Best Biomedical Engineering Universities in the World [2026 Rankings]

1

United States | Massachusetts

Harvard University

For Biomedical Engineering

#1 in North America #1 in United States

4% Acceptance

1,489 Enrollment

1545 Avg SAT

1636 Founded

2

United States | Massachusetts

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Biomedical Engineering

#2 in North America #2 in United States

5% Acceptance

4,535 Enrollment

1550 Avg SAT

1861 Founded

3

United States | Michigan

University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

For Biomedical Engineering

#3 in North America #3 in United States

16% Acceptance

10,603 Enrollment

1445 Avg SAT

1817 Founded

4

United States | California

Stanford University

For Biomedical Engineering

#4 in North America #4 in United States

4% Acceptance

47,335 Enrollment

1545 Avg SAT

1885 Founded

5

United States | Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh

For Biomedical Engineering

#5 in North America #5 in United States

58% Acceptance

25,900 Enrollment

1370 Avg SAT

1787 Founded

6

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Biomedical Engineering

#1 in Europe #1 in United Kingdom

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

7

Singapore | Singapore City

National University of Singapore

For Biomedical Engineering

#1 in Asia #1 in Singapore

20% Acceptance

30,098 Enrollment

1905 Founded

8

United States | Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

For Biomedical Engineering

#6 in North America #6 in United States

5% Acceptance

1,947 Enrollment

1540 Avg SAT

1740 Founded

9

Canada | Ontario

University of Toronto

For Biomedical Engineering

#7 in North America #1 in Canada

54% Acceptance

102,431 Enrollment

1827 Founded

10

China | Shanghai

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Biomedical Engineering

#2 in Asia #1 in China

20% Acceptance

47,000 Enrollment

1896 Founded

11

United States | Washington

University of Washington – Seattle

For Biomedical Engineering

#8 in North America #7 in United States

39% Acceptance

47,335 Enrollment

1315 Avg SAT

1861 Founded

12

United States | Maryland

Johns Hopkins University

For Biomedical Engineering

#9 in North America #8 in United States

6% Acceptance

6,636 Enrollment

1545 Avg SAT

1876 Founded

13

China | Chengdu

Sichuan University

For Biomedical Engineering

#3 in Asia #2 in China

37% Acceptance

44,200 Enrollment

1896 Founded

14

United States | Georgia, US

Georgia Institute of Technology

For Biomedical Engineering

#10 in North America #9 in United States

14% Acceptance

1,070 Enrollment

1455 Avg SAT

1885 Founded

15

United States | California

University of California-San Diego

For Biomedical Engineering

#11 in North America #10 in United States

27% Acceptance

47,335 Enrollment

1500 Avg SAT

1960 Founded

16

United States | Ohio

Case Western Reserve University

For Biomedical Engineering

#12 in North America #11 in United States

37% Acceptance

6,636 Enrollment

1485 Avg SAT

1826 Founded

17

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

For Biomedical Engineering

#2 in Europe #2 in United Kingdom

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

18

United States | California

University of California – Los Angeles

For Biomedical Engineering

#13 in North America #12 in United States

9% Acceptance

37,297 Enrollment

1500 Avg SAT

1919 Founded

19

United States | North Carolina

Duke University

For Biomedical Engineering

#14 in North America #13 in United States

6% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1535 Avg SAT

1838 Founded

20

United States | California

University of California – San Francisco

For Biomedical Engineering

#15 in North America #14 in United States

13% Acceptance

2,942 Enrollment

1100 Avg SAT

1864 Founded

21

United States | Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin – Madison

For Biomedical Engineering

#16 in North America #15 in United States

45% Acceptance

38,040 Enrollment

1450 Avg SAT

1848 Founded

22

Singapore | Singapore City

Nanyang Technological University

For Biomedical Engineering

#4 in Asia #2 in Singapore

38% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

1955 Founded

23

China | Hangzhou

Zhejiang University

For Biomedical Engineering

#5 in Asia #3 in China

20% Acceptance

60,739 Enrollment

1897 Founded

24

United States | New York State

Columbia University

For Biomedical Engineering

#17 in North America #16 in United States

4% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1545 Avg SAT

1754 Founded

25

China | Beijing

Tsinghua University

For Biomedical Engineering

#6 in Asia #4 in China

22% Acceptance

48,739 Enrollment

1911 Founded

26

United States | Massachusetts

Tufts University

For Biomedical Engineering

#18 in North America #17 in United States

11% Acceptance

7,126 Enrollment

1515 Avg SAT

1852 Founded

27

United States | Texas

Rice University

For Biomedical Engineering

#19 in North America #18 in United States

8% Acceptance

4,789 Enrollment

1540 Avg SAT

1891 Founded

28

United States | North Carolina

Wake Forest University

For Biomedical Engineering

#20 in North America #19 in United States

22% Acceptance

3,246 Enrollment

1465 Avg SAT

1834 Founded

29

United States | Illinois

Northwestern University

For Biomedical Engineering

#21 in North America #20 in United States

8% Acceptance

9,399 Enrollment

1540 Avg SAT

1851 Founded

30

United States | New York State

Cornell University

For Biomedical Engineering

#22 in North America #21 in United States

9% Acceptance

16,128 Enrollment

1535 Avg SAT

1865 Founded

31

United States | Utah

University of Utah

For Biomedical Engineering

#23 in North America #22 in United States

86% Acceptance

47,335 Enrollment

1285 Avg SAT

1850 Founded

32

Netherlands | Enschede

University of Twente

For Biomedical Engineering

#3 in Europe #1 in Netherlands

51% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1961 Founded

33

Japan | Tokyo

University of Tokyo

For Biomedical Engineering

#7 in Asia #1 in Japan

36% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1877 Founded

34

South Korea | Seoul

Seoul National University

For Biomedical Engineering

#8 in Asia #1 in South Korea

20% Acceptance

28,378 Enrollment

1946 Founded

35

United States | Minnesota

University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

For Biomedical Engineering

#24 in North America #23 in United States

80% Acceptance

15,019 Enrollment

1400 Avg SAT

1851 Founded

36

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Biomedical Engineering

#4 in Europe #1 in Switzerland

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

37

United States | Missouri

Washington University in St Louis

For Biomedical Engineering

#25 in North America #24 in United States

12% Acceptance

2,256 Enrollment

1535 Avg SAT

1853 Founded

38

Portugal | Braga

University of Minho

For Biomedical Engineering

#5 in Europe #1 in Portugal

40% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1973 Founded

39

Netherlands | Nijmegen

Radboud University

For Biomedical Engineering

#6 in Europe #2 in Netherlands

43% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1923 Founded

40

United States | Minnesota

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Biomedical Engineering

#26 in North America #25 in United States

39% Acceptance

1,677 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1972 Founded

41

United States | Texas

University of Texas at Austin

For Biomedical Engineering

#27 in North America #26 in United States

27% Acceptance

43,165 Enrollment

1380 Avg SAT

1883 Founded

42

Switzerland | Lausanne

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

For Biomedical Engineering

#7 in Europe #2 in Switzerland

23% Acceptance

12,576 Enrollment

43

United States | Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign

For Biomedical Engineering

#28 in North America #27 in United States

42% Acceptance

37,140 Enrollment

1415 Avg SAT

1867 Founded

44

Japan | Kyoto

Kyoto University

For Biomedical Engineering

#9 in Asia #2 in Japan

11% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1897 Founded

45

China | Beijing

Peking University

For Biomedical Engineering

#10 in Asia #5 in China

21% Acceptance

44,730 Enrollment

1898 Founded

46

Australia | Brisbane

Queensland University of Technology

For Biomedical Engineering

#1 in Oceania #1 in Australia

77% Acceptance

38,747 Enrollment

1989 Founded

47

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Biomedical Engineering

#8 in Europe #1 in Belgium

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

48

United States | Virginia

University of Virginia

For Biomedical Engineering

#29 in North America #28 in United States

17% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1475 Avg SAT

1819 Founded

49

Germany | Brandenburg

Charite – Medical University of Berlin

For Biomedical Engineering

#9 in Europe #1 in Germany

38% Acceptance

9,340 Enrollment

1710 Founded

50

United States | Florida

University of Florida

For Biomedical Engineering

#30 in North America #29 in United States

24% Acceptance

36,573 Enrollment

1400 Avg SAT

1853 Founded

51

Switzerland | Zurich

University of Zurich

For Biomedical Engineering

#10 in Europe #3 in Switzerland

19% Acceptance

25,732 Enrollment

52

Germany | Bavaria

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Biomedical Engineering

#11 in Europe #2 in Germany

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

53

South Korea | Seoul

Yonsei University

For Biomedical Engineering

#11 in Asia #2 in South Korea

18% Acceptance

29,502 Enrollment

1957 Founded

54

United States | California

University of Southern California

For Biomedical Engineering

#31 in North America #30 in United States

10% Acceptance

47,335 Enrollment

1500 Avg SAT

1880 Founded

55

United States | California

University of California – Berkeley

For Biomedical Engineering

#32 in North America #31 in United States

11% Acceptance

26,133 Enrollment

1175 Avg SAT

1868 Founded

56

United States | Indiana

Purdue University

For Biomedical Engineering

#33 in North America #32 in United States

50% Acceptance

44,819 Enrollment

1340 Avg SAT

1869 Founded

57

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Biomedical Engineering

#12 in Europe #3 in United Kingdom

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

58

United States | Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania State University

For Biomedical Engineering

#34 in North America #33 in United States

61% Acceptance

42,604 Enrollment

1330 Avg SAT

1855 Founded

59

United States | California

University of California – Davis

For Biomedical Engineering

#35 in North America #34 in United States

42% Acceptance

25,685 Enrollment

1545 Avg SAT

1905 Founded

60

Canada | Quebec State

McGill University

For Biomedical Engineering

#36 in North America #2 in Canada

46% Acceptance

37,888 Enrollment

1821 Founded

61

China | Wuhan

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Biomedical Engineering

#13 in Asia #7 in China

26% Acceptance

71,970 Enrollment

1953 Founded

62

Germany | Lower Saxony

Hannover Medical School

For Biomedical Engineering

#13 in Europe #3 in Germany

10% Acceptance

3,843 Enrollment

1965 Founded

63

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

RWTH Aachen University

For Biomedical Engineering

#14 in Europe #4 in Germany

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

64

United States | California

University of California – Irvine

For Biomedical Engineering

#37 in North America #35 in United States

29% Acceptance

47,335 Enrollment

1500 Avg SAT

1965 Founded

65

United States | Connecticut

Yale University

For Biomedical Engineering

#38 in North America #36 in United States

4% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1520 Avg SAT

1701 Founded

66

Netherlands | Eindhoven

Eindhoven University of Technology

For Biomedical Engineering

#15 in Europe #3 in Netherlands

50% Acceptance

13,069 Enrollment

1956 Founded

67

China | Shanghai

Fudan University

For Biomedical Engineering

#14 in Asia #8 in China

18% Acceptance

33,000 Enrollment

1905 Founded

68

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Biomedical Engineering

#16 in Europe #4 in United Kingdom

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

69

United States | Iowa State

University of Iowa

For Biomedical Engineering

#39 in North America #37 in United States

84% Acceptance

22,738 Enrollment

1230 Avg SAT

1847 Founded

70

United States | North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Biomedical Engineering

#40 in North America #38 in United States

15% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1460 Avg SAT

1789 Founded

71

Japan | Suita

Osaka University

For Biomedical Engineering

#15 in Asia #3 in Japan

13% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1931 Founded

72

Ireland | Dublin

Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

For Biomedical Engineering

#17 in Europe #1 in Ireland

48% Acceptance

20,430 Enrollment

1592 Founded

73

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Biomedical Engineering

#18 in Europe #5 in Germany

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

74

United States | Texas

Texas A&M University – College Station

For Biomedical Engineering

#41 in North America #39 in United States

57% Acceptance

60,710 Enrollment

1275 Avg SAT

1876 Founded

75

United States | Pennsylvania

Drexel University

For Biomedical Engineering

#42 in North America #40 in United States

79% Acceptance

10,603 Enrollment

1340 Avg SAT

1891 Founded

76

Japan | Sendai

Tohoku University

For Biomedical Engineering

#16 in Asia #4 in Japan

30% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1907 Founded

77

China | Guangzhou

Sun Yat – Sen University

For Biomedical Engineering

#17 in Asia #9 in China

30% Acceptance

65,638 Enrollment

1924 Founded

78

Australia | Sydney

University of Sydney

For Biomedical Engineering

#2 in Oceania #2 in Australia

71% Acceptance

63,602 Enrollment

1850 Founded

79

Switzerland | Bern

University of Bern

For Biomedical Engineering

#19 in Europe #4 in Switzerland

26% Acceptance

19,608 Enrollment

80

United States | Massachusetts

Boston University

For Biomedical Engineering

#43 in North America #41 in United States

11% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1475 Avg SAT

1869 Founded

81

Australia | St Lucia

University of Queensland

For Biomedical Engineering

#3 in Oceania #3 in Australia

70% Acceptance

48,771 Enrollment

1909 Founded

82

United States | Ohio

Ohio State University

For Biomedical Engineering

#44 in North America #42 in United States

61% Acceptance

10,603 Enrollment

1395 Avg SAT

1870 Founded

83

China | Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong

For Biomedical Engineering

#18 in Asia #10 in China

17% Acceptance

21,652 Enrollment

1911 Founded

84

Canada | British Columbia

University of British Columbia

For Biomedical Engineering

#45 in North America #3 in Canada

52% Acceptance

71,201 Enrollment

1908 Founded

85

China | Suzhou, Jiangsu

Soochow University

For Biomedical Engineering

#19 in Asia #11 in China

30% Acceptance

48,901 Enrollment

1899 Founded

86

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Biomedical Engineering

#20 in Europe #5 in United Kingdom

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

87

Germany | Bavaria

Technical University of Munich

For Biomedical Engineering

#21 in Europe #6 in Germany

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

88

United States | New York State

New York University

For Biomedical Engineering

#46 in North America #43 in United States

9% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1520 Avg SAT

1831 Founded

89

Israel | Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv University

For Biomedical Engineering

#20 in Asia #1 in Israel

44% Acceptance

30,000 Enrollment

1956 Founded

90

Brazil | Sao Paulo

University of Sao Paulo

For Biomedical Engineering

#1 in Latin America #1 in Brazil

9% Acceptance

97,964 Enrollment

1827 Founded

91

United States | New Jersey

Rutgers University – New Brunswick

For Biomedical Engineering

#47 in North America #44 in United States

58% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1405 Avg SAT

1766 Founded

92

Australia | Melbourne

University of Melbourne

For Biomedical Engineering

#4 in Oceania #4 in Australia

77% Acceptance

77,162 Enrollment

1853 Founded

93

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Biomedical Engineering

#22 in Europe #1 in Sweden

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

94

Germany | Bavaria

University of Munich

For Biomedical Engineering

#23 in Europe #7 in Germany

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

95

United States | North Carolina

North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Biomedical Engineering

#48 in North America #45 in United States

42% Acceptance

28,422 Enrollment

1385 Avg SAT

1887 Founded

96

Israel | Haifa

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

For Biomedical Engineering

#21 in Asia #2 in Israel

37% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1924 Founded

97

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

For Biomedical Engineering

#24 in Europe #6 in United Kingdom

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

98

Australia | Sydney

University of New South Wales

For Biomedical Engineering

#5 in Oceania #5 in Australia

60% Acceptance

63,864 Enrollment

1949 Founded

99

South Korea | Pohang

Pohang University of Science and Technology

For Biomedical Engineering

#22 in Asia #3 in South Korea

43% Acceptance

3,425 Enrollment

1986 Founded

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