Biomedical Engineering
ARWU

Biomedical Engineering 2020

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, 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 2020 edition assessed 300 universities from 18 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 2020?

The top universities in Biomedical Engineering 2020 are: Case Western Reserve University, Duke University, Jilin University, Karolinska Institutet, King Abdulaziz University. This edition, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluated 300 universities from 18 countries and regions using indicators such as 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 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 2020-06
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51-75 Case Western Reserve University logo Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) 🇺🇸 United States - 78.6 61.3 48.4 35.4
51-75 Duke University logo Duke University 🇺🇸 United States - 71.4 54.7 46.4 47.4
51-75 Jilin University logo Jilin University 🇨🇳 China - 74.2 54.9 33.5 54.0
51-75 Karolinska Institutet logo Karolinska Institutet (KI) 🇸🇪 Sweden - 78.0 88.6 38.1 36.5
51-75 King Abdulaziz University logo King Abdulaziz University (KAU) 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - 90.8 100.0 28.9 32.9
51-75 King's College London logo King's College London (KCL) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - 77.2 83.3 47.3 34.2
51-75 KU Leuven logo KU Leuven (KUL) 🇧🇪 Belgium - 75.8 85.3 50.6 31.6
51-75 Kyoto University logo Kyoto University 🇯🇵 Japan - 70.8 59.4 46.1 46.5
51-75 Nankai University logo Nankai University (NKU) 🇨🇳 China - 85.9 55.3 29.3 41.8
51-75 Northeastern University logo Northeastern University (NEU) 🇺🇸 United States - 81.9 77.4 33.3 36.5
51-75 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College logo Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CAMS) 🇨🇳 China - 72.0 53.5 41.7 44.7
51-75 Queensland University of Technology logo Queensland University of Technology (QUT) 🇦🇺 Australia - 77.4 81.3 33.7 39.8
51-75 Southeast University logo Southeast University (SEU) 🇨🇳 China - 77.1 65.8 32.8 43.8
51-75 Sungkyunkwan University logo Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) 🇰🇷 South Korea - 74.1 51.1 36.3 52.4
51-75 The University of Tokyo logo The University of Tokyo (UT) 🇯🇵 Japan - 66.4 57.4 43.1 50.8
51-75 Tongji University logo Tongji University 🇨🇳 China - 69.1 58.2 41.4 50.8
51-75 University of Bern logo University of Bern (UB) 🇨🇭 Switzerland - 80.2 85.2 49.3 22.4
51-75 University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco 🇺🇸 United States - 79.8 66.0 47.3 31.6
51-75 University of Twente logo University of Twente 🇳🇱 Netherlands - 70.8 75.9 44.9 36.5
51-75 University of Utah logo University of Utah (UU) 🇺🇸 United States - 64.4 59.5 42.6 48.3
51-75 University of Würzburg logo University of Würzburg 🇩🇪 Germany - 90.2 76.9 32.4 34.2
51-75 Wake Forest University logo Wake Forest University 🇺🇸 United States - 77.8 62.9 38.4 44.7
51-75 Yale University logo Yale University 🇺🇸 United States - 73.8 63.4 39.0 50.0
51-75 National Taiwan University logo National Taiwan University (NTU) 🇹🇼 Taiwan - 62.8 53.8 40.1 58.5
51-75 National Tsing Hua University logo National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) 🇹🇼 Taiwan - 75.1 48.8 31.3 54.0
76-100 Army Medical University logo Army Medical University 🇨🇳 China - 68.4 53.7 33.9 49.2
76-100 Catholic University of Korea logo Catholic University of Korea 🇰🇷 South Korea - 77.7 46.1 30.7 46.5
76-100 Donghua University logo Donghua University (DHU) 🇨🇳 China - 84.0 73.7 28.4 36.5
76-100 East China University of Science and Technology logo East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) 🇨🇳 China - 87.8 61.7 25.8 37.6
76-100 Freie Universität Berlin logo Freie Universität Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany - 70.0 75.6 42.6 36.5
76-100 Hanyang University logo Hanyang University 🇰🇷 South Korea - 71.6 54.8 32.8 46.5
76-100 Jinan University logo Jinan University (JNU) 🇨🇳 China - 75.5 52.7 31.9 47.4
76-100 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology logo Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 🇰🇷 South Korea - 72.1 47.0 34.9 45.6
76-100 McGill University logo McGill University 🇨🇦 Canada - 73.2 75.7 44.1 30.3
76-100 Rice University logo Rice University 🇺🇸 United States - 75.4 53.6 34.1 41.8
76-100 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland logo Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) 🇮🇪 Ireland - 89.8 68.3 28.7 30.3
76-100 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne 🇨🇭 Switzerland - 70.2 83.7 42.4 36.5
76-100 Technical University of Munich logo Technical University of Munich (TUM) 🇩🇪 Germany - 73.9 77.1 45.3 31.6
76-100 Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio State University, Columbus 🇺🇸 United States - 72.7 60.5 37.9 38.7
76-100 Second Military Medical University logo Second Military Medical University (SMMU) 🇨🇳 China - 78.2 57.2 29.1 41.8
76-100 The University of Queensland logo The University of Queensland (UQ) 🇦🇺 Australia - 72.1 76.8 38.5 36.5
76-100 Trinity College Dublin logo Trinity College Dublin (TCD) 🇮🇪 Ireland - 81.3 73.8 37.1 32.9
76-100 University at Buffalo, State University of New York logo University at Buffalo, State University of New York (UB) 🇺🇸 United States - 86.8 63.1 25.1 37.6
76-100 University of California, Davis logo University of California, Davis (UCD) 🇺🇸 United States - 69.1 58.7 40.5 39.8
76-100 University of Helsinki logo University of Helsinki (UH) 🇫🇮 Finland - 82.0 86.0 29.5 37.6
76-100 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign logo University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) 🇺🇸 United States - 75.8 59.6 36.4 38.7
76-100 University of Oxford logo University of Oxford 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - 74.5 80.0 47.4 27.4
76-100 Universidade do Porto Universidade do Porto 🇵🇹 Portugal - 72.6 74.6 35.9 41.8
76-100 Xiamen University logo Xiamen University (XMU) 🇨🇳 China - 84.3 68.6 26.9 38.7
76-100 University of Hong Kong logo University of Hong Kong (HKU) 🇭🇰 Hong Kong - 74.8 72.1 45.3 30.3