World University Rankings by Subject 2020: Life Sciences

The 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings table for life sciences subjects uses the same trusted and rigorous performance indicators as the overall World University Rankings, but the metric weightings have been recalibrated to suit the individual fields.

The 13 performance indicators assess several areas of life sciences, including biological sciences, veterinary science, agriculture and forestry, and sport science.

View the World University Rankings 2020 by subject: life sciences methodology

The University of Cambridge tops the ranking for the first time under the current methodology (since 2011), knocking Harvard University down to second place. The rest of the global top five remain unchanged from last year; the University of Oxford is third, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology finishes fourth, and Stanford University sits at fifth.