A degree in medicine can lead to an immensely rewarding career. Whether
you become a doctor, researcher, or other medical professional, your
degree will help you contribute to a better human race.
The 2012 QS World University Ranking for Medicine lists the best universities in the world to study medicine. See the full university subject rankings below to find out which universities have performed the best in medicine this year.
The 2012 QS World University Ranking for Medicine lists the best universities in the world to study medicine. See the full university subject rankings below to find out which universities have performed the best in medicine this year.
Rank | School | AR | ER | CPP | Score | |
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1 |
Harvard University
United States |
100 | 100 | 95.7 | 97.9 | |
2 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
92.5 | 92.8 | 95.4 | 94 | |
3 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
93.2 | 93.8 | 93.9 | 93.6 | |
4 |
Stanford University
United States |
89.7 | 89.7 | 91.4 | 90.6 | |
5 |
Yale University
United States |
88.7 | 86.2 | 92.5 | 90.4 | |
6 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
86.9 | 86.2 | 93.7 | 90.2 | |
7 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
78.3 | 88.1 | 100 | 90.1 | |
8 |
Johns Hopkins University
United States |
89.6 | 73.4 | 91.8 | 89.1 | |
9 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
83.2 | 83.9 | 90.5 | 86.9 | |
10 |
Columbia University
United States |
80.7 | 79.5 | 93 | 86.7 | |
11 |
University of California, San Francisco
United States |
85.8 | 59.7 | 92.5 | 86.5 | |
12= |
Duke University
United States |
77.7 | 80.2 | 91.5 | 84.9 | |
12= |
University of Pennsylvania
United States |
79.2 | 76.2 | 91.2 | 84.9 | |
14 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
78.5 | 84.6 | 89.6 | 84.7 | |
15 |
The University of Melbourne
Australia |
81.6 | 86.6 | 85.5 | 84.1 | |
16 |
Mayo Medical School
United States |
73.7 | 65.9 | 95.8 | 84 | |
17= |
University of Michigan
United States |
76.1 | 83.2 | 89.8 | 83.7 | |
17= |
University of Toronto
Canada |
78.4 | 84.5 | 87.7 | 83.7 | |
19 |
McGill University
Canada |
77.4 | 77.9 | 89 | 83.3 | |
20 |
Karolinska Institute
Sweden |
78.8 | 77.9 | 87.7 | 83.2 | |
21 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
86.8 | 88 | 79 | 83 | |
22 |
University of Chicago
United States |
73.3 | 82.3 | 90.4 | 82.8 | |
23 |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States |
74.4 | 69.4 | 91.7 | 82.6 | |
24 |
Kings College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
73.9 | 72.4 | 90.3 | 82 | |
25 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
89.6 | 90.8 | 73.5 | 81.7 |
26 |
University of Washington
United States |
73 | 66.7 | 91.5 | 81.6 | ||||||||
27 |
Boston University
United States |
67.9 | 71.9 | 93.4 | 81.1 | ||||||||
28 |
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong |
80.2 | 79.7 | 81.9 | 81 | ||||||||
29 |
Cornell University
United States |
71.7 | 84.1 | 87.4 | 80.8 | ||||||||
30 |
McMaster University
Canada |
71.1 | 73.4 | 89.6 | 80.6 | ||||||||
31 |
The University of Sydney
Australia |
77 | 86.3 | 82 | 80.4 | ||||||||
32 |
Washington University in St. Louis
United States |
69.5 | 53.7 | 93.6 | 80 | ||||||||
33 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
71.2 | 78.9 | 86.3 | 79.5 | ||||||||
34 |
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
65.6 | 84.6 | 89.1 | 79.3 | ||||||||
35 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States |
65.5 | 72.2 | 90.9 | 78.9 | ||||||||
36 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
80 | 85 | 76.3 | 78.7 | ||||||||
37 |
University of Pittsburgh
United States |
64 | 69.1 | 92.1 | 78.6 | ||||||||
38 |
University of Zurich
Switzerland |
63.7 | 72.7 | 91.3 | 78.4 | ||||||||
39= |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
67.2 | 56.3 | 91.6 | 78.3 | ||||||||
39= |
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands |
70 | 65.1 | 87.6 | 78.3 | ||||||||
41 |
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Germany |
74.5 | 77.6 | 81.1 | 78.1 | ||||||||
42= |
Monash University
Australia |
74.5 | 85.4 | 79.4 | 78 | ||||||||
42= |
University of Helsinki
Finland |
64.4 | 79.1 | 88.6 | 78 | ||||||||
44= |
Baylor College of Medicine
United States |
67.5 | 59.1 | 89.7 | 77.8 | ||||||||
44= |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
69.2 | 75.9 | 85.1 | 77.8 | ||||||||
46 |
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany |
67.2 | 73.6 | 85.9 | 77.2 | ||||||||
47 |
Northwestern University
United States |
64.5 | 73.4 | 87.6 | 76.9 | ||||||||
48= |
Australian National University
Australia |
69.1 | 91 | 79.7 | 76.6 | ||||||||
48= |
The University of Queensland
Australia |
72 | 86.9 | 78.3 | 76.6 | ||||||||
50= |
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Germany |
67.9 | 67.6 | 85 | 76.4 |