Biological Sciences
ARWU

Biological Sciences 2022

Academic Ranking of World Universities · · Methodology · Source: Academic Ranking of World Universities official website · Editorial Standards

Ranks universities globally for research output and academic impact in biological sciences.

ARWU relies entirely on objective, verifiable academic indicators (Nobel Prizes, Nature/Science papers, Highly Cited Researchers) and uses no reputation surveys.

How does Biological Sciences evaluate universities?

Biological Sciences, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluates universities worldwide using key indicators such as AWARD, CNCI, IC, Q1, TOP, each assigned a distinct weight according to a publicly documented methodology. Data sources combine academic peer reviews, employer surveys, bibliometric databases such as Scopus and Web of Science, and institutional self-reported statistics, all independently verified by the publisher's research team. The 2022 edition assessed 500 universities from 11 countries and regions, covering teaching quality, research output, internationalization, and graduate employability across undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs. Academic Ranking of World Universities recollects raw data annually and cross-checks results to ensure the rankings reflect each institution's most current performance in faculty strength, scholarly productivity, global reach, and student outcomes, providing a reliable reference for prospective students, parents, and education researchers.

Which are the top universities in Biological Sciences 2022?

The top universities in Biological Sciences 2022 are: Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Rockefeller University, University of Cambridge. This edition, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluated 500 universities from 11 countries and regions using indicators such as AWARD, CNCI, IC, Q1, TOP. Rankings reflect weighted performance across multiple dimensions; students should consider methodology differences and their own academic priorities when interpreting results.

How does Biological Sciences differ from other ranking systems?

ARWU (Academic Ranking of World Universities), created by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2003 as the world's first international university ranking, is based entirely on objective, verifiable academic indicators and uses no reputation surveys: alumni winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (10%), faculty winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (20%), highly cited researchers across subject fields (20%), papers published in Nature and Science (20%), papers indexed in SCIE and SSCI (20%), and per-capita academic performance (10%). In contrast, QS and THE both incorporate reputation questionnaires as core weights, while US News combines reputation surveys with bibliometric data. ARWU's transparent methodology and reproducibility make it authoritative for evaluating research strength and academic prestige.

Current edition: published 2022-07
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1 Harvard University logo Harvard University 🇺🇸 United States 374.2 58.8 100.0 76.8 100.0 100.0
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology logo Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 🇺🇸 United States 322.6 67.9 100.0 75.4 62.5 77.1
3 Stanford University logo Stanford University (SU) 🇺🇸 United States 317.9 70.7 100.0 71.7 63.1 69.8
4 Rockefeller University logo Rockefeller University 🇺🇸 United States 293.2 100.0 100.0 73.6 30.4 48.1
5 University of Cambridge logo University of Cambridge 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 287.3 67.9 97.4 86.9 63.1 41.5
6 University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco 🇺🇸 United States 278.7 48.0 100.0 70.7 56.5 60.0
7 University of Washington logo University of Washington (UW) 🇺🇸 United States 278.6 67.9 97.2 68.4 59.3 40.6
8 Johns Hopkins University logo Johns Hopkins University (JHU) 🇺🇸 United States 273.0 73.4 88.9 70.3 58.5 38.2
9 Columbia University logo Columbia University (CU) 🇺🇸 United States 272.6 70.7 95.0 72.0 49.6 42.9
10 University College London logo University College London (UCL) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 266.0 67.9 91.6 85.4 57.0 32.4
11 University of Oxford logo University of Oxford 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 249.6 39.2 91.9 87.1 64.4 36.6
12 Yale University logo Yale University 🇺🇸 United States 247.5 55.5 87.0 72.8 51.1 39.4
13 University of California, Berkeley logo University of California, Berkeley (UCB) 🇺🇸 United States 240.3 39.2 98.5 70.2 49.2 39.4
14 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill logo University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) 🇺🇸 United States 239.9 48.0 96.6 64.6 48.8 33.5
15 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center logo The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 🇺🇸 United States 239.3 67.9 87.5 68.9 38.1 32.0
16 Karolinska Institutet logo Karolinska Institutet (KI) 🇸🇪 Sweden 228.1 39.2 92.3 90.7 48.4 30.1
17 University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (UMCMS) 🇺🇸 United States 224.1 58.8 92.9 68.8 30.1 28.5
18 University of California San Diego logo University of California San Diego (UCSD) 🇺🇸 United States 218.7 0.0 95.9 74.1 59.2 48.9
19 California Institute of Technology logo California Institute of Technology (CIT) 🇺🇸 United States 218.0 51.9 98.2 67.9 27.7 26.8
20 Princeton University logo Princeton University 🇺🇸 United States 211.6 39.2 97.1 70.1 31.2 30.1
21 Vanderbilt University logo Vanderbilt University 🇺🇸 United States 210.7 34.0 90.7 63.4 42.0 31.3
22 Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU 🇳🇴 Norway 208.1 67.9 86.8 84.8 25.5 10.9
23 University of Pennsylvania logo University of Pennsylvania 🇺🇸 United States 205.7 0.0 93.4 67.9 56.7 42.0
24 Cornell University logo Cornell University (CU) 🇺🇸 United States 203.4 0.0 91.2 70.6 57.2 40.9
25 Tokyo Institute of Technology logo Tokyo Institute of Technology (東工大) 🇯🇵 Japan 203.0 96.1 67.8 63.2 19.5 6.9
26 University of California, Los Angeles logo University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 🇺🇸 United States 202.4 0.0 95.7 72.2 52.3 40.0
27 Cardiff University logo Cardiff University 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 198.1 48.0 93.8 83.9 27.5 12.0
28 Washington University in St. Louis logo Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) 🇺🇸 United States 198.0 0.0 96.1 65.4 46.5 42.3
29 University of Toronto logo University of Toronto 🇨🇦 Canada 197.1 0.0 87.3 81.1 57.7 35.9
30 University of Alberta logo University of Alberta 🇨🇦 Canada 195.7 55.5 80.5 77.4 34.5 9.8
31 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai logo Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) 🇺🇸 United States 194.5 0.0 100.0 75.2 39.8 39.7
32 University of Copenhagen logo University of Copenhagen (UCPH) 🇩🇰 Denmark 192.8 0.0 88.8 86.2 57.5 29.3
33 University of Michigan logo University of Michigan (UM) 🇺🇸 United States 190.2 0.0 88.7 66.7 54.2 33.8
34 Baylor College of Medicine logo Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) 🇺🇸 United States 188.6 0.0 92.5 72.4 44.4 37.2
35 New York University logo New York University (NYU) 🇺🇸 United States 188.1 0.0 96.2 73.3 40.3 36.9
36 University of Gothenburg logo University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 Sweden 186.9 39.2 84.4 87.4 32.8 12.9
37 The University of Western Australia logo The University of Western Australia (UWA) 🇦🇺 Australia 185.8 41.6 83.6 81.1 35.9 8.5
38 Kyoto University logo Kyoto University 🇯🇵 Japan 185.5 48.0 69.2 61.3 42.1 13.8
39 University of Utah logo University of Utah (UU) 🇺🇸 United States 183.6 34.0 84.0 64.0 35.3 17.6
40 Imperial College London logo Imperial College London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 182.9 0.0 92.1 85.7 51.8 21.8
41 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 🇺🇸 United States 182.8 0.0 95.8 74.8 36.5 35.6
42 Duke University logo Duke University 🇺🇸 United States 181.5 0.0 85.8 68.1 49.3 32.8
42 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München logo Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) 🇩🇪 Germany 181.5 0.0 90.9 81.7 44.5 29.7
44 Utrecht University logo Utrecht University 🇳🇱 Netherlands 180.9 0.0 91.4 84.9 46.7 25.9
45 University of Edinburgh logo University of Edinburgh 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 180.8 0.0 95.0 84.3 46.5 22.4
46 ETH Zurich logo ETH Zurich 🇨🇭 Switzerland 180.0 0.0 89.0 85.8 43.7 30.1
47 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin logo Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) 🇩🇪 Germany 178.1 0.0 94.4 79.1 40.2 27.6
47 University of Chicago logo University of Chicago (UC) 🇺🇸 United States 178.1 0.0 94.0 70.4 40.7 29.3
49 Heidelberg University logo Heidelberg University 🇩🇪 Germany 178.0 0.0 92.8 80.9 43.2 25.9
50 Freie Universität Berlin logo Freie Universität Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany 177.8 0.0 92.5 80.4 42.5 26.8