Setting up your own scientific laboratory is no easy task, but this year’s respondents are using their postdoc experiences to prepare for the challenge.
Cristina Luiggi

See all the ranking results from this year's survey. Review the strengths and weaknesses of the Top 40 US institutions in online tables. Also, breakdown the Top 15 US and Top 10 international institutions by the numbers and learn more about this year's respondents.

Postdocs at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution rave about the freedom they’re afforded in the lab, earning the marine institute the #2 spot among this year’s US institutions.

It’s the diversity at University College London, also known as “London’s Global University,” that UCL postdocs say makes their years at this year’s #1 international institution so enriching.

There’s a long list of hurdles that come along with choosing to do a postdoc abroad, but the hardest thing for many international postdocs is getting over the culture shock. Here are a few tips from those who’ve done it.