Biomedical Engineering
ARWU

Biomedical Engineering 2019

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

Ranks universities globally for research strength and academic impact in biomedical engineering.

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

How does Biomedical Engineering evaluate universities?

Biomedical Engineering, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluates universities worldwide using key indicators such as CNCI, IC, PUB, 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 2019 edition assessed 300 universities from 12 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 Biomedical Engineering 2019?

The top universities in Biomedical Engineering 2019 are: Harvard University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Fudan University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National University of Singapore. This edition, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluated 300 universities from 12 countries and regions using indicators such as CNCI, IC, PUB, TOP. Rankings reflect weighted performance across multiple dimensions; students should consider methodology differences and their own academic priorities when interpreting results.

How does Biomedical Engineering 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 2019-06
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1 Harvard University logo Harvard University 🇺🇸 United States 292.9 84.8 76.5 100.0 92.7
2 Shanghai Jiao Tong University logo Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) 🇨🇳 China 269.0 80.1 60.9 76.7 100.0
3 Fudan University logo Fudan University 🇨🇳 China 247.0 86.7 51.4 52.1 97.9
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology logo Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 🇺🇸 United States 242.5 97.0 77.0 60.6 69.5
5 National University of Singapore logo National University of Singapore (NUS) 🇸🇬 Singapore 234.9 76.9 80.8 67.4 74.3
6 Seoul National University logo Seoul National University (SNU) 🇰🇷 South Korea 226.8 68.5 52.8 63.3 84.5
7 Soochow University logo Soochow University 🇨🇳 China 226.2 97.0 58.6 45.0 72.4
8 Stanford University logo Stanford University (SU) 🇺🇸 United States 224.4 85.6 71.2 67.9 56.7
9 Peking University logo Peking University (PKU) 🇨🇳 China 223.7 83.1 59.6 52.1 76.6
10 Sichuan University logo Sichuan University (SCU) 🇨🇳 China 222.3 79.0 54.7 57.1 75.3
11 University of Pittsburgh logo University of Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 United States 217.7 76.5 60.7 63.2 65.8
12 Johns Hopkins University logo Johns Hopkins University (JHU) 🇺🇸 United States 214.0 77.8 69.4 64.4 57.9
13 Zhejiang University logo Zhejiang University (ZJU) 🇨🇳 China 213.0 71.8 63.4 56.1 72.4
14 University of Michigan logo University of Michigan (UM) 🇺🇸 United States 212.4 76.7 61.5 66.1 57.3
15 University of Pennsylvania logo University of Pennsylvania 🇺🇸 United States 208.4 82.9 60.3 60.5 52.9
16 University College London logo University College London (UCL) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 203.3 70.3 78.3 70.0 47.3
17 Georgia Institute of Technology logo Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) 🇺🇸 United States 202.4 77.9 57.2 58.2 54.8
18 Imperial College London logo Imperial College London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 201.6 81.9 76.4 61.0 43.5
19 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich 🇨🇭 Switzerland 201.2 79.8 84.6 55.0 49.5
20 Korea University logo Korea University 🇰🇷 South Korea 197.4 76.5 65.9 46.8 60.9
21 University of Toronto logo University of Toronto 🇨🇦 Canada 196.3 68.9 66.7 64.6 49.5
22 Utrecht University logo Utrecht University 🇳🇱 Netherlands 195.8 89.3 76.4 49.4 41.8
23 Tsinghua University logo Tsinghua University (THU) 🇨🇳 China 195.5 77.0 67.6 55.5 49.5
24 Emory University logo Emory University 🇺🇸 United States 195.1 86.4 61.9 49.0 47.3
25 City University of Hong Kong logo City University of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 193.6 100.0 59.8 28.1 53.5
26 University of California San Diego logo University of California San Diego (UCSD) 🇺🇸 United States 193.5 85.0 69.7 51.1 43.5
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill logo University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) 🇺🇸 United States 192.8 83.9 68.6 46.4 48.8
28 Columbia University logo Columbia University (CU) 🇺🇸 United States 192.4 79.9 70.1 53.5 45.0
29 Wake Forest University logo Wake Forest University 🇺🇸 United States 191.2 79.3 62.2 45.2 54.2
30 Northwestern University logo Northwestern University (NU) 🇺🇸 United States 188.5 78.2 59.2 50.4 48.0
31 Nanjing University logo Nanjing University (NJU) 🇨🇳 China 187.3 84.8 58.6 32.8 57.9
32 University of Washington logo University of Washington (UW) 🇺🇸 United States 186.5 73.1 67.5 51.9 48.0
33 National Tsing Hua University logo National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) 🇹🇼 Taiwan 185.7 80.5 44.3 32.1 64.2
34 Military Medical University of the Air Force Military Medical University of the Air Force 🇨🇳 China 185.5 72.9 56.4 42.7 58.5
35 University of California, Los Angeles logo University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 🇺🇸 United States 185.4 74.3 64.6 52.4 45.8
36 Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University 🇨🇳 China 184.6 71.4 56.6 44.6 57.3
37 Nanyang Technological University logo Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 🇸🇬 Singapore 183.5 75.2 82.6 49.1 42.6
38 Wuhan University logo Wuhan University (WHU) 🇨🇳 China 182.9 75.1 64.3 40.2 54.8
39 Tufts University logo Tufts University 🇺🇸 United States 182.8 78.2 71.1 40.2 50.2
40 The University of Tokyo logo The University of Tokyo (UT) 🇯🇵 Japan 182.4 69.4 53.8 50.0 52.2
41 National Taiwan University logo National Taiwan University (NTU) 🇹🇼 Taiwan 182.2 64.8 51.3 48.6 58.5
42 University of Cambridge logo University of Cambridge 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 181.5 92.4 79.6 43.1 30.2
43 Jilin University logo Jilin University 🇨🇳 China 179.9 75.2 57.4 44.5 48.8
44 Pohang University of Science and Technology logo Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) 🇰🇷 South Korea 179.8 99.0 52.9 28.3 41.8
44 University of Wisconsin–Madison logo University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW) 🇺🇸 United States 179.8 73.9 57.0 51.1 43.5
46 Duke University logo Duke University 🇺🇸 United States 179.5 74.6 53.4 50.0 44.2
47 Technische Universität Dresden logo Technische Universität Dresden (TUD) 🇩🇪 Germany 178.4 76.0 70.5 44.0 44.2
47 University of Zurich logo University of Zurich (UZH) 🇨🇭 Switzerland 178.4 79.2 81.8 49.4 33.4
49 University of California, Berkeley logo University of California, Berkeley (UCB) 🇺🇸 United States 177.3 79.7 66.0 40.2 44.2
50 University of Science and Technology of China logo University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) 🇨🇳 China 177.1 82.2 70.5 30.6 50.2