World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Medical and Health

Top Medical school rankings 2025: Leading universities for Medicine, Dentistry and other Medical Subjects

Discover the Medical and Health rankings results with the definitive Times Higher Education Subject Rankings 2025.

Highlights in the Medical and Health Subject Rankings 2025

• University of Oxford maintains its leadership in clinical and health education, marking continued excellence in medicine
• Harvard University holds on to second place, leading worldwide for teaching medical and clinical subjects
• University of Cambridge and Imperial College London maintain their positions in third and fourth place
• Sweden’s Karolinska Institute advances to 13th place, demonstrating strength in medical research
• University of Bristol achieves the highest score for research quality in clinical subjects

The Medical and Health table evaluates universities across medicine, dentistry, nursing and other healthcare disciplines. This year’s ranking includes 1,150 institutions from 102 countries and territories, which have been assessed based on 18 rigorous performance indicators.

Medical and Health Disciplines Assessed in the 2025 Rankings

• Medicine and Surgery: including pathology, oncology and clinical specialties
• Dentistry: covering dental medicine and oral health
• Nursing and Healthcare: encompassing patient care and clinical practice
• Public Health: including epidemiology and healthcare systems

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The Medical and Health subject table uses the same trusted and rigorous performance indicators as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025, but the methodology has been recalibrated to suit the discipline.

Our detailed 2025 Subject Rankings methodology, trusted worldwide by students, teachers, academics, governments and industry experts, is based on:

• 157 million citations
• 18 million research publications
• Survey responses from more than 93,000 scholars globally

Our analysis shows that, despite their success elsewhere, Asia’s leading universities are still struggling to compete globally in arts and humanities.

To unlock the data behind THE’s rankings and access a range of analytical and benchmarking tools, visit our data and insights page.