

Citations per Paper

80.3

H-index Citations

74.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

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Rank 29 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.1
University of Chicago University of Chicago
location Chicago, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

73

Academic Reputation

80.3

Citations per Paper

87.1

H-index Citations

79.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 30 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81

Employer Reputation

72.7

Academic Reputation

76.4

Citations per Paper

84.6

H-index Citations

87.9

International Fees

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