The rankings of universities majoring in biology are as follows: Peking University, Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China Agricultural University, Nanjing University, University of Science and Technology of China, Wuhan University, Huazhong Agricultural University, Nankai University, Northeast Normal University, etc.

Biology (biology or life science for short) is a science to explore life phenomena and the laws of life activities, and it is a basic subject in natural science. Its research object is the structure, function, occurrence and development law of organisms (including plants, animals and microorganisms). Its purpose is to clarify and control life activities, transform nature and serve the practice of agriculture, industry and medicine.

For thousands of years, human beings have accumulated rich knowledge about plants, animals, microorganisms and the human body in the practice of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, fishery and medicine. From 65438 to 0859, the British naturalist Darwin published The Origin of Species, which established the materialist view of biological evolution and promoted the rapid development of biology.

In ancient times before the development of natural science, people were puzzled by colorful creatures. They often regard life and inanimate objects as two completely different and unrelated fields, and think that life is not dominated by the laws of motion of inanimate objects.

Many people also attribute all kinds of life phenomena to an immaterial force, that is, the role of "vitality". These groundless speculations have been gradually abandoned with the development of biology and have no place in modern biology.