World Top Medical Schools in 2026

The top medical school ranked in the world in the year 2026, as listed by different websites and lists

With thousands of medical schools to choose from, if you want to study medicine, you might not be sure which university is the one for you. If you want to study at one of the most prestigious medical schools, check out the latest QS University Rankings by Subject, which currently features 400 of the world’s top medical schools.

The ranking is compiled based on global surveys of academics and employers, alongside data on research citations (find out more about the methodology here). See below for an overview of the world’s leading medical departments, based on the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026

World’s Top Medical Schools in 2026

Here is a consolidated list of 100 medical schools that were widely regarded as top-tier institutions in 2016, drawn from the major global ranking systems (QS, THE, ARWU, and U.S. News). The list is organized by region and then alphabetically for clarity, as most ranking systems did not publish a single, flat list of 100 for that year.

🇺🇸 United States (35 schools)

1. Albert Einstein College of Medicine
2. Baylor College of Medicine
3. Boston University School of Medicine
4. Brown University (Alpert)
5. California Institute of Technology (Caltech) – strong in biosciences
6. Case Western Reserve University
7. Columbia University (Vagelos)
8. Cornell University (Weill)
9. Dartmouth College (Geisel)
10. Duke University
11. Emory University
12. George Washington University
13. Georgetown University
14. Harvard University
15. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
16. Indiana University–Indianapolis
17. Johns Hopkins University
18. Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
19. Northwestern University (Feinberg)
20. New York University (Grossman)
21. Ohio State University
22. Stanford University
23. Tufts University
24. University of Alabama–Birmingham
25. University of California–Davis
26. University of California–Irvine
27. University of California–Los Angeles (Geffen)
28. University of California–San Diego
29. University of California–San Francisco
30. University of Chicago (Pritzker)
31. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
32. University of Pennsylvania (Perelman)
33. University of Pittsburgh
34. University of Washington
35. Yale University

🇬🇧 United Kingdom (12 schools)

36. Cardiff University
37. Imperial College London
38. King’s College London
39. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
40. Newcastle University
41. Queen Mary University of London
42. University of Birmingham
43. University of Bristol
44. University of Cambridge
45. University of Edinburgh
46. University of Glasgow
47. University of Oxford

🇪🇺 Europe (excluding UK) (15 schools)

48. Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium)
49. Charité – Berlin University of Medicine (Germany)
50. Heidelberg University (Germany)
51. Karolinska Institute (Sweden)
52. LMU Munich (Germany)
53. Lund University (Sweden)
54. Paris Descartes University (France)
55. Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)
56. University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
57. University of Barcelona (Spain)
58. University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
59. University of Geneva (Switzerland)
60. University of Helsinki (Finland)
61. University of Zurich (Switzerland)
62. Uppsala University (Sweden)

🇨🇦 Canada (8 schools)

63. Laval University
64. McGill University
65. McMaster University
66. University of Alberta
67. University of British Columbia
68. University of Calgary
69. University of Montreal
70. University of Toronto

🇦🇺 Australia & New Zealand (10 schools)

71. Australian National University (ANU)
72. Monash University
73. University of Adelaide
74. University of Auckland (New Zealand)
75. University of Melbourne
76. University of New South Wales (UNSW)
77. University of Otago (New Zealand)
78. University of Queensland
79. University of Sydney
80. University of Western Australia

🇦🇸 Asia (15 schools)

81. Chinese University of Hong Kong
82. Kyoto University (Japan)
83. National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
84. National University of Singapore (Singapore)
85. Peking University (China)
86. Seoul National University (South Korea)
87. Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)
88. Tel Aviv University (Israel)
89. Tsinghua University (China)
90. University of Hong Kong
91. University of Tokyo (Japan)
92. Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
93. Yonsei University (South Korea)
94. Keio University (Japan)
95. Osaka University (Japan)

🌍 Rest of World (Middle East, Africa, South America) (5 schools)

96. King Saud University (Saudi Arabia)
97. University of Cape Town (South Africa)
98. University of São Paulo (Brazil)
99. American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
100. University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

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