Best Universities for Neurosurgery in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Neurosurgery. A graph of 1.54M citations received by 79.3K academic papers made by 696 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.

2. Harvard University

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$17,525

3. Capital Medical University

For Neurosurgery

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1960

4. University of Toronto

For Neurosurgery

#1 in Canada
Enrollment
102,431
Founded
1827

5. Sapienza University of Rome

For Neurosurgery

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

6. University of California - San Francisco

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
3,007
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1864

7. Johns Hopkins University

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$26,017

8. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Neurosurgery

#3 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
28,413
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1386

9. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
39%
Net Price
$12,328
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$2,018

12. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Receiving Aid
69%

13. University of California - Los Angeles

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
9%
Receiving Aid
59%
Average Aid
$25,627
Enrollment
47,335

15. University of Pittsburgh

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
74%

16. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Neurosurgery

#6 in Europe
#1 in France
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,114
Founded
1150

19. University of Pennsylvania

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$23,570

20. Northwestern University

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1540
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,830

22. University of Oxford

For Neurosurgery

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

23. University of Virginia

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
57%

24. Lund University

For Neurosurgery

#11 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

25. University of Utah

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
79%

26. University of Milan

For Neurosurgery

#12 in Europe
#3 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
65,234
Founded
1924

27. University of Sao Paulo

For Neurosurgery

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

28. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Neurosurgery

#13 in Europe
#4 in Germany
Enrollment
37,473
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1965

29. University of Florida

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
24%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

31. Stanford University

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$25,078

32. Cornell University

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

33. Medical University of Vienna

For Neurosurgery

#15 in Europe
#1 in Austria
Enrollment
7,915
Founded
2004

34. University of Washington - Seattle

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
39%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$16,156
Enrollment
56,997

35. University of Munich

For Neurosurgery

#16 in Europe
#5 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
52,418
Founded
1472

36. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Neurosurgery

#17 in Europe
#6 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
33,132
Founded
1946

37. Sichuan University

For Neurosurgery

#3 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
44,200
Founded
1896

38. University of Padua

For Neurosurgery

#18 in Europe
#4 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
70,000
Founded
1222

39. University of Southern California

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
10%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$43,412

40. Yonsei University

For Neurosurgery

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

41. University of Ulm

For Neurosurgery

#19 in Europe
#7 in Germany
Enrollment
10,164
Founded
1967

43. Columbia University

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

44. University of Verona

For Neurosurgery

#21 in Europe
#6 in Italy
Enrollment
23,000
Founded
1959

45. University of Miami

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$45,397

46. Hacettepe University

For Neurosurgery

#5 in Asia
#1 in Turkey
Acceptance Rate
79%
Enrollment
44,937
Male:Female
44:56
Founded
1967

47. Federico II University of Naples

For Neurosurgery

#22 in Europe
#7 in Italy
Enrollment
80,000
Founded
1224

48. Catholic University of America

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
83%
Net Price
$32,705
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$42,657

49. New York University

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$30,325

50. McGill University

For Neurosurgery

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
37,888
Founded
1821

51. Fudan University

For Neurosurgery

#6 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

53. Baylor College of Medicine

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,774
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1900

54. University of British Columbia

For Neurosurgery

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
52%
Enrollment
71,201
Founded
1908

55. University of Bonn

For Neurosurgery

#24 in Europe
#9 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

56. Karolinska Institute

For Neurosurgery

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

57. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,261
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1963

59. Tel Aviv University

For Neurosurgery

#7 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

60. Tohoku University

For Neurosurgery

#8 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
17,975
Founded
1907

61. University of Illinois at Chicago

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
80%

62. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Neurosurgery

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

63. University of Hamburg

For Neurosurgery

#27 in Europe
#10 in Germany
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

64. Hannover Medical School

For Neurosurgery

#28 in Europe
#11 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
3,843
Founded
1965

65. Tehran University of Medical Sciences

For Neurosurgery

#10 in Asia
#1 in Iran
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
14,440
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1934

66. University of Zurich

For Neurosurgery

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

67. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Neurosurgery

#30 in Europe
#12 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
39,658
Founded
1743

69. Nagoya University

For Neurosurgery

#12 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
15,959
Founded
1939

70. University of Alabama at Birmingham

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
95%

71. Istanbul University

For Neurosurgery

#13 in Asia
#2 in Turkey
Enrollment
35,190
Founded
1933

72. Peking University

For Neurosurgery

#14 in Asia
#5 in China
Enrollment
44,730
Founded
1898

73. Saarland University

For Neurosurgery

#31 in Europe
#13 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
16,250
Founded
1948

74. University of Bergen

For Neurosurgery

#32 in Europe
#1 in Norway
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1946

75. Yale University

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

76. Seoul National University

For Neurosurgery

#15 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

77. University of Tubingen

For Neurosurgery

#33 in Europe
#14 in Germany
Enrollment
28,238
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1477

78. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
81%

80. Emory University

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,303

81. Case Western Reserve University

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
37%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$44,000

82. Oregon Health & Science University

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
2,942
Male:Female
30:70
Founded
1887

83. University of Tokyo

For Neurosurgery

#17 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
28,918
Founded
1877

85. Washington University in St Louis

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$22,408

86. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
69%

87. University of Calgary

For Neurosurgery

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

88. Ege University

For Neurosurgery

#18 in Asia
#3 in Turkey
Founded
1955

89. University of Cologne

For Neurosurgery

#35 in Europe
#15 in Germany
Enrollment
52,204
Founded
1388

90. Catholic University of Korea

For Neurosurgery

#19 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
14,297
Founded
1855

92. Kyushu University

For Neurosurgery

#21 in Asia
#4 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
18,813
Founded
1911

94. University of Wurzburg

For Neurosurgery

#37 in Europe
#16 in Germany
Enrollment
27,149
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1402

95. University of Cincinnati

For Neurosurgery

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
88%

96. University of Freiburg

For Neurosurgery

#38 in Europe
#17 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
23,938
Founded
1457

97. University of Marburg

For Neurosurgery

#39 in Europe
#18 in Germany
Enrollment
22,612
Founded
1527

98. Catholic University of Leuven

For Neurosurgery

#40 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

99. Umea University

For Neurosurgery

#41 in Europe
#3 in Sweden
Enrollment
34,237
Founded
1965

100. University of Gottingen

For Neurosurgery

#42 in Europe
#19 in Germany
Enrollment
31,619
Founded
1734