Best Universities for Neurosurgery in the World

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Neurosurgery. A graph of 1.01M citations received by 61.6K academic papers made by 544 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. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Neurosurgery

#1 in Europe

#1 in the United Kingdom

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. Harvard University

United States | Massachusetts

For Neurosurgery

#1 in North America

#1 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 3%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $19,491

3. University of Toronto

Canada | Ontario

For Neurosurgery

#2 in North America

#1 in Canada

Enrollment: 27,651
Founded: 1827

4. Sapienza University of Rome

For Neurosurgery

#2 in Europe

#1 in Italy

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

5. Capital Medical University

China | Beijing

For Neurosurgery

#1 in Asia

#1 in China

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1960

6. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Italy | Lombardy

For Neurosurgery

#3 in Europe

#2 in Italy

Founded: 1921

7. Johns Hopkins University

United States | Maryland

For Neurosurgery

#3 in North America

#2 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $24,034

8. University of California - San Francisco

United States | California

For Neurosurgery

#4 in North America

#3 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 3,140
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1864

9. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Neurosurgery

#4 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 28,413
Male:Female: 45:55
Founded: 1386

10. All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi

India | Haryana

For Neurosurgery

#2 in Asia

#1 in India

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1956

11. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

United States | Minnesota

For Neurosurgery

#5 in North America

#4 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Net Price: $11,830
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $2,182

12. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

United States | Michigan

For Neurosurgery

#6 in North America

#5 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 74%

13. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Neurosurgery

#5 in Europe

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

14. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Neurosurgery

#6 in Europe

#1 in France

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 35,114
Founded: 1150

15. University of Pittsburgh

United States | Pennsylvania

For Neurosurgery

#7 in North America

#6 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1375
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 87%

16. Northwestern University

United States | Illinois

For Neurosurgery

#8 in North America

#7 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $22,095

17. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Neurosurgery

#7 in Europe

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

18. University of Virginia

United States | Virginia

For Neurosurgery

#9 in North America

#8 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 33
Receiving Aid: 54%

19. University of California - Los Angeles

United States | California

For Neurosurgery

#10 in North America

#9 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Receiving Aid: 57%
Average Aid: $21,766
Enrollment: 46,430

20. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Neurosurgery

#8 in Europe

#2 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

21. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Neurosurgery

#9 in Europe

#3 in the United Kingdom

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

22. Lund University

For Neurosurgery

#10 in Europe

#1 in Sweden

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

23. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Neurosurgery

#11 in Europe

Enrollment: 37,473
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 1965

24. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Neurosurgery

#12 in Europe

#1 in Switzerland

Enrollment: 18,576

25. University of Southern California

United States | California

For Neurosurgery

#11 in North America

#10 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $36,808

26. University of Pennsylvania

United States | Pennsylvania

For Neurosurgery

#12 in North America

#11 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $26,123

27. University of Verona

For Neurosurgery

#13 in Europe

#3 in Italy

Enrollment: 23,000
Founded: 1959

28. Cornell University

United States | New York State

For Neurosurgery

#13 in North America

#12 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 7%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,060

29. Columbia University

United States | New York State

For Neurosurgery

#14 in North America

#13 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $22,058

30. Yonsei University

South Korea | Seoul

For Neurosurgery

#3 in Asia

#1 in South Korea

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 29,502
Founded: 1957

31. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Neurosurgery

#14 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 33,132
Founded: 1946

32. McGill University

Canada | Quebec State

For Neurosurgery

#15 in North America

#2 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 37,888
Founded: 1821

33. University of Utah

United States | Utah

For Neurosurgery

#16 in North America

#14 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 99%

34. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Neurosurgery

#15 in Europe

#4 in Italy

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 65,234
Founded: 1924

35. University of Sao Paulo

Brazil | Sao Paulo

For Neurosurgery

#1 in Latin America

#1 in Brazil

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 97,964
Founded: 1827

36. University of Padua

For Neurosurgery

#16 in Europe

#5 in Italy

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 62,876
Founded: 1222

37. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Neurosurgery

#17 in Europe

#6 in Italy

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

38. Baylor College of Medicine

United States | Texas

For Neurosurgery

#17 in North America

#15 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,610
Male:Female: 40:60
Founded: 1900

39. Tel Aviv University

Israel | Tel Aviv

For Neurosurgery

#4 in Asia

#1 in Israel

Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1956

40. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Neurosurgery

#18 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 52,418
Founded: 1472

41. University of Ulm

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Neurosurgery

#19 in Europe

Enrollment: 10,164
Founded: 1967

42. Hacettepe University

Turkey | Ankara

For Neurosurgery

#5 in Asia

#1 in Turkey

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 16,279
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1967

43. Stanford University

United States | California

For Neurosurgery

#18 in North America

#16 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $18,279

44. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Neurosurgery

#20 in Europe

#7 in Italy

Founded: 1404

45. University of Florida

United States | Florida

For Neurosurgery

#19 in North America

#17 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 94%

46. University of Miami

United States | Florida

For Neurosurgery

#20 in North America

#18 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $36,467

47. Saarland University

Germany | Saarland

For Neurosurgery

#21 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 16,604
Founded: 1948

48. University of Washington - Seattle

United States | Washington

For Neurosurgery

#21 in North America

#19 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Receiving Aid: 58%
Average Aid: $14,731
Enrollment: 52,319

49. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Neurosurgery

#22 in Europe

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 38,043
Founded: 1818

50. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Neurosurgery

#23 in Europe

#2 in Sweden

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

51. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Neurosurgery

#24 in Europe

#10 in Germany

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

52. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Neurosurgery

#25 in Europe

#11 in Germany

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

53. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Neurosurgery

#26 in Europe

#4 in the United Kingdom

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

54. Tohoku University

For Neurosurgery

#6 in Asia

#1 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 17,591
Founded: 1907

55. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Neurosurgery

#27 in Europe

#12 in Germany

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 38,878
Founded: 1743

56. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

United States | Minnesota

For Neurosurgery

#22 in North America

#20 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 82%

57. University of British Columbia

Canada | British Columbia

For Neurosurgery

#23 in North America

#3 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Enrollment: 20,893
Founded: 1908

58. University of Marburg

Germany | Hesse

For Neurosurgery

#28 in Europe

#13 in Germany

Enrollment: 22,612
Founded: 1527

59. Medical University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Neurosurgery

#29 in Europe

Enrollment: 7,915
Founded: 2004

60. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Neurosurgery

#30 in Europe

#14 in Germany

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 23,938
Founded: 1457

61. University of Alabama at Birmingham

United States | Alabama

For Neurosurgery

#24 in North America

#21 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1305
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 96%

62. Nagoya University

For Neurosurgery

#7 in Asia

#2 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 15,834
Founded: 1939

63. New York University

United States | New York State

For Neurosurgery

#25 in North America

#22 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $29,499

64. Sichuan University

China | Chengdu

For Neurosurgery

#8 in Asia

#2 in China

Enrollment: 44,200
Founded: 1896

65. Hannover Medical School

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Neurosurgery

#31 in Europe

#15 in Germany

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 3,843
Founded: 1965

66. Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences

India | Uttar Pradesh

For Neurosurgery

#9 in Asia

#2 in India

Founded: 1983

67. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Neurosurgery

#32 in Europe

#1 in the Netherlands

Founded: 1923

68. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Neurosurgery

#33 in Europe

#2 in France

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

69. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

For Neurosurgery

#10 in Asia

#3 in India

Founded: 1962

70. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

United States | New York State

For Neurosurgery

#26 in North America

#23 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,253
Male:Female: 40:60
Founded: 1963

71. Yale University

United States | Connecticut

For Neurosurgery

#27 in North America

#24 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 5%
Average SAT: 1540
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $18,647

72. Ege University

For Neurosurgery

#11 in Asia

#2 in Turkey

Enrollment: 12,256
Founded: 1955

73. University of Illinois at Chicago

United States | Illinois

For Neurosurgery

#28 in North America

#25 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 81%

74. Istanbul University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Neurosurgery

#12 in Asia

#3 in Turkey

Enrollment: 35,190
Founded: 1933

75. University of California-San Diego

United States | California

For Neurosurgery

#29 in North America

#26 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Receiving Aid: 61%
Average Aid: $20,782
Enrollment: 42,006

76. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Neurosurgery

#34 in Europe

#16 in Germany

Enrollment: 27,149
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1402

77. Case Western Reserve University

United States | Ohio

For Neurosurgery

#30 in North America

#27 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Average SAT: 1475
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $38,279

78. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Neurosurgery

#35 in Europe

#17 in Germany

Enrollment: 27,770
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

79. University of Tokyo

For Neurosurgery

#13 in Asia

#3 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,218
Founded: 1877

80. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Neurosurgery

#36 in Europe

#18 in Germany

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 44,000
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1868

81. Umea University

For Neurosurgery

#37 in Europe

#3 in Sweden

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

82. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Neurosurgery

#38 in Europe

#19 in Germany

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,608
Founded: 1948

83. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Neurosurgery

#39 in Europe

#20 in Germany

Enrollment: 52,204
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1388

84. Fudan University

China | Shanghai

For Neurosurgery

#14 in Asia

#3 in China

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1905

85. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Neurosurgery

#40 in Europe

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

86. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Neurosurgery

#15 in Asia

#4 in Japan

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 18,560
Founded: 1911

87. University of Cincinnati

United States | Ohio

For Neurosurgery

#31 in North America

#28 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 84%

88. Emory University

United States | Georgia

For Neurosurgery

#32 in North America

#29 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1490
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $26,680

89. Thomas Jefferson University

United States | Pennsylvania

For Neurosurgery

#33 in North America

#30 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $28,110

90. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Neurosurgery

#41 in Europe

#8 in Italy

Founded: 1321

91. Washington University in St Louis

United States | Missouri

For Neurosurgery

#34 in North America

#31 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $23,432

92. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Neurosurgery

#42 in Europe

#2 in the Netherlands

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1632

93. Oregon Health & Science University

United States | Oregon

For Neurosurgery

#35 in North America

#32 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 2,870
Male:Female: 30:70
Founded: 1887

94. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

United States | New Jersey

For Neurosurgery

#36 in North America

#33 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1375
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 70%

95. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

China | Shanghai

For Neurosurgery

#16 in Asia

#4 in China

Enrollment: 47,000
Founded: 1896

96. George Washington University

United States | District of Columbia

For Neurosurgery

#37 in North America

#34 in the United States

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1410
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $42,723

97. Catholic University of Korea

South Korea | Seoul

For Neurosurgery

#17 in Asia

#2 in South Korea

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 14,297
Founded: 1855

98. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Neurosurgery

#43 in Europe

#1 in Greece

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

99. University of Calgary

Canada | Alberta

For Neurosurgery

#38 in North America

#4 in Canada

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1966

100. University of Cape Town

South Africa | Cape Town

For Neurosurgery

#1 in Africa

#1 in South Africa

Founded: 1874

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