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3,715 universities · Chemistry

QS #1 (2026)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, United States

Private · Founded 1861 · 11,836 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience
  • +8 more

71 professors 18 open positions

QS #3 (2026)

Stanford University (SU)

Stanford, United States

Private · Founded 1885 · 17,246 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • +8 more

56 professors 32 open positions

QS #5 (2026)

Harvard University

Cambridge, United States

Private · Founded 1636 · 24,555 students

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • +8 more

62 professors 12 open positions

QS #6 (2026)

University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Public · Founded 1209 · 18,977 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Social Sciences
  • +8 more

51 professors 14 open positions

QS #7 (2026)

ETH Zurich

Zurich, Switzerland

Public · Founded 1855 · 23,420 students

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • +8 more

48 professors 48 open positions

QS #10 (2026)

California Institute of Technology (CIT)

Pasadena, United States

Private · Founded 1891 · 2,397 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science
  • +8 more

51 professors 6 open positions

QS #12 (2026)

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, United States

Private · Founded 1740 · 26,552 students

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Neuroscience
  • +8 more

26 professors 12 open positions

QS #14 (2026)

Columbia University (CU)

New York, United States

Private · Founded 1754 · 33,413 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • +8 more

53 professors 11 open positions

QS #15 (2026)

Princeton University

Princeton, United States

Private · Founded 1746 · 8,799 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science
  • +8 more

52 professors 10 open positions

QS #16 (2026)

Yale University

New Haven, United States

Private · Founded 1701 · 14,429 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • +8 more

55 professors 90 open positions

QS #19 (2026)

UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

Public · Founded 1949 · 63,864 students

  • Medicine
  • Psychology
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Environmental Science
  • +8 more

40 professors 0 open positions

ARWU #21 (2025)

University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

San Francisco, United States

Public · Founded 1873 · 3,180 students

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience
  • +5 more

22 professors 1 open position

QS #22 (2026)

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Lausanne, Switzerland

Public · Founded 1969 · 12,576 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Neuroscience
  • Energy
  • +8 more

43 professors 1 open position

QS #22 (2026)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Munich, Germany

Public · Founded 1868 · 44,000 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Medicine
  • +8 more

47 professors 3 open positions

QS #23 (2026)

University of Michigan (UM)

Ann Arbor, United States

Public · Founded 1817 · 58,910 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • +8 more

57 professors 1 open position

QS #28 (2026)

University of California, Berkeley (UCB)

Berkeley, United States

Public · Founded 1868 · 45,057 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • +8 more

35 professors 4 open positions

QS #29 (2026)

University of Toronto (U of T)

Toronto, Canada

Public · Founded 1827 · 102,431 students

  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Neuroscience
  • Health Professions
  • +8 more

51 professors 1 open position

ARWU #29 (2025)

Rockefeller University

New York, United States

Private · Founded 1901 · 200 students

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Neuroscience
  • +7 more

26 professors 0 open positions

QS #32 (2026)

McGill University

Montreal, Canada

Public · Founded 1821 · 40,036 students

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • +8 more

46 professors 3 open positions

QS #34 (2026)

University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Public · Founded 1583 · 26,138 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Computer Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • +8 more

49 professors 3 open positions

QS #36 (2026)

The University of Tokyo (UT)

Tokyo, Japan

Public · Founded 1877 · 28,918 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Social Sciences
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

32 professors 1 open position

QS #37 (2026)

Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

Public · Founded 1958 · 55,000 students

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • +8 more

44 professors 1 open position

QS #40 (2026)

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, United States

Public · Founded 1919 · 46,000 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • +8 more

56 professors 2 open positions

QS #40 (2026)

University of British Columbia (UBC)

Vancouver, Canada

Public · Founded 1908 · 71,201 students

  • Medicine
  • Environmental Science
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • +8 more

49 professors 0 open positions

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