Human Biological Sciences
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Human 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 human 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 Human Biological Sciences evaluate universities?

Human 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 498 universities from 10 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 Human Biological Sciences 2022?

The top universities in Human Biological Sciences 2022 are: Harvard University, University College London, Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rockefeller University. This edition, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluated 498 universities from 10 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 Human 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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🇨🇾 Cyprus
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🇩🇰 Denmark
🇪🇬 Egypt
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🇸🇬 Singapore
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1 Harvard University logo Harvard University 🇺🇸 United States 353.5 43.3 95.4 74.0 100.0 100.0
2 University College London logo University College London (UCL) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 306.3 86.6 89.3 86.0 65.8 47.5
3 Columbia University logo Columbia University (CU) 🇺🇸 United States 297.0 90.1 90.5 69.7 51.0 51.5
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology logo Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 🇺🇸 United States 291.5 61.2 100.0 76.7 46.1 68.7
5 Rockefeller University logo Rockefeller University 🇺🇸 United States 273.7 100.0 100.0 77.4 25.2 33.0
6 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center 🇺🇸 United States 242.0 61.2 96.7 68.7 37.0 33.3
7 University of California, Los Angeles logo University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 🇺🇸 United States 239.7 50.0 83.8 66.4 48.4 44.2
8 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center logo The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center 🇺🇸 United States 239.3 75.0 83.5 64.3 34.4 33.6
9 University of Cambridge logo University of Cambridge 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 236.7 35.4 92.5 85.9 47.0 44.7
10 University of Zurich logo University of Zurich (UZH) 🇨🇭 Switzerland 235.5 61.2 85.4 86.0 40.5 31.1
11 Stanford University logo Stanford University (SU) 🇺🇸 United States 227.5 0.0 100.0 69.7 55.9 57.6
12 University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco 🇺🇸 United States 225.2 0.0 94.6 71.1 58.8 57.6
13 University of Pennsylvania logo University of Pennsylvania 🇺🇸 United States 216.4 0.0 94.1 65.6 57.5 51.7
14 Kyoto University logo Kyoto University 🇯🇵 Japan 216.2 86.6 68.6 57.4 28.6 20.9
15 University of California San Diego logo University of California San Diego (UCSD) 🇺🇸 United States 211.8 0.0 93.2 68.6 50.6 54.3
16 University of Oxford logo University of Oxford 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 211.6 0.0 89.4 87.6 57.9 46.8
17 Johns Hopkins University logo Johns Hopkins University (JHU) 🇺🇸 United States 211.0 0.0 88.6 69.8 65.3 43.1
18 Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU 🇳🇴 Norway 209.8 86.6 73.5 76.8 18.3 16.0
19 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai logo Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) 🇺🇸 United States 204.2 0.0 97.5 71.0 44.4 48.1
19 Yale University logo Yale University 🇺🇸 United States 204.2 0.0 92.8 71.5 50.6 46.4
21 Cornell University logo Cornell University (CU) 🇺🇸 United States 204.1 0.0 97.8 67.7 43.2 49.5
22 Washington University in St. Louis logo Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) 🇺🇸 United States 203.4 0.0 97.2 64.3 48.0 45.3
23 University of Gothenburg logo University of Gothenburg 🇸🇪 Sweden 199.9 50.0 84.5 86.6 29.2 18.9
24 University of Toronto logo University of Toronto 🇨🇦 Canada 198.2 0.0 83.4 79.0 58.0 41.0
25 University of Washington logo University of Washington (UW) 🇺🇸 United States 197.7 0.0 89.4 67.8 51.4 43.3
26 New York University logo New York University (NYU) 🇺🇸 United States 196.7 0.0 94.3 68.8 42.9 45.8
27 Karolinska Institutet logo Karolinska Institutet (KI) 🇸🇪 Sweden 195.8 0.0 84.0 88.8 52.8 41.2
28 Imperial College London logo Imperial College London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 194.8 0.0 91.8 87.2 48.1 37.5
29 Université de Strasbourg Université de Strasbourg 🇫🇷 France 194.1 61.2 79.8 76.2 23.7 14.1
30 California Institute of Technology logo California Institute of Technology (CIT) 🇺🇸 United States 193.9 43.3 100.0 71.4 17.0 19.4
31 The University of Melbourne logo The University of Melbourne 🇦🇺 Australia 192.7 0.0 84.9 78.5 49.2 42.9
32 King's College London logo King's College London (KCL) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 191.7 0.0 91.7 86.3 47.4 35.3
33 The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 🇺🇸 United States 191.0 50.0 77.9 66.6 29.9 19.9
34 University of Pittsburgh logo University of Pittsburgh 🇺🇸 United States 186.8 0.0 85.0 63.3 51.0 38.2
35 Freie Universität Berlin logo Freie Universität Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany 184.6 0.0 87.6 79.2 48.2 33.0
36 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin logo Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) 🇩🇪 Germany 184.1 0.0 87.4 79.0 47.4 33.6
37 The University of Western Australia logo The University of Western Australia (UWA) 🇦🇺 Australia 183.5 53.0 74.5 78.2 24.9 15.4
38 Charite - Universitats Medizin Berlin logo Charite - Universitats Medizin Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany 183.4 0.0 89.5 79.4 45.4 32.7
38 Duke University logo Duke University 🇺🇸 United States 183.4 0.0 84.6 65.2 44.8 41.0
40 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill logo University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) 🇺🇸 United States 183.3 0.0 89.5 65.3 44.1 36.7
41 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München logo Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) 🇩🇪 Germany 182.9 0.0 86.7 81.5 42.6 37.2
42 McGill University logo McGill University 🇨🇦 Canada 182.5 0.0 83.5 82.5 48.3 34.1
43 University of Michigan logo University of Michigan (UM) 🇺🇸 United States 180.5 0.0 88.0 60.8 46.1 34.1
44 Emory University logo Emory University 🇺🇸 United States 180.2 0.0 85.1 63.2 46.9 35.6
45 University of Basel logo University of Basel 🇨🇭 Switzerland 178.9 0.0 91.4 88.9 36.1 33.6
46 Sorbonne Université logo Sorbonne Université 🇫🇷 France 178.6 0.0 83.0 79.9 47.9 31.7
47 Heidelberg University logo Heidelberg University 🇩🇪 Germany 177.7 0.0 85.4 79.3 42.5 33.9
48 University of California, Berkeley logo University of California, Berkeley (UCB) 🇺🇸 United States 177.6 0.0 99.4 71.5 31.8 32.1
49 University of Edinburgh logo University of Edinburgh 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 174.7 0.0 89.1 83.5 36.8 32.1
50 Vanderbilt University logo Vanderbilt University 🇺🇸 United States 174.5 0.0 87.8 63.3 41.6 32.4