| Rank | university | country | city | SUBJECT SCORE | GLOBAL SCORE | ENROLLMENT |
| #1 in Best Universities for Microbiology #1 in Best Global Universities |
Harvard University | United States | Cambridge (U.S.) | 100.0 | 100.0 | 21,261 |
| #2 in Best Universities for Microbiology #2 in Best Global Universities |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States | Cambridge (U.S.) | 85.0 | 97.9 | 11,276 |
| #3 in Best Universities for Microbiology #15 in Best Global Universities |
University of California--San Francisco | United States | San Francisco | 79.0 | 84.1 | N/A |
| #4 in Best Universities for Microbiology #5 in Best Global Universities |
University of Oxford | United Kingdom | Oxford | 78.2 | 87.0 | N/A |
| #5 in Best Universities for Microbiology #21 in Best Global Universities |
University of California--San Diego | United States | La Jolla | 73.8 | 83.1 | N/A |
| #6 in Best Universities for Microbiology #22 in Best Global Universities |
Cornell University | United States | Ithaca | 71.8 | 81.9 | 23,016 |
| #7 in Best Universities for Microbiology #14 in Best Global Universities |
University of Pennsylvania | United States | Philadelphia | 71.5 | 84.2 | 20,771 |
| #8 in Best Universities for Microbiology #8 in Best Global Universities |
University of Washington | United States | Seattle | 71.4 | 86.0 | 46,258 |
| #9 in Best Universities for Microbiology #4 in Best Global Universities |
University of California--Berkeley | United States | Berkeley | 69.5 | 89.8 | 39,918 |
| #9 in Best Universities for Microbiology #33 in Best Global Universities |
Washington University in St. Louis | United States | St. Louis | 69.5 | 77.3 | 13,984 |
| #11 in Best Universities for Microbiology #20 in Best Global Universities |
Imperial College London | United Kingdom | London (U.K.) | 68.5 | 83.3 | 17,050 |
| #12 in Best Universities for Microbiology #23 in Best Global Universities |
Duke University | United States | Durham (North Carolina, U.S.) | 68.3 | 81.6 | N/A |
| #13 in Best Universities for Microbiology #10 in Best Global Universities |
Johns Hopkins University | United States | Baltimore | 67.9 | 85.1 | 16,432 |
| #14 in Best Universities for Microbiology #36 in Best Global Universities |
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill | United States | Chapel Hill | 67.2 | 76.9 | 30,953 |
| #15 in Best Universities for Microbiology #3 in Best Global Universities |
Stanford University | United States | Stanford | 66.5 | 95.3 | 16,223 |
| #16 in Best Universities for Microbiology #62 in Best Global Universities |
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai | United States | New York City | 66.0 | 74.0 | N/A |
| #16 in Best Universities for Microbiology #25 in Best Global Universities |
University of Melbourne | Australia | Parkville | 66.0 | 79.7 | N/A |
| #18 in Best Universities for Microbiology #41 in Best Global Universities |
University of Wisconsin--Madison | United States | Madison | 65.5 | 76.2 | 39,451 |
| #19 in Best Universities for Microbiology #9 in Best Global Universities |
University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | Cambridge (U.K.) | 64.4 | 85.8 | 19,580 |
| #20 in Best Universities for Microbiology #71 in Best Global Universities |
Emory University | United States | Atlanta | 64.3 | 73.3 | 12,923 |
| #21 in Best Universities for Microbiology #15 in Best Global Universities |
University of Chicago | United States | Chicago | 63.6 | 84.1 | N/A |
| #22 in Best Universities for Microbiology #34 in Best Global Universities |
University of Copenhagen | Denmark | Copenhagen | 61.8 | 77.2 | N/A |
| #23 in Best Universities for Microbiology #6 in Best Global Universities |
Columbia University | United States | New York City | 61.6 | 86.7 | 27,384 |
| #24 in Best Universities for Microbiology #122 in Best Global Universities |
Universidade de São Paulo | Brazil | Sao Paulo | 61.4 | 68.2 | 82,961 |
| #25 in Best Universities for Microbiology #11 in Best Global Universities |
Yale University | United States | New Haven | 61.2 | 85.0 | 12,910 |
| #26 in Best Universities for Microbiology #13 in Best Global Universities |
University of California--Los Angeles | United States | Los Angeles | 60.2 | 84.3 | 42,509 |
| #27 in Best Universities for Microbiology #36 in Best Global Universities |
University of Queensland Australia | Australia | Brisbane | 58.8 | 76.9 | 40,389 |
| #28 in Best Universities for Microbiology #85 in Best Global Universities |
Ghent University | Belgium | Gent | 58.3 | 71.1 | 37,587 |
| #28 in Best Universities for Microbiology #30 in Best Global Universities |
University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | Edinburgh | 58.3 | 78.3 | 30,450 |
| #30 in Best Universities for Microbiology #48 in Best Global Universities |
Catholic University of Leuven | Belgium | Leuven | 57.3 | 75.0 | 45,617 |
| #30 in Best Universities for Microbiology #83 in Best Global Universities |
University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Pok Fu Lam | 57.3 | 71.2 | 18,135 |
| #32 in Best Universities for Microbiology #83 in Best Global Universities |
Wageningen University and Research Center | Netherlands | Wageningen | 56.7 | 71.2 | 14,356 |
| #33 in Best Universities for Microbiology #47 in Best Global Universities |
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities | United States | Minneapolis | 56.4 | 75.4 | 45,710 |
| #34 in Best Universities for Microbiology #32 in Best Global Universities |
National University of Singapore | Singapore | Singapore | 56.3 | 77.5 | 30,943 |
| #35 in Best Universities for Microbiology #54 in Best Global Universities |
Utrecht University | Netherlands | Utrecht | 55.9 | 74.7 | N/A |
| #36 in Best Universities for Microbiology #29 in Best Global Universities |
New York University | United States | New York City | 55.8 | 78.4 | 44,474 |
| #37 in Best Universities for Microbiology #66 in Best Global Universities |
University of California--Davis | United States | Davis | 55.7 | 73.7 | N/A |
| #38 in Best Universities for Microbiology #73 in Best Global Universities |
University of Tokyo | Japan | Tokyo | 55.4 | 72.8 | 25,935 |
| #39 in Best Universities for Microbiology #43 in Best Global Universities |
University of Pittsburgh | United States | Pittsburgh | 54.4 | 75.7 | 26,761 |
| #39 in Best Universities for Microbiology #17 in Best Global Universities |
University of Toronto | Canada | Toronto | 54.4 | 83.5 | 74,502 |
| #39 in Best Universities for Microbiology #62 in Best Global Universities |
University of Zurich | Switzerland | Zurich | 54.4 | 74.0 | 23,281 |
| #42 in Best Universities for Microbiology #86 in Best Global Universities |
University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | Glasgow | 53.9 | 71.0 | 26,355 |
| #43 in Best Universities for Microbiology #310 in Best Global Universities |
University of Georgia | United States | Athens (Georgia, U.S.) | 53.8 | 57.6 | 36,169 |
| #43 in Best Universities for Microbiology #17 in Best Global Universities |
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | United States | Ann Arbor | 53.8 | 83.5 | 43,873 |
| #45 in Best Universities for Microbiology #664 in Best Global Universities |
University of Texas Medical Branch--Galveston | United States | Galveston | 53.5 | 45.6 | N/A |
| #46 in Best Universities for Microbiology #114 in Best Global Universities |
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | United Kingdom | London (U.K.) | 53.2 | 68.4 | N/A |
| #47 in Best Universities for Microbiology #171 in Best Global Universities |
University of Aix-Marseille | France | Marseille | 53.0 | 64.5 | 68,841 |
| #48 in Best Universities for Microbiology #45 in Best Global Universities |
Ohio State University--Columbus | United States | Columbus | 52.9 | 75.6 | 54,650 |
| #49 in Best Universities for Microbiology #26 in Best Global Universities |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | Switzerland | Zurich | 52.7 | 79.5 | 19,043 |
| #50 in Best Universities for Microbiology #129 in Best Global Universities |
Seoul National University | South Korea | Seoul | 51.8 | 67.5 | N/A |
| #51 in Best Universities for Microbiology #48 in Best Global Universities |
Karolinska Institute | Sweden | Stockholm | 51.2 | 75.0 | 7,696 |
| #52 in Best Universities for Microbiology #86 in Best Global Universities |
University of Helsinki | Finland | Helsinki | 50.5 | 71.0 | N/A |
| #53 in Best Universities for Microbiology #31 in Best Global Universities |
University of British Columbia | Canada | Vancouver | 50.3 | 77.9 | 55,359 |
| #54 in Best Universities for Microbiology #204 in Best Global Universities |
University of Montpellier | France | Montpellier | 50.0 | 62.4 | 39,703 |
| #55 in Best Universities for Microbiology #68 in Best Global Universities |
Erasmus University Rotterdam | Netherlands | Rotterdam | 49.5 | 73.5 | N/A |
| #56 in Best Universities for Microbiology #48 in Best Global Universities |
Monash University | Australia | Clayton | 48.8 | 75.0 | 57,406 |
| #56 in Best Universities for Microbiology #27 in Best Global Universities |
University of Sydney | Australia | Sydney | 48.8 | 79.0 | 47,719 |
| #58 in Best Universities for Microbiology #51 in Best Global Universities |
McGill University | Canada | Montreal | 47.8 | 74.9 | 31,578 |
| #59 in Best Universities for Microbiology #195 in Best Global Universities |
University of Vienna | Austria | Vienna | 47.1 | 62.7 | N/A |
| #60 in Best Universities for Microbiology #271 in Best Global Universities |
University of Maryland--Baltimore | United States | Baltimore | 46.9 | 59.3 | N/A |
| #61 in Best Universities for Microbiology #146 in Best Global Universities |
University of Liverpool | United Kingdom | Liverpool | 46.5 | 66.2 | 26,035 |
| #62 in Best Universities for Microbiology #107 in Best Global Universities |
University of Florida | United States | Gainesville | 45.9 | 69.2 | 46,632 |
| #63 in Best Universities for Microbiology #132 in Best Global Universities |
Baylor College of Medicine | United States | Houston | 45.3 | 67.1 | N/A |
| #64 in Best Universities for Microbiology #75 in Best Global Universities |
Pennsylvania State University--University Park | United States | University Park | 44.8 | 72.6 | 46,682 |
| #64 in Best Universities for Microbiology #70 in Best Global Universities |
University of Southern California | United States | Los Angeles | 44.8 | 73.4 | N/A |
| #66 in Best Universities for Microbiology #43 in Best Global Universities |
Sorbonne Universite | France | Paris | 44.7 | 75.7 | 43,585 |
| #67 in Best Universities for Microbiology #40 in Best Global Universities |
University of Amsterdam | Netherlands | Amsterdam | 44.6 | 76.4 | N/A |
| #68 in Best Universities for Microbiology #100 in Best Global Universities |
Michigan State University | United States | East Lansing | 44.5 | 70.0 | 45,678 |
| #68 in Best Universities for Microbiology #19 in Best Global Universities |
University College London | United Kingdom | London (U.K.) | 44.5 | 83.4 | 34,785 |
| #70 in Best Universities for Microbiology #68 in Best Global Universities |
Université de Paris | France | Paris | 43.6 | 73.5 | 63,219 |
| #71 in Best Universities for Microbiology #461 in Best Global Universities |
Federal University of Minas Gerais | Brazil | Belo Horizonte | 43.5 | 52.0 | N/A |
| #71 in Best Universities for Microbiology #11 in Best Global Universities |
Princeton University | United States | Princeton | 43.5 | 85.0 | 8,091 |
| #73 in Best Universities for Microbiology #437 in Best Global Universities |
Hokkaido University | Japan | Sapporo | 42.6 | 52.8 | 18,483 |
| #73 in Best Universities for Microbiology #197 in Best Global Universities |
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Beijing | 42.6 | 62.6 | N/A |
| #75 in Best Universities for Microbiology #142 in Best Global Universities |
Case Western Reserve University | United States | Cleveland | 42.5 | 66.3 | 10,774 |
| #76 in Best Universities for Microbiology #342 in Best Global Universities |
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | 42.4 | 55.9 | N/A |
| #77 in Best Universities for Microbiology #155 in Best Global Universities |
Technical University of Denmark | Denmark | Kongens Lyngby | 42.2 | 65.7 | 9,412 |
| #77 in Best Universities for Microbiology #155 in Best Global Universities |
University of Alabama--Birmingham | United States | Birmingham (U.S.) | 42.2 | 65.7 | N/A |
| #79 in Best Universities for Microbiology #238 in Best Global Universities |
University of Aberdeen | United Kingdom | Aberdeen | 42.1 | 60.6 | 12,615 |
| #79 in Best Universities for Microbiology #103 in Best Global Universities |
University of Cape Town | South Africa | Cape Town | 42.1 | 69.4 | 21,647 |
| #81 in Best Universities for Microbiology #103 in Best Global Universities |
Radboud University Nijmegen | Netherlands | Nijmegen | 41.6 | 69.4 | 20,752 |
| #82 in Best Universities for Microbiology #511 in Best Global Universities |
Mahidol University | Thailand | Salaya | 41.5 | 49.9 | 29,296 |
| #83 in Best Universities for Microbiology #86 in Best Global Universities |
Leiden University | Netherlands | Leiden | 41.4 | 71.0 | N/A |
| #84 in Best Universities for Microbiology #186 in Best Global Universities |
University of Würzburg | Germany | Wurzburg | 41.2 | 63.5 | 23,887 |
| #85 in Best Universities for Microbiology #135 in Best Global Universities |
Zhejiang University | China | Hangzhou | 41.1 | 66.9 | 36,825 |
| #86 in Best Universities for Microbiology #46 in Best Global Universities |
University of Munich | Germany | Munich | 41.0 | 75.5 | 34,252 |
| #87 in Best Universities for Microbiology #60 in Best Global Universities |
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | United States | Champaign | 40.9 | 74.1 | N/A |
| #88 in Best Universities for Microbiology #113 in Best Global Universities |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick | United States | Piscataway Township | 40.7 | 68.5 | 44,655 |
| #89 in Best Universities for Microbiology #222 in Best Global Universities |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Israel | Jerusalem | 40.6 | 61.5 | 16,104 |
| #90 in Best Universities for Microbiology #252 in Best Global Universities |
Osaka University | Japan | Suita | 40.4 | 60.0 | 22,867 |
| #91 in Best Universities for Microbiology #111 in Best Global Universities |
Freie Universität Berlin | Germany | Berlin | 40.3 | 68.7 | 36,380 |
| #92 in Best Universities for Microbiology #114 in Best Global Universities |
Purdue University--West Lafayette | United States | West Lafayette | 40.0 | 68.4 | N/A |
| #92 in Best Universities for Microbiology #107 in Best Global Universities |
University of Bern | Switzerland | Bern | 40.0 | 69.2 | 11,419 |
| #94 in Best Universities for Microbiology #131 in Best Global Universities |
University of Basel | Switzerland | Basel | 39.6 | 67.2 | N/A |
| #95 in Best Universities for Microbiology #226 in Best Global Universities |
North Carolina State University--Raleigh | United States | Raleigh | 39.5 | 61.2 | 30,598 |
| #95 in Best Universities for Microbiology #38 in Best Global Universities |
University of Texas--Austin | United States | Austin | 39.5 | 76.6 | N/A |
| #97 in Best Universities for Microbiology #168 in Best Global Universities |
University of Freiburg | Germany | Freiburg | 39.3 | 64.7 | 14,878 |
| #97 in Best Universities for Microbiology #261 in Best Global Universities |
Yeshiva University | United States | New York City | 39.3 | 59.6 | N/A |
| #99 in Best Universities for Microbiology #180 in Best Global Universities |
Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen | Germany | Tubingen | 39.2 | 63.8 | N/A |
| #99 in Best Universities for Microbiology #125 in Best Global Universities |
Kyoto University | Japan | Kyoto | 39.2 | 67.9 | N/A |
| #101 in Best Universities for Microbiology #138 in Best Global Universities |
University of Alberta | Canada | Edmonton | 39.1 | 66.8 | N/A |
| #102 in Best Universities for Microbiology #217 in Best Global Universities |
University of Tennessee | United States | Knoxville | 39.0 | 61.7 | 26,184 |
| #103 in Best Universities for Microbiology #38 in Best Global Universities |
Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | Singapore | 38.9 | 76.6 | 23,902 |
| #103 in Best Universities for Microbiology #28 in Best Global Universities |
Tsinghua University | China | Beijing | 38.9 | 78.5 | 37,484 |
| #105 in Best Universities for Microbiology #72 in Best Global Universities |
Vanderbilt University | United States | Nashville | 38.3 | 73.0 | 12,139 |
| #106 in Best Universities for Microbiology #130 in Best Global Universities |
Texas A&M University--College Station | United States | College Station | 37.7 | 67.4 | 62,070 |
| #106 in Best Universities for Microbiology #332 in Best Global Universities |
University of Connecticut | United States | Storrs | 37.7 | 56.5 | 27,996 |
| #108 in Best Universities for Microbiology #166 in Best Global Universities |
Newcastle University | United Kingdom | Newcastle upon Tyne | 37.4 | 64.8 | 25,235 |
| #109 in Best Universities for Microbiology #54 in Best Global Universities |
Heidelberg University | Germany | Heidelberg | 37.2 | 74.7 | 20,020 |
| #110 in Best Universities for Microbiology #607 in Best Global Universities |
Huazhong Agricultural University | China | Wuhan | 37.1 | 47.4 | N/A |
| #111 in Best Universities for Microbiology #97 in Best Global Universities |
University of Arizona | United States | Tucson | 36.9 | 70.4 | 39,635 |
| #111 in Best Universities for Microbiology #51 in Best Global Universities |
University of New South Wales | Australia | Kensington | 36.9 | 74.9 | 46,234 |
| #113 in Best Universities for Microbiology #135 in Best Global Universities |
University of Gothenburg | Sweden | Gothenburg | 36.8 | 66.9 | 19,618 |
| #114 in Best Universities for Microbiology #437 in Best Global Universities |
University College Cork | Ireland | Cork | 36.6 | 52.8 | 17,727 |
| #115 in Best Universities for Microbiology #160 in Best Global Universities |
Fudan University | China | Shanghai | 36.2 | 65.5 | 32,597 |
| #115 in Best Universities for Microbiology #92 in Best Global Universities |
University of Groningen | Netherlands | Groningen | 36.2 | 70.8 | 28,392 |
| #117 in Best Universities for Microbiology #406 in Best Global Universities |
China Agricultural University | China | Beijing | 35.9 | 53.7 | 20,609 |
| #118 in Best Universities for Microbiology #280 in Best Global Universities |
Colorado State University | United States | Fort Collins | 35.8 | 58.9 | 26,178 |
| #119 in Best Universities for Microbiology #105 in Best Global Universities |
Aarhus University | Denmark | Aarhus | 35.4 | 69.3 | 26,318 |
| #119 in Best Universities for Microbiology #92 in Best Global Universities |
University of Birmingham | United Kingdom | Birmingham (U.K.) | 35.4 | 70.8 | 31,390 |
| #121 in Best Universities for Microbiology #90 in Best Global Universities |
University of Barcelona | Spain | Barcelona | 35.1 | 70.9 | 45,494 |
| #122 in Best Universities for Microbiology #174 in Best Global Universities |
University of Calgary | Canada | Calgary | 35.0 | 64.2 | 31,863 |
| #123 in Best Universities for Microbiology #127 in Best Global Universities |
Indiana University--Bloomington | United States | Bloomington | 34.9 | 67.7 | N/A |
| #124 in Best Universities for Microbiology #444 in Best Global Universities |
University of Pretoria | South Africa | Hatfied (South Africa) | 34.8 | 52.6 | 35,387 |
| #125 in Best Universities for Microbiology #114 in Best Global Universities |
University of Bonn | Germany | Bonn | 34.7 | 68.4 | N/A |
| #126 in Best Universities for Microbiology #24 in Best Global Universities |
Northwestern University | United States | Evanston | 34.6 | 80.4 | N/A |
| #126 in Best Universities for Microbiology #277 in Best Global Universities |
Oregon State University | United States | Corvallis | 34.6 | 59.0 | N/A |
| #128 in Best Universities for Microbiology #679 in Best Global Universities |
Murdoch University | Australia | Murdoch | 34.4 | 45.1 | 15,009 |
| #129 in Best Universities for Microbiology #135 in Best Global Universities |
University of Warwick | United Kingdom | Coventry | 34.3 | 66.9 | 22,430 |
| #130 in Best Universities for Microbiology #292 in Best Global Universities |
Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 | France | Villeurbanne | 34.1 | 58.1 | N/A |
| #130 in Best Universities for Microbiology #182 in Best Global Universities |
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus | United States | Aurora | 34.1 | 63.7 | N/A |
| #130 in Best Universities for Microbiology #96 in Best Global Universities |
University of Geneva | Switzerland | Geneva | 34.1 | 70.5 | 17,271 |
| #130 in Best Universities for Microbiology #101 in Best Global Universities |
Uppsala University | Sweden | Uppsala | 34.1 | 69.5 | N/A |
| #134 in Best Universities for Microbiology #414 in Best Global Universities |
Kansas State University | United States | Manhattan | 34.0 | 53.5 | N/A |
| #135 in Best Universities for Microbiology #82 in Best Global Universities |
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Germany | Berlin | 33.7 | 71.5 | 33,388 |
| #135 in Best Universities for Microbiology #399 in Best Global Universities |
National Autonomous University of Mexico | Mexico | Mexico City | 33.7 | 53.9 | 166,368 |
| #137 in Best Universities for Microbiology #177 in Best Global Universities |
Sun Yat-sen University | China | Guangzhou | 33.6 | 64.0 | 53,734 |
| #137 in Best Universities for Microbiology #205 in Best Global Universities |
University of Malaya | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 33.6 | 62.3 | 15,794 |
| #139 in Best Universities for Microbiology #189 in Best Global Universities |
University of Lausanne | Switzerland | Lausanne | 33.5 | 63.1 | 12,685 |
| #140 in Best Universities for Microbiology #427 in Best Global Universities |
Hannover Medical School | Germany | Hannover | 33.4 | 53.2 | N/A |
| #141 in Best Universities for Microbiology #232 in Best Global Universities |
University of Cologne | Germany | Koln | 33.3 | 61.0 | N/A |
| #142 in Best Universities for Microbiology #553 in Best Global Universities |
AgroParisTech | France | Paris | 33.2 | 48.8 | N/A |
| #142 in Best Universities for Microbiology #226 in Best Global Universities |
Dartmouth College | United States | Hanover | 33.2 | 61.2 | 6,336 |
| #144 in Best Universities for Microbiology #247 in Best Global Universities |
Virginia Tech | United States | Blacksburg | 33.0 | 60.3 | 34,155 |
| #145 in Best Universities for Microbiology #51 in Best Global Universities |
Peking University | China | Beijing | 32.8 | 74.9 | 38,583 |
| #146 in Best Universities for Microbiology #352 in Best Global Universities |
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Sweden | Uppsala | 32.5 | 55.7 | 3,720 |
| #147 in Best Universities for Microbiology #140 in Best Global Universities |
University of Montreal | Canada | Montreal | 32.2 | 66.4 | 36,774 |
| #148 in Best Universities for Microbiology #226 in Best Global Universities |
University of Valencia | Spain | Valencia | 31.8 | 61.2 | 49,822 |
| #149 in Best Universities for Microbiology #271 in Best Global Universities |
University of Porto | Portugal | Porto | 31.7 | 59.3 | 32,586 |
| #150 in Best Universities for Microbiology #76 in Best Global Universities |
Technical University of Munich | Germany | Munich | 31.5 | 72.4 | 32,377 |
| #151 in Best Universities for Microbiology #226 in Best Global Universities |
University of Otago | New Zealand | Dunedin | 31.1 | 61.2 | 18,571 |
| #152 in Best Universities for Microbiology #114 in Best Global Universities |
Sapienza University of Rome | Italy | Rome | 30.9 | 68.4 | 77,548 |
| #153 in Best Universities for Microbiology #122 in Best Global Universities |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Shanghai | 30.5 | 68.2 | 38,556 |
| #153 in Best Universities for Microbiology #419 in Best Global Universities |
University of Giessen | Germany | Giessen | 30.5 | 53.4 | N/A |
| #155 in Best Universities for Microbiology #210 in Best Global Universities |
Charles University in Prague | Czech Republic | Prague | 30.4 | 62.0 | 47,406 |
| #155 in Best Universities for Microbiology #231 in Best Global Universities |
Iowa State University | United States | Ames | 30.4 | 61.1 | N/A |
| #157 in Best Universities for Microbiology #774 in Best Global Universities |
South China Agricultural University | China | Guangzhou | 30.2 | 42.2 | N/A |
| #158 in Best Universities for Microbiology #182 in Best Global Universities |
Tufts University | United States | Medford | 30.1 | 63.7 | 11,024 |
| #159 in Best Universities for Microbiology #133 in Best Global Universities |
McMaster University | Canada | Hamilton | 29.7 | 67.0 | 25,285 |
| #160 in Best Universities for Microbiology #160 in Best Global Universities |
University of Iowa | United States | Iowa City | 29.5 | 65.5 | 29,406 |
| #161 in Best Universities for Microbiology #577 in Best Global Universities |
Nanjing Agricultural University | China | Nanjing | 29.4 | 48.3 | N/A |
| #162 in Best Universities for Microbiology #769 in Best Global Universities |
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine | United Kingdom | Liverpool | 29.1 | 42.3 | N/A |
| #163 in Best Universities for Microbiology #463 in Best Global Universities |
UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista | Brazil | Sao Paulo | 28.8 | 51.9 | N/A |
| #164 in Best Universities for Microbiology #142 in Best Global Universities |
University of Nottingham | United Kingdom | Nottingham | 28.7 | 66.3 | N/A |
| #165 in Best Universities for Microbiology #395 in Best Global Universities |
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena | Germany | Jena | 28.6 | 54.1 | N/A |
| #166 in Best Universities for Microbiology #1,031 in Best Global Universities |
Nagasaki University | Japan | Nagasaki | 28.5 | 35.0 | N/A |
| #167 in Best Universities for Microbiology #154 in Best Global Universities |
Autonomous University of Barcelona | Spain | Barcelona | 28.2 | 65.8 | 31,248 |
| #168 in Best Universities for Microbiology #483 in Best Global Universities |
University of Guelph | Canada | Guelph | 28.1 | 50.8 | 22,384 |
| #169 in Best Universities for Microbiology #361 in Best Global Universities |
Laval University | Canada | Quebec City | 28.0 | 55.4 | 28,855 |
| #170 in Best Universities for Microbiology #172 in Best Global Universities |
Tel Aviv University | Israel | Tel Aviv | 27.6 | 64.4 | 22,635 |
| #170 in Best Universities for Microbiology #60 in Best Global Universities |
University of Maryland--College Park | United States | College Park | 27.6 | 74.1 | 33,671 |
| #172 in Best Universities for Microbiology #142 in Best Global Universities |
University of Utah | United States | Salt Lake City | 27.4 | 66.3 | 30,692 |
| #173 in Best Universities for Microbiology #486 in Best Global Universities |
ENS De Lyon | France | Lyon | 27.3 | 50.7 | N/A |
| #173 in Best Universities for Microbiology #80 in Best Global Universities |
VU University Amsterdam | Netherlands | Amsterdam | 27.3 | 71.8 | N/A |
| #175 in Best Universities for Microbiology #109 in Best Global Universities |
University of Virginia | United States | Charlottesville | 27.2 | 69.1 | N/A |
| #176 in Best Universities for Microbiology #64 in Best Global Universities |
University of Manchester | United Kingdom | Manchester | 27.1 | 73.9 | N/A |
| #177 in Best Universities for Microbiology #168 in Best Global Universities |
Cardiff University | United Kingdom | Cardiff | 26.8 | 64.7 | 26,735 |
| #178 in Best Universities for Microbiology #499 in Best Global Universities |
Philipps University of Marburg | Germany | Marburg | 26.4 | 50.3 | N/A |
| #178 in Best Universities for Microbiology #322 in Best Global Universities |
Umeå University | Sweden | Umea | 26.4 | 57.1 | 17,055 |
| #178 in Best Universities for Microbiology #959 in Best Global Universities |
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna | Austria | Vienna | 26.4 | 37.0 | N/A |
| #181 in Best Universities for Microbiology #261 in Best Global Universities |
University of Texas Health Science Center--Houston | United States | Houston | 26.1 | 59.6 | N/A |
| #182 in Best Universities for Microbiology #312 in Best Global Universities |
King Saud University | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 25.7 | 57.5 | 40,184 |
| #183 in Best Universities for Microbiology #164 in Best Global Universities |
University of Milan | Italy | Milan | 25.6 | 65.1 | N/A |
| #184 in Best Universities for Microbiology #192 in Best Global Universities |
University of Naples Federico II | Italy | Naples | 24.8 | 62.8 | N/A |
| #185 in Best Universities for Microbiology #297 in Best Global Universities |
Xiamen University | China | Xiamen | 24.7 | 57.9 | 41,546 |
| #186 in Best Universities for Microbiology #78 in Best Global Universities |
University of California--Irvine | United States | Irvine | 24.6 | 72.0 | 35,040 |
| #186 in Best Universities for Microbiology #258 in Best Global Universities |
University Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3 | France | Toulouse | 24.6 | 59.7 | N/A |
| #188 in Best Universities for Microbiology #184 in Best Global Universities |
National Taiwan University | Taiwan | Taipei | 24.3 | 63.6 | 24,880 |
| #189 in Best Universities for Microbiology #79 in Best Global Universities |
University of Western Australia | Australia | Crawley | 24.2 | 71.9 | 18,451 |
| #190 in Best Universities for Microbiology #383 in Best Global Universities |
Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf | Germany | Dusseldorf | 24.1 | 54.6 | N/A |
| #191 in Best Universities for Microbiology #406 in Best Global Universities |
University of Nova de Lisboa | Portugal | Lisbon | 24.0 | 53.7 | 19,976 |
| #192 in Best Universities for Microbiology #236 in Best Global Universities |
University of Münster | Germany | Munster | 23.8 | 60.8 | 44,580 |
| #193 in Best Universities for Microbiology #941 in Best Global Universities |
University of South Bohemia Ceske Budejovice | Czech Republic | Ceske Budejovice | 23.5 | 37.4 | N/A |
| #194 in Best Universities for Microbiology #297 in Best Global Universities |
Washington State University | United States | Pullman | 23.2 | 57.9 | 28,482 |
| #195 in Best Universities for Microbiology #358 in Best Global Universities |
University of Kentucky | United States | Lexington | 23.1 | 55.5 | N/A |
| #195 in Best Universities for Microbiology #140 in Best Global Universities |
University of Rochester | United States | Rochester | 23.1 | 66.4 | 10,017 |
| #197 in Best Universities for Microbiology #90 in Best Global Universities |
University of Oslo | Norway | Oslo | 22.7 | 70.9 | N/A |
| #198 in Best Universities for Microbiology #205 in Best Global Universities |
Universite Grenoble Alpes (UGA) | France | Saint-Martin-d'Heres | 22.6 | 62.3 | 40,486 |
| #199 in Best Universities for Microbiology #197 in Best Global Universities |
University of Lisbon | Portugal | Lisbon | 22.5 | 62.6 | 49,019 |
| #200 in Best Universities for Microbiology #390 in Best Global Universities |
University of Manitoba | Canada | Winnipeg | 21.7 | 54.2 | 28,786 |
