In order to qualify for inclusion in the QS World University Rankings®, - Medicine 2015, universities must offer a course or the option to specialize in these disciplines, and meet the discipline specific threshold for papers published.
Rank 2015
Rank 2014
Institution
Country
Academic
Employer
Citations
Score
1
1
Harvard University
United States
100
100
96.4
100
99.1
2
2
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
95.2
98.3
96.5
94
95.5
3
3
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
96.2
97.9
95.8
89.6
94.6
4
6
Johns Hopkins University
United States
91.3
75.1
95.5
98.3
92.5
5
4
Stanford University
United States
90.7
92.6
93.2
90.2
91.4
6
9
University of California, San Francisco
United States
89.9
69.7
96.5
96.8
91.3
7
5
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States
88.2
87.3
94
92.9
90.7
8
7
Yale University
United States
88.7
89.3
92.8
89.5
90
9
16
Karolinska Institute
Sweden
91
80
90.8
88.8
89.3
10
8
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom
84.6
88.3
92.2
94
89.2
11
10
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
86.7
86.4
93.1
87.4
88.4
11
11
University of Pennsylvania
United States
82.8
79.6
94.4
94.7
88.4
13
15
Duke University
United States
79.2
80.9
96.9
96.7
88.2
13
14
University of Toronto
Canada
82.3
80.3
93
96
88.2
15
13
Columbia University
United States
81.3
83.1
95.1
92.7
87.8
16
18
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States
84.2
93.7
97.2
78.3
86.9
17
17
The University of Sydney
Australia
84.5
88.2
89.1
85.3
86.2
18
12
The University of Melbourne
Australia
84
88.7
87.2
82.8
85
19
23
University of Washington
United States
76.7
72
93.5
93.8
84.7
20
20
The University of Tokyo
Japan
88.4
93.8
83.6
75.5
84.5
21
21=
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
87.9
94.1
85.1
72.9
84.1
22
26
McGill University
Canada
79.2
78.3
91.4
85.7
83.8
22
28
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States
74.9
74.6
94.6
91.1
83.8
24
19
King's College London (KCL)
United Kingdom
78.4
80.6
90.4
86.6
83.7
25
24=
Washington University in St. Louis
United States
75.4
69.4
94.6
90.3
83.3
26
39
University of British Columbia
Canada
76.7
80.9
90.8
87.1
83.2
27
21=
University of Michigan
United States
73.4
74.6
92.7
92.1
83
28
24=
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
84.8
86.8
85.6
74.2
82.6
29
32
New York University (NYU)
United States
74.8
78.5
90.9
86.9
82.2
30
36=
Cornell University
United States
75.8
79.7
91
84.4
82.1
31
29=
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
75.2
75.4
92.6
84.4
81.9
32
51-100
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
United Kingdom
73.4
70.7
96.4
83.6
81.4
33
27
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands
74.2
61
93.6
88.1
81.2
33
50
McMaster University
Canada
72.3
61.1
97.1
87.7
81.2
35
51-100
Baylor College of Medicine
United States
76.8
62.7
92.3
84.2
81.1
36
33
Monash University
Australia
79.7
80.2
85.1
78
80.7
37
46=
University of Chicago
United States
73.7
68.7
92.3
84.7
80.6
37
34
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
69.8
80.4
90.7
87.7
80.6
39
38
Mayo Medical School
United States
82.8
50.8
95
73.7
80.4
39
31
Ruprecht-Karls-Universitä,t Heidelberg
Germany
75.8
72.7
88.3
83.1
80.4
41
43
National Taiwan University (NTU)
Taiwan
81.9
88.6
83.1
71.1
80.2
42
46=
University of Pittsburgh
United States
74
46.2
91.9
90.3
79.8
43
51-100
Northwestern University
United States
68.9
75.2
91.6
86.7
79.7
43
29=
The University of New South Wales
Australia
76
87.1
84.7
77.6
79.7
45
41
University of Zurich (UZH)
Switzerland
71.6
69.5
91.9
84.3
79.6
46
35
Kyoto University
Japan
79.8
85.4
83
73.2
79.5
46
44=
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
70.7
68.5
91.3
86.3
79.5
48
51-100
Seoul National University
Korea, South
78.2
81.5
83.4
76.6
79.4
49
42
The University of Queensland
Australia
75.3
81.4
85.6
78.4
79.3
50
36=
Leiden University
Netherlands
68.3
74.6
91.7
84.5
78.8
51-100
51-100
Aarhus University
Denmark
56.6
76.2
91.4
82.4
51-100
51-100
Australian National University
Australia
71.7
84.4
85.5
63.2
51-100
48
Boston University
United States
64.3
70.2
94.4
86.7
51-100
101-150
Brown University
United States
58.8
64.4
90.8
80.2
51-100
101-150
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States
70.8
66.4
90.7
69.8
51-100
101-150
Eberhard Karls Universitä,t Tü,bingen
Germany
62.3
66.4
87.2
77.1
51-100
51-100
Emory University
United States
63
51.4
92.8
89.4
51-100
51-100
KU Leuven
Belgium
69.5
66.6
87.6
76.6
51-100
44=
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitä,t Mü,nchen
Germany
69.1
74.8
87.2
83.9
51-100
51-100
Lund University
Sweden
65
68.7
88.4
77.9
51-100
51-100
Maastricht University
Netherlands
65.9
64.1
91.4
82.4
51-100
101-150
Mahidol University
Thailand
74.8
74.2
81.5
65.1
51-100
101-150
Medical University of Vienna
Austria
73.2
23.6
90.9
81.9
51-100
101-150
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
United States
63.4
26.3
93.4
85
51-100
51-100
Osaka University
Japan
70.1
78.2
81.5
70.4
51-100
101-150
Peking University
China
77.1
88.2
75.8
67.7
51-100
51-100
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)
United Kingdom
55.6
66.1
94.8
79.2
51-100
51-100
Rockefeller University
United States
66.6
67.1
100
71.9
51-100
51-100
Technische Universitä,t Mü,nchen
Germany
67.4
71.4
90.8
79.1
51-100
49
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
75.4
83.9
85.7
70.2
51-100
51-100
The University of Adelaide
Australia
68.3
76.1
84.7
69.6
51-100
51-100
The University of Auckland
New Zealand
71.5
83.6
87.2
69.1
51-100
40
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom
69.4
77.1
88.2
78.4
51-100
51-100
The University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
59.7
69.1
87.9
78
51-100
51-100
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
United States
66.9
26.3
93.6
87.8
51-100
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
United States
61.5
39.1
95.7
85.6
51-100
51-100
The University of Western Australia
Australia
69.4
71.2
86.5
74.1
51-100
51-100
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
62.7
70.1
89.5
72.9
51-100
51-100
University of Milan
Italy
70.4
63.2
86.4
79.9
51-100
51-100
University of Bologna
Italy
64.9
68.3
88.6
77.6
51-100
51-100
University of Barcelona
Spain
69.4
66.1
87.4
76.4
51-100
101-150
Universitä,t Frankfurt am Main
Germany
57.9
66.1
93.6
79.6
51-100
101-150
Universitä,t Freiburg
Germany
61.8
64.2
88.6
77.4
51-100
51-100
Université, de Montré,al
Canada
59.2
65.5
91.3
83.7
51-100
101-150
University of Alberta
Canada
58.5
70.1
89.1
81.1
51-100
101-150
University of Basel
Switzerland
62.5
67.6
92
81.3
51-100
51-100
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
59.6
72.4
91.4
79.9
51-100
51-100
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
63.1
73.7
92.4
77.1
51-100
51-100
University of Calgary
Canada
59
68.3
91.4
81.4
51-100
University of Colorado, Denver
United States
53
52.4
95.4
88.8
51-100
51-100
University of Geneva
Switzerland
66.3
67.4
90.8
81.8
51-100
51-100
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
64.6
69
93.9
82.2
51-100
51-100
University of Helsinki
Finland
64.1
78.2
91.6
80
51-100
101-150
University of Massachusetts Medical School - Worcester