World´s Premier Academic and Research Institutions for Life Sciences

United States
Institute Name Web Link Location/ Address Focused Area
Harvard University https://www.harvard.edu/ Massachusetts Hall, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Molecular & Cell Biology, Genetics, Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology, Neuroscience. (Incl. Harvard Medical School)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) https://web.mit.edu/ 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA Intersection of Biology & Engineering, Cancer Research, Neuroscience, Immunology. (Incl. Whitehead, Koch, & Broad Institutes)
Stanford University https://www.stanford.edu/ 450 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford, CA 94305, USA Bio-X (Interdisciplinary), Neuroscience, Stem Cell Biology, Genetics, Cancer Biology. (Incl. Stanford School of Medicine)
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) https://www.ucsf.edu/ San Francisco, CA A world leader dedicated entirely to health sciences: Biomedical research, Neuroscience, Genetics, Global Health.
The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard https://www.broadinstitute.org/ Merkin Building, 415 Main St, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA The global epicenter for Genomics, Disease Genetics, Data Science, and developing novel therapeutic strategies.
The Rockefeller University https://www.rockefeller.edu/ 1230 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA A graduate-only institution for fundamental Biomedical Research with a high concentration of Nobel laureates.
Johns Hopkins University https://www.jhu.edu/ Baltimore, MD 21218, USA World-renowned for its Medical School, Biomedical Engineering, Public Health, and fundamental medical research.
University of California, Berkeley (UCB) https://www.berkeley.edu/ Berkeley, CA, USA Pioneer in CRISPR-Cas9 technology, Molecular & Cell Biology, Plant Biology, and the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI).
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) https://www.caltech.edu/ 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA Quantitative & Systems Biology, Structural Biology, Neuroscience. Known for a deep, fundamental approach.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) https://www.cshl.edu/ 1 Bungtown Rd, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA Legendary research institute for Cancer, Neuroscience, Plant Biology, Quantitative Biology, and Genetics.
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies https://www.salk.edu/ 10010 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA A world-class basic research institute founded by Jonas Salk. Strengths in Neurobiology, Cancer, and Metabolism.
HHMI Janelia Research Campus https://www.janelia.org/ 19700 Helix Drive, Ashburn, Virginia 20147 High-risk, high-reward research with a focus on developing new technologies for Neuroscience and Imaging.
United Kingdom
Institute Name Web Link Location/ Address Focused Area
University of Cambridge https://www.cam.ac.uk/ The Old Schools, Trinity Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TN, UK Molecular Biology (MRC-LMB), Genomics (Wellcome Sanger Institute), Cancer Research, and a massive biotech cluster.
University of Oxford https://www.ox.ac.uk/ Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD, UK Immunology, Structural Biology, Vaccine Development (Jenner Institute), Clinical & Medical Sciences.
The Francis Crick Institute https://www.crick.ac.uk/ 1 Midland Rd, London NW1 1AT, UK A leading biomedical discovery institute formed by six UK science leaders. Focuses on fundamental biology of health and disease.
University College London (UCL) https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, UK A world leader in Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Biomedical Sciences.
Imperial College London https://www.imperial.ac.uk/ Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK Strong focus on the intersection of science, medicine, engineering, and business.
Continental Europe
Institute Name Web Link Location/ Address Focused Area
Max Planck Society https://www.mpg.de/en Munich, Germany Network of 85+ world-class institutes. Life science powerhouses include MPIs for Neurobiology, Biochemistry, and Developmental Biology.
ETH Zurich https://ethz.ch/en.html Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland Science & technology university with elite programs in Systems Biology, Biotechnology, and Biological Engineering.
Karolinska Institute https://ki.se/en Nobels väg 6, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden A leading medical university; its assembly awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Elite in medical research.
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) https://www.embl.org/ Heidelberg, Germany Europe´s flagship laboratory for life sciences. Strengths in Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics (EBI), and Structural Biology.
Institut Pasteur https://www.pasteur.fr/en 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris, France A historic and world-leading research center for Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, and Virology.
Weizmann Institute of Science https://www.weizmann.ac.il/ Herzl St 234, Rehovot, Israel A research-only university with a phenomenal track record in Immunology, Cancer Research, and Systems Biology.
Asia/ Australia
Institute Name Web Link Location/ Address Focused Area
National University of Singapore (NUS) https://www.nus.edu.sg/ 21 Lower Kent Ridge Rd, Singapore 119077 A top Asian university with strong programs in Mechanobiology, Synthetic Biology, and Cancer Science.
University of Tokyo https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/ 7 Chome-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo City, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan Japan´s premier university with broad and deep strengths across all fields of life sciences.
RIKEN https://www.riken.jp/en/ Wako, Yokohama, Kobe and Harima, Japan Japan´s largest comprehensive research institution, with leading centers for Brain Science and Integrative Medical Sciences.
Tsinghua University https://www.tsinghua.edu.cn/en/ No. 1 Qinghuayuan Street, Haidian District, Beijing, China, 100084 A top Chinese university with major investments and strengths in Structural Biology, Immunology, and a top-tier medical school.
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI) https://www.wehi.edu.au/ 1G, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute/1G Royal Parade, Parkville VIC 3050, Australia A world leader in Immunology, Cancer Research, and Infectious Disease research.

World´s Premier Academic and Research Institutions

Institute Name Location
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
https://www.mit.edu/		 Cambridge, United States
Stanford University
https://www.stanford.edu/		 Stanford, United States
University of Oxford
https://www.ox.ac.uk/		 Oxford, United Kingdom
Harvard University
https://www.harvard.edu/		 Cambridge, United States
University of Cambridge
https://www.cam.ac.uk/		 Cambridge, United Kingdom
Princeton University
https://www.princeton.edu/		 Princeton, United States
Max Planck  Society
https://www.mpg.de/en		 Munich, Germany

World"s Premier Academic and Research Institutions for Chemical Sciences

Sl No. Institute Name Web Link Location Focused Area
1 University of Oxford, Oxford https://www.ox.ac.uk/ Oxford, England Advanced Functional Materials and Interfaces, Catalysis, Chemistry at the interface with Biology and Medicine, Energy and Sustainable Chemistry, Innovative Measurement and Photon Science, Kinetics, Dynamics and Mechanism, Synthesis, Theory and Modelling in the Chemical Sciences. 
2 University of Tokyo https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/ Tokyo, Japan Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Inorganic & Analytical Chemistry.
3 Harvard University, Cambridge https://www.harvard.edu/ Massachusetts, USA Analytical Chemistry, Biophysics, Catalysis, Chemical Biology, Energy, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Organic Chemistry, Organometallics, Physical Chemistry,Theoretical Chemistry.
4 University of Cambridge, Cambridge https://www.cam.ac.uk/ Cambridge, England Materials Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Synthetic Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry.
5 UC-Berkeley, Berkeley https://www.berkeley.edu/ Berkeley, California, United States. Analytical & Bioanalytical, atmospheric, Chemical Biology, Green Chemistry, Inorganic & Organometallic, Materials, Polymers & Nanoscience, Nuclear, Theoretical, Organic, Physical. 
6 Imperial College London, London https://www.imperial.ac.uk/ London Synthesis and catalysis, Chemical Biology and Healthcare, Environmental and Green Chemistry, Energy, Imaging, Sensing and Analytical Chemistry, Materials and Molecular Design, Theoretical, Computational and Data-driven Chemistry.
7 National University of Singapore, Singapore https://nus.edu.sg/ Singapore Chemical Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry.
8 UC-Los Angeles, Los Angeles https://www.ucla.edu/ California, USA Analytical Chemistry, Biophysics, Chemical Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials and Nanoscience, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Theory and Computation.
9 University of Toronto https://www.utoronto.ca/ Toronto, Ontario, Canada Analytical Chemistry, Biological and Organic Chemistry, Chemical Physics, Chemical Physics Theory Group, Environmental Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Polymer and Materials Chemistry.
10 University College London, London https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ London, United Kingdom Organic Synthesis, Chemical Biology, Computational Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Inorganic and Materials Chemistry, and Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Computational Chemistry, Materials and Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology.
11 University of Michigan https://umich.edu/ Michigan, United States Bio macromolecular Chemistry, Catalysis, Energy & Environmental Chemistry, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Macromolecular & Nano chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Photochemistry, Synthesis, Theory & Computation.
12 Technical University Munich, Munich https://www.tum.de/en/ Munich, Bavaria, Germany Biomaterials/Bio-Organic, Biosensors, Catalysis, Computational & Theoretical, Drug Delivery, Electrochemistry, Energy Materials, Organometallic, Supramolecular Synthesis, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry.
13 University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh https://www.ed.ac.uk/ Edinburgh, Scotland Catalysis and Synthesis, Energy, Environmental and Sustainable Chemistry, Functional Materials, Structural Chemistry and Chemical Dynamics, The Chemistry Biology Interface, Chemistry Education.
14 University of California, San Diego https://chemistry.ucsd.edu/ California, United States Organic, Inorganic, Physical and Biochemistry.
15 King´s College London, London https://www.kcl.ac.uk/index London, United Kingdom The Chemistry of life, Chemical Biotechnology for Innovation, Chemistry for a Sustainable Society, Chemistry for New Materials. 
16 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich https://www.lmu.de/en/index.html Bavaria, Germany. Material and Energy, Methods and Technologies, Molecules for Life and Health.
17 University of Melbourne, Melbourne https://www.unimelb.edu.au/ Victoria, Australia Functional Materials, Biological Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Sustainability and The Environment, Fundamental Chemical Research.
18 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta https://www.gatech.edu/ Georgia, United States Theoretical & Computational Chemistry, Synthetic Methods and Catalysis, Information-Rich Spectroscopy, Chemical Education, Chemical Biology, Biochemistry, and Immunology, Metallo biochemistry,Molecular Evolution, Organic Polymers and Materials, Electronic, Optical, Magnetic, Thermal, and Quantum Materials, Space and Planetary Chemistry, Drug Development and Delivery,
19 The University of British Columbia, Vancouver https://www.ubc.ca/ British Columbia, Canada. Luminescent Materials; Bio/Chemical Sensing; Materials synthesis and biofunctionalization; Understanding the nanoparticle interface; New energy transfer configurations for sensing and imaging; Point-of-care diagnostic devices; Intracellular sensing, Combinatorial Chemistry; CO2 conversion and utilization; clean energy; advanced solar cells; electrochromic windows; dynamic windows; hydrogen fuels production; catalysis; robotics and automation; machine learning / artificial intelligence, Atmospheric sciences; Chemical sciences; Atmosphere (Including Chemical Aspects); Physical and analytical chemistry of atmospheric aerosols, Electroanalytical chemistry; Electrochemistry; Colloid and surface chemistry; Electrochemical Systems; Surface Characterization; Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Layers; Sensors and Devices; Electrochemical and Fuel Cells; biosensors; electrocatalysis; fluorescence microscopy; interfacial analysis; self-assembled monolayers; Spectro electrochemistry, Chemical sciences; atmospheric chemistry; chemical mechanisms; atmospheric ice nucleation; Biogeochemistry; mass spectrometry; Photochemistry; indoor chemistry; atmospheric aerosols; singlet oxygen, Biochemistry; Chemical sciences; Genomics; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; biomass; carbohydrates; cellulose; Chemical Synthesis and Catalysis; Enzymes; microbiota; plant cell walls; polysaccharides, Role of icy dust grains in interstellar chemistry; Constraining aromatic and carbon chemistry during star formation; Observational Astronomy, Organic, bioactive, metal as catalysts, Synthesis of materials; Physical inorganic chemistry; Materials Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Polymer chemistry; Photochemistry, Quantum chemistry, Chemical physics, catalysis, chemical synthesis, heterocycles, titanium, zirconium, yttrium, tantalum, hydroamination, hydroaminoalkylation, biodegradable polymers, sustainable synthesis, Green Chemistry, Organometallic and organic chemistry, Inorganic catalysis and reaction mechanisms; carbon dioxide reduction; electrocatalysis; bioinspired catalyst designs; molecularly-modified materials; molecular mechanisms; self-assembled monolayers; operando spectroscopy.
20 Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/english/campus/campus.html New Territories, Hong Kong Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Science, Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Structural Biology and Chemical Biology.
21 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign https://illinois.edu/ Illinois, United States Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry.
22 University of Texas at Austin https://www.utexas.edu/ Texas, United States Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Materials, Chemical Biology, Chemical Theory & Computation, Inorganic Chemistry. Physical Chemistry, Structural Biology & Biophysics.
23 The University of Manchester, Manchester https://www.manchester.ac.uk/ England, United Kingdom Analytical Methods & Physical Chemistry, Chemical Biology & Biological Chemistry, Computational & Theoretical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry.
24 University of Wisconsin-Madison,Madison https://www.wisc.edu/ Wisconsin, United States Analytical, Chemical Biology, Chemistry Education, Inorganic, Materials, Organic, Physical, Theoretical/Computational.
25 Monash University, Melbourne https://www.monash.edu/ Victoria, Australia Main Group (And Transition Metal) Chemistry, Ionic Liquids and Electroactive Materials for Sustainable Chemistry,Fine Chemical Synthesis Using Elementally Sustainable Approaches to Catalysis. Green Ammonia, Chemistry and Science Education.
26 University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam https://www.uva.nl/en Amsterdam, Netherlands Biomolecular Systems, Nanoporous Materials and Soft Matter, Computational Methods and Machine Learning, Chemical Reactivity, Catalysis, and Molecular Modelling, Sustainable Chemistry.
27 The University of Sydney, Sydney https://www.sydney.edu.au/ Sydney, Australia Chemistry Education and Communication Research, Functional Energy Materials, Molecular Innovations in Health, Self-Assembled Nanomaterials.
28 University of California, Davis https://www.ucdavis.edu/ California, United States Analytical Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Chemistry Education, Environmental Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry.
29 The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong https://hkust.edu.hk/ Hong Kong Method Development and Applications for Environmental and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Food and Drug Analysis, Microfluidics.
30 University of California, Santa Barbara https://www.ucsb.edu/ California, United States Organic & Bioorganic, Inorganic & Organometallic, Materials Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Theory & Computation, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Molecular Design & Synthesis, Biomedical Sciences, Biology, Inspired Chemistry & Physics, Energy, Catalysis & Green Chemistry, Devices, Assembly and Nano chemistry, Structural Chemistry, Structural Biology, Spectroscopy, and Advanced Analysis.
31 University of North Carolina https://www.unc.edu/ North Carolina, United States Analytical, Biological, Inorganic, Organic, Physical, And Polymer and Materials Chemistry.
32 Australian National University https://www.anu.edu.au/ Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Chemical Biology, Materials Chemistry and Chemical Synthesis, Analytical Chemistry and Sensors, Catalysis, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, Energy, Environment and Green Chemistry, Functional Materials and Interfaces, Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Development, Inorganic Chemistry and Organometallic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, Soft Matter, Supramolecular Chemistry.
33 Leiden University https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en Leiden, Netherlands Bio-organic Synthesis, Biophysical Organic Chemistry, Biophysical Structural Chemistry, Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Macromolecular Biochemistry, Metals in Catalysis, Biomimetics & Inorganic Materials, Molecular Physiology, Supramolecular & Biomaterials Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry.
34 University of Bristol https://www.bristol.ac.uk/ Bristol, United Kingdom Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis, Materials Chemistry, Main Group Chemistry, Organic and Biological Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.
35 Max Planck Institute for Chemistry https://www.mpic.de/2285/en Mainz, Germany Atmospheric Chemistry, Reactive Processes, Optical Spectroscopy, Radical Measurements, Organic Reactive Species, Numerical modeling, Biogeochemistry, Climate Chemistry, Multiphase Chemistry, Particle Chemistry.