Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences 2021

Academic Ranking of World Universities · Published: 2021-05-26 · Methodology · Source: Academic Ranking of World Universities official website · Editorial Standards

Ranks universities globally for research strength and academic impact in pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences.

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

How does Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences evaluate universities?

Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical 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 2021 edition assessed 500 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 Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences 2021?

The top universities in Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences 2021 are: Aarhus University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cairo University. This edition, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluated 500 universities from 18 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 Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical 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.

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🇦🇷 Argentina

🇦🇺 Australia

🇦🇹 Austria

🇧🇪 Belgium

🇧🇷 Brazil

🇨🇦 Canada

🇨🇳 China

🇭🇷 Croatia

🇨🇿 Czech Republic

🇩🇰 Denmark

🇪🇬 Egypt

🇪🇪 Estonia

🇫🇮 Finland

🇫🇷 France

🇩🇪 Germany

🇬🇷 Greece

🇭🇰 Hong Kong

🇮🇳 India

🇮🇷 Iran

🇮🇪 Ireland

🇮🇱 Israel

🇮🇹 Italy

🇯🇵 Japan

🇲🇴 Macau

🇲🇾 Malaysia

🇲🇽 Mexico

🇳🇱 Netherlands

🇳🇿 New Zealand

🇳🇴 Norway

🇵🇱 Poland

🇵🇹 Portugal

🇷🇴 Romania

🇷🇺 Russia

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia

🇷🇸 Serbia

🇸🇬 Singapore

🇸🇮 Slovenia

🇿🇦 South Africa

🇰🇷 South Korea

🇪🇸 Spain

🇸🇪 Sweden

🇨🇭 Switzerland

🇹🇼 Taiwan

🇹🇭 Thailand

🇹🇷 Turkey

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

🇺🇸 United States

Total 500 universities

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	University	Country
151-200	Aarhus University (AU)	🇩🇰 Denmark	-	0.0	71.3	83.6	47.4	0.0
151-200	Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM)	🇺🇸 United States	-	0.0	69.9	69.9	31.3	24.3
151-200	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)	🇪🇸 Spain	-	0.0	73.2	72.4	54.9	0.0
151-200	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM)	🇪🇸 Spain	-	0.0	71.3	70.3	34.2	24.3
151-200	Cairo University	🇪🇬 Egypt	-	0.0	71.1	66.8	53.3	0.0
151-200	Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL)	🇫🇷 France	-	0.0	62.9	67.7	43.6	24.3
151-200	Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)	🇪🇸 Spain	-	0.0	72.1	66.7	52.7	0.0
151-200	Griffith University	🇦🇺 Australia	-	0.0	68.5	78.2	34.2	24.3
151-200	Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST)	🇨🇳 China	-	0.0	74.3	42.5	59.3	0.0
151-200	Jilin University	🇨🇳 China	-	0.0	72.6	42.8	58.0	0.0
151-200	Jinan University (JNU)	🇨🇳 China	-	0.0	69.8	46.1	57.0	0.0
151-200	Korea University	🇰🇷 South Korea	-	0.0	66.0	47.8	42.4	24.3
151-200	Medical University of Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	-	0.0	73.7	83.1	44.8	0.0
151-200	Nanjing Medical University (NMU)	🇨🇳 China	-	0.0	75.1	35.9	62.4	0.0
151-200	Nanjing University (NJU)	🇨🇳 China	-	0.0	78.0	44.4	52.4	0.0
151-200	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)	🇲🇽 Mexico	-	0.0	58.9	56.2	42.4	24.3
151-200	Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF)	🇪🇸 Spain	-	0.0	89.3	79.0	35.9	0.0
151-200	Sapienza University of Rome	🇮🇹 Italy	-	0.0	71.4	63.1	58.0	0.0
151-200	Shandong University (SDU)	🇨🇳 China	-	0.0	69.4	43.7	62.7	0.0
151-200	Shenyang Pharmaceutical University (SPU)	🇨🇳 China	-	0.0	68.1	38.3	66.5	0.0
151-200	Sichuan University (SCU)	🇨🇳 China	-	0.0	72.2	38.8	65.0	0.0
151-200	Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)	🇰🇷 South Korea	-	0.0	71.2	47.6	54.9	0.0
151-200	Technion – Israel Institute of Technology	🇮🇱 Israel	-	0.0	76.0	64.0	26.5	24.3
151-200	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	🇺🇸 United States	-	81.6	68.6	73.5	35.9	0.0
151-200	Tsinghua University (THU)	🇨🇳 China	-	0.0	83.3	60.5	42.6	0.0
151-200	University of Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	-	0.0	79.7	77.8	42.4	0.0
151-200	University of Bologna (UNIBO)	🇮🇹 Italy	-	0.0	78.5	69.0	51.4	0.0
151-200	University of Göttingen (GAU)	🇩🇪 Germany	-	0.0	68.9	71.9	27.8	24.3
151-200	University of Greenwich	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	-	0.0	100.0	67.8	22.5	0.0
151-200	Universität Innsbruck	🇦🇹 Austria	-	0.0	90.6	83.7	36.2	0.0
151-200	Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU)	🇩🇪 Germany	-	0.0	67.9	72.0	29.2	24.3
151-200	University of Lisbon	🇵🇹 Portugal	-	0.0	73.9	79.7	48.1	0.0
151-200	University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School (UMCMS)	🇺🇸 United States	-	0.0	72.9	64.0	21.8	34.3
151-200	Université de Montpellier	🇫🇷 France	-	0.0	72.3	77.4	52.7	0.0
151-200	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)	🇩🇪 Germany	-	0.0	72.1	72.2	50.1	0.0
151-200	University of Padua (UNIPD)	🇮🇹 Italy	-	0.0	74.2	72.0	48.5	0.0
151-200	University of Palermo	🇮🇹 Italy	-	0.0	74.5	59.9	31.9	24.3
151-200	University of Perugia	🇮🇹 Italy	-	0.0	72.5	72.2	33.5	24.3
151-200	University of Rochester (UR)	🇺🇸 United States	-	0.0	71.5	56.3	32.2	24.3
151-200	University of Santiago Compostela	🇪🇸 Spain	-	0.0	79.1	80.9	43.7	0.0
151-200	University of South Florida (USF)	🇺🇸 United States	-	0.0	71.8	68.6	30.2	24.3
151-200	University of Tübingen	🇩🇪 Germany	-	0.0	80.2	80.0	49.2	0.0
151-200	University of Turku	🇫🇮 Finland	-	0.0	76.8	84.2	25.8	24.3
151-200	Virginia Tech	🇺🇸 United States	-	0.0	81.9	56.8	24.2	24.3
151-200	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)	🇳🇱 Netherlands	-	0.0	77.9	81.2	46.7	0.0
151-200	Wake Forest University	🇺🇸 United States	-	0.0	71.0	59.1	31.6	24.3
151-200	Yeshiva University (YU)	🇺🇸 United States	-	0.0	70.6	71.5	34.0	24.3
151-200	Zhengzhou University	🇨🇳 China	-	0.0	74.6	37.1	57.0	0.0
151-200	China Medical University (CMU)	🇹🇼 Taiwan	-	0.0	69.9	58.1	58.2	0.0
151-200	National Taiwan University (NTU)	🇹🇼 Taiwan	-	0.0	70.7	51.7	58.3	0.0