MIT, Ranked World's Best University for Chemistry by QS WUR 2022

In the development of science and technology, chemistry plays a key role. Unsurprisingly, chemistry programs remain popular among prospective students.

Prospective students interested in studying chemistry abroad need to choose universities with the best chemistry programs in the world.

According to the QS World University Ranking (QS WUR) by Subject 2022, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is ranked as the university with the best chemistry program globally, scoring 97.2 out of 100.

MIT's undergraduate chemistry program has produced many prominent alumni throughout history, such as James Mason Crafts, an American chemist known for developing the Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation reactions with Charles Friedel in 1876.

MIT is not only ranked best for its Chemistry program but also the number 1 university in the world according to the QS WUR 2022.

Besides MIT, Harvard University is ranked second with a score of 96.5. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Next is Stanford University, scoring 95.5, followed by the University of Cambridge and the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) with scores of 94.7 and 94 respectively.

The QS WUR ranking uses four indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, research citations per paper, and H-index citations.

Here is a complete list of the top 10 universities with the best chemistry programs in the world:

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
2. Harvard University
3. Stanford University
4. University of Cambridge
5. University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
6. University of Oxford
7. Nanyang Technological University
8. National University of Singapore (NUS)
9. EPFL
10. California Institute of Technology

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