Best Surgeons Medical Schools in Asia

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Asia ranked based on their research performance in Surgery. A graph of 60.1M citations received by 3.77M academic papers made by 2,084 universities in Asia 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. Sun Yat - Sen University

China | Guangzhou

For Surgery

#1 in China

#35 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 65,638
Founded: 1924

2. Peking Union Medical College

China | Beijing

For Surgery

#2 in China

#39 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1917

3. Tel Aviv University

Israel | Tel Aviv

For Surgery

#1 in Israel

#57 in the World

Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1956

4. Yonsei University

South Korea Flag

South Korea | Seoul

For Surgery

#1 in South Korea

#59 in the World

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

5. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

China | Shanghai

For Surgery

#3 in China

#64 in the World

Enrollment: 47,000
Founded: 1896

6. Capital Medical University

China | Beijing

For Surgery

#4 in China

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1960

7. Peking University

China | Beijing

For Surgery

#5 in China

#67 in the World

Enrollment: 44,730
Founded: 1898

8. Sichuan University

China | Chengdu

For Surgery

#6 in China

#68 in the World

Enrollment: 44,200
Founded: 1896

9. University of Tokyo

For Surgery

#1 in Japan

#73 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 28,918
Founded: 1877

10. All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi

India | Haryana

For Surgery

#1 in India

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1956

11. Chinese University of Hong Kong

China | Hong Kong

For Surgery

#7 in China

#76 in the World

Founded: 1963

12. University of Hong Kong

China | Hong Kong

For Surgery

#8 in China

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 21,652
Founded: 1911

13. University of Ulsan

South Korea Flag

South Korea | Ulsan

For Surgery

#2 in South Korea

#88 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 15,000
Founded: 1970

14. Kyoto University

For Surgery

#2 in Japan

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 22,365
Founded: 1897

15. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Surgery

#9 in China

#94 in the World

Enrollment: 71,970
Founded: 1953

16. Seoul National University

South Korea Flag

South Korea | Seoul

For Surgery

#3 in South Korea

#97 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 28,378
Founded: 1946

17. Osaka University

For Surgery

#3 in Japan

#101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 23,234
Founded: 1931

18. Sungkyunkwan University

South Korea Flag

South Korea | Seoul

For Surgery

#4 in South Korea

#110 in the World

Founded: 1398

19. Kyushu University

Japan | Fukuoka

For Surgery

#4 in Japan

#111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 18,813
Founded: 1911

20. Fudan University

China | Shanghai

For Surgery

#10 in China

#121 in the World

Enrollment: 33,000
Founded: 1905

21. Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

For Surgery

#2 in India

#124 in the World

Founded: 1962

22. Central South University

China | Changsha

For Surgery

#11 in China

#132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1914

23. Chang Gung University

Taiwan | Taoyuan

For Surgery

#1 in Taiwan

#133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 6,804
Founded: 1987

24. Tehran University of Medical Sciences

For Surgery

#1 in Iran

#137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 14,440
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1934

25. Zhejiang University

China | Hangzhou

For Surgery

#12 in China

#138 in the World

Enrollment: 60,739
Founded: 1897

26. Nagoya University

For Surgery

#5 in Japan

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 15,959
Founded: 1939

27. Tohoku University

For Surgery

#6 in Japan

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 17,975
Founded: 1907

28. Catholic University of Korea

South Korea Flag

South Korea | Seoul

For Surgery

#5 in South Korea

#146 in the World

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

29. Wuhan University

For Surgery

#13 in China

#147 in the World

Enrollment: 60,000
Founded: 1893

30. Nanjing Medical University

China | Nanjing

For Surgery

#14 in China

#151 in the World

Enrollment: 17,000
Founded: 1934

31. Southern Medical University

China | Guangzhou

For Surgery

#15 in China

#153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 13,380
Founded: 1951

32. National Chiao Tung University

Taiwan | Hsinchu

For Surgery

#2 in Taiwan

#157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1958

33. Keio University

For Surgery

#7 in Japan

#160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 33,518
Founded: 1858

34. Istanbul University

Turkey | Istanbul

For Surgery

#1 in Turkey

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 35,190
Founded: 1933

35. Hokkaido University

Japan | Sapporo

For Surgery

#8 in Japan

#165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 17,770
Founded: 1918

36. Hacettepe University

Turkey | Ankara

For Surgery

#2 in Turkey

#171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 44,937
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1967

37. National University of Singapore

Singapore | Singapore City

For Surgery

#1 in Singapore

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 30,098
Founded: 1905

38. Tokyo Medical and Dental University

For Surgery

#9 in Japan

#199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1946

39. Chiba University

For Surgery

#10 in Japan

#200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 13,983
Founded: 1949

40. Mahidol University

Thailand | Nakhon Pathom

For Surgery

#202 in the World

Enrollment: 6,332
Founded: 1888

41. China Medical University

China | Shenyang

For Surgery

#16 in China

#210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 16,366
Founded: 1931

42. Wenzhou Medical University

China | Wenzhou

For Surgery

#17 in China

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 17,155
Founded: 1958

43. Chongqing Medical University

China | Chongqing

For Surgery

#18 in China

#215 in the World

Enrollment: 25,760
Founded: 1956

44. Soochow University

For Surgery

#19 in China

#220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 48,901
Founded: 1899

45. Okayama University

Japan | Okayama

For Surgery

#11 in Japan

#222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 13,057
Founded: 1922

46. Kobe University

For Surgery

#12 in Japan

#227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 16,214
Founded: 1902

47. Jichi Medical University

Japan | Tochigi

For Surgery

#13 in Japan

#231 in the World

Founded: 1972

48. Kanazawa University

Japan | Kanazawa

For Surgery

#14 in Japan

#235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 10,127
Founded: 1949

49. National Taiwan University

Taiwan | Taipei

For Surgery

#3 in Taiwan

#243 in the World

Enrollment: 33,882
Founded: 1945

50. Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences

For Surgery

#2 in Iran

#246 in the World

Enrollment: 10,355
Founded: 1960

51. Hiroshima University

Japan | Higashihiroshima

For Surgery

#15 in Japan

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 15,505
Founded: 1949

52. Kumamoto University

Japan | Kumamoto

For Surgery

#16 in Japan

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,098
Founded: 1949

53. Juntendo University

For Surgery

#17 in Japan

#256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1836

54. Yokohama City University

Japan | Yokohama

For Surgery

#18 in Japan

#260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 5,198
Founded: 1928

55. Fujian Medical University

For Surgery

#20 in China

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 16,000
Founded: 1937

56. Ankara University

Turkey | Ankara

For Surgery

#3 in Turkey

#272 in the World

Enrollment: 48,271
Founded: 1946

57. Korea University

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South Korea | Seoul

For Surgery

#6 in South Korea

#273 in the World

Enrollment: 24,351
Founded: 1905

58. University of Tsukuba

Japan | Tsukuba

For Surgery

#19 in Japan

#274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 16,684
Founded: 1973

59. King Saud University

Saudi Arabia Flag

Saudi Arabia | Riyadh

For Surgery

#1 in Saudi Arabia

#280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 61,412
Founded: 1957

60. Shandong University

For Surgery

#21 in China

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 60,000
Founded: 1901

61. Jilin University

China | Changchun

For Surgery

#22 in China

#291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 68,000
Founded: 1946

62. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Israel | Jerusalem

For Surgery

#2 in Israel

#292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Enrollment: 23,500
Founded: 1918

63. Osaka City University

For Surgery

#20 in Japan

#293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 8,230
Founded: 1928

64. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

For Surgery

#3 in Israel

#297 in the World

Founded: 1924

65. Niigata University

Japan | Niigata

For Surgery

#21 in Japan

#298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 12,068
Founded: 1922

66. Guangzhou Medical University

China | Guangzhou

For Surgery

#23 in China

#299 in the World

Enrollment: 11,000
Founded: 1958

67. Shinshu University

Japan | Matsumoto

For Surgery

#22 in Japan

#303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 10,849
Founded: 1949

68. Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

For Surgery

#23 in Japan

#304 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1872

69. Nagasaki University

Japan | Nagasaki

For Surgery

#24 in Japan

#306 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 9,090
Founded: 1949

70. Tongji University

China | Shanghai

For Surgery

#24 in China

#308 in the World

Enrollment: 37,000
Founded: 1907

71. Jikei University School of Medicine

For Surgery

#25 in Japan

#309 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 981
Founded: 1881

72. Harbin Medical University

For Surgery

#25 in China

#311 in the World

Enrollment: 14,000
Founded: 1926

73. Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences

India | Uttar Pradesh

For Surgery

#3 in India

#320 in the World

Founded: 1983

74. Nippon Medical School

For Surgery

#26 in Japan

#321 in the World

Founded: 1904

75. Baskent University

Turkey | Ankara

For Surgery

#4 in Turkey

#323 in the World

Founded: 1994

76. Ege University

For Surgery

#5 in Turkey

#326 in the World

Founded: 1955

77. Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

For Surgery

#3 in Iran

#328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 9,905
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1946

78. Nihon University

For Surgery

#27 in Japan

#329 in the World

Founded: 1889

79. Kitasato University

For Surgery

#28 in Japan

#334 in the World

Founded: 1962

80. Kaohsiung Medical University

Taiwan | Kaohsiung

For Surgery

#4 in Taiwan

#338 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 6,288
Founded: 1953

81. Tianjin Medical University

China | Tianjin

For Surgery

#26 in China

#340 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 10,100
Founded: 1951

82. Gunma University

Japan | Maebashi

For Surgery

#29 in Japan

#341 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1949

83. Qingdao University

China | Qingdao

For Surgery

#27 in China

#342 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 46,000
Founded: 1985

84. Anhui Medical University

For Surgery

#28 in China

#345 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1926

85. China Medical University, Taiwan

Taiwan | Taichung

For Surgery

#5 in Taiwan

#346 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 7,217
Founded: 1958

86. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Israel | Beersheba

For Surgery

#4 in Israel

#347 in the World

Enrollment: 17,225
Founded: 1969

87. Kurume University

For Surgery

#30 in Japan

#348 in the World

Founded: 1928

88. Sapporo Medical University

Japan | Sapporo

For Surgery

#31 in Japan

#349 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Founded: 1950

89. Hebei Medical University

China | Shijiazhuang

For Surgery

#29 in China

#351 in the World

Founded: 1913

90. Nanjing University

China | Nanjing

For Surgery

#30 in China

#352 in the World

Enrollment: 56,068
Founded: 1902

91. Nara Medical University

Japan | Kashihara

For Surgery

#32 in Japan

#353 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1945

92. Chulalongkorn University

Thailand | Bangkok

For Surgery

#358 in the World

Enrollment: 42,782
Founded: 1917

93. Gazi University

Turkey | Ankara

For Surgery

#6 in Turkey

#364 in the World

Enrollment: 39,234
Founded: 1982

94. Kagoshima University

Japan | Kagoshima

For Surgery

#33 in Japan

#365 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1949

95. Saitama Medical School

Japan | Moroyama

For Surgery

#34 in Japan

#366 in the World

Founded: 1972

96. Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

For Surgery

#4 in Iran

#369 in the World

Enrollment: 8,500
Founded: 1949

97. Mie University

For Surgery

#35 in Japan

#370 in the World

Enrollment: 8,455
Founded: 1949

98. Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

For Surgery

#5 in Iran

#371 in the World

Founded: 1946

99. Toho University

For Surgery

#36 in Japan

#377 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1925

100. University of Tokushima

Japan | Tokushima

For Surgery

#37 in Japan

#381 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1949

Medicine subfields in Asia

Anatomy and Physiology1972

Anesthesiology1220

Bioethics/Medical Ethics211

Biomedical Engineering814

Clinical Psychology1366

Critical Care Nursing819

Epidemiology480

Family medicine1041

Forensic Science352

Gastroenterology and Hepatology1031

Health Science1564

Healthcare Management (MHA)1089

Medical Physics338

Neurosurgery401

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)812

Occupational Therapy398

Oncology and Cancer research1618

Ophthalmology711

Orthodontics885

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine855

Pharmacology1741

Physical Therapy1724

Plastic Surgery408

Public Health2238

Radiation Therapy768

Radiology and Nuclear medicine1985

Respiratory Therapy327

Sonography and Ultrasound439

Sports / Exercise science363

Sports Medicine1131