The new life sciences subject ranking by Times Higher Education Ranking 2018 is led by Harvard University, while unlike medicine ranking released along with it, 11 Indian universities found their place in the top 500. From India, the list has Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay in top 300, while Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and IIT Delhi found their positions in top 400.
IISc Bangalore was the top Indian university when Times Higher Education declared its overall World University Rankings 2018 in September.
The top ten has universities from United States of America and United Kingdom only. UK universities University of Cambridge and University of Oxford were placed in number three and three respectively.
Top 11 Universities For Life Science
1. Harvard University, United States
2. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
3. University of Oxford, United Kingdom
4. Stanford University, United States
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
6. Johns Hopkins University, United States
7. Princeton University, United States
8, California Institute of Technology, United States
9. Yale University, United States
10. Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Top 10 Indian Universities For Life Science
201–250*: Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
251–300: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
301–400: Aligarh Muslim University
301–400: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
401–500: Annamalai University
401–500: University of Calcutta
401–500: University of Delhi
401–500: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
401–500: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
401–500: Panjab University
401–500: Savitribai Phule Pune University
In Medicine subject category which was released along with Life Sciences, Oxford University was ranked as the world’s best institution for the seventh consecutive year, while the University of Cambridge and Harvard University jointly shared second place.
