Best Medical Schools in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Medicine. A graph of 329M citations received by 10.4M academic papers made by 4,739 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Harvard University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

2. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
49%
Net Price
$11,188
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$2,100

3. Johns Hopkins University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
8%
Net Price
$20,680
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$45,373

4. University of California - San Francisco

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
3,165
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

5. University of Washington - Seattle

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

7. University of Pennsylvania

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

8. University of Pittsburgh

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
78%

9. University of California - Los Angeles

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

10. Stanford University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

11. University of Toronto

For Medicine

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

12. Duke University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

13. Yale University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

14. Washington University in St Louis

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,298

15. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

17. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

18. Columbia University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

19. University of California-San Diego

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

21. Emory University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$28,367

22. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

23. Northwestern University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$29,999

24. Karolinska Institute

For Medicine

#2 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Enrollment
8,070
Founded
1861

27. University of British Columbia

For Medicine

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

28. Cornell University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

29. University of Southern California

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

30. Baylor College of Medicine

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,596
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1900

31. New York University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

32. University of Sao Paulo

For Medicine

#1 in Brazil
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
97,964
Founded
1827

33. Ohio State University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

34. Imperial College London

For Medicine

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

35. University of Florida

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

36. University of Sydney

For Medicine

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

38. University of Chicago

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,727

39. University of Munich

For Medicine

#7 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
50,918
Founded
1472

40. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
89%
Average SAT
1281
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

41. Case Western Reserve University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$38,166

42. University of California - Davis

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$17,628
Enrollment
40,050

43. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,249
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1963

44. University of Miami

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
28%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$34,492

45. University of Zurich

For Medicine

#8 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
25,732

47. Indiana University - Bloomington

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
79%

48. University of Tokyo

For Medicine

#1 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,133
Founded
1877

49. University of Melbourne

For Medicine

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

50. McGill University

For Medicine

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
40,036
Founded
1821

51. Boston University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$25,852

53. McMaster University

For Medicine

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
30,117
Founded
1887

55. Utrecht University

For Medicine

#11 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1636

56. University of Iowa

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
87%

57. University of Copenhagen

For Medicine

#12 in Europe
#1 in Denmark
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

58. University of Amsterdam

For Medicine

#13 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
31,123
Founded
1632

59. University of Utah

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
89%

60. Vanderbilt University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,553

61. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
81%

63. University of Milan

For Medicine

#15 in Europe
#1 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
65,234
Founded
1924

64. University of Rochester

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,125

65. Oregon Health & Science University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
2,984
Male:Female
31:69
Founded
1887

66. Osaka University

For Medicine

#2 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
23,044
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

67. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Medicine

#16 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
28,413
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1386

69. Lund University

For Medicine

#17 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

70. Kyoto University

For Medicine

#3 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Male:Female
76:24
Founded
1897

71. University of Alberta

For Medicine

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

74. University of Virginia

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
21%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
63%

75. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Medicine

#4 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

76. University of Texas at Austin

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

77. University of Maryland, Baltimore

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
7,244
Male:Female
26:74
Founded
1807

78. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

79. University of Arizona

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

80. Sapienza University of Rome

For Medicine

#20 in Europe
#2 in Italy
Enrollment
100,155
Founded
1303

81. Wayne State University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1145
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
99%

83. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

84. University of Calgary

For Medicine

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

85. Tufts University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$31,630

88. University of California - Irvine

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505

89. Western University

For Medicine

#7 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Enrollment
27,300
Founded
1878

90. Sun Yat - Sen University

For Medicine

#5 in Asia
#2 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
65,638
Founded
1924

91. Peking University

For Medicine

#6 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
35,915
Founded
1898

92. Fudan University

For Medicine

#7 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

93. University of Hong Kong

For Medicine

#8 in Asia
#5 in China
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
21,652
Founded
1911

94. University of Kentucky

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
94%
Average SAT
1207
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
94%

95. University of California - Berkeley

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

96. Chinese University of Hong Kong

For Medicine

#9 in Asia
#6 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1963

98. University of Helsinki

For Medicine

#24 in Europe
#1 in Finland
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

99. Brown University

For Medicine

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$25,028

100. Yonsei University

For Medicine

#10 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
29,502
Founded
1957