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Shanghai Ranking 2016: top universities for clinical medicine and pharmacy

Academic Ranking of World Universities reveals its top universities for life and agriculture sciences according to the 2016 subject ranking league tables, known as the ARWU-FIELD rankings

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    Carly Minsky

    September 7 2016
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    The world’s top universities for medicine and pharmacy in 2016 are published in a ranking of 200 universities by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy.

    Harvard University maintains the top spot for the tenth year, alongside more than 70 other universities in the United States in the full ranking.

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    The UK and Germany are the most represented European countries, but unsurprisingly Karolinska Institute in Sweden, which specialises in medical science, is the highest ranked university in mainland Europe in position 12.

    Prestigious British universities Oxford and Cambridge both appear in the top 15 of the ranking, and Oxford is beaten by University College London which boasts a top-10 medical programme.


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    There are also plenty of opportunities to study in Asia and the Pacific, with nine Australian universities in the ranking, one in New Zealand, and 18 across Asia.

    The University of Washington in Seattle in the United States performs remarkably well in the medicine and pharmacy ranking, beating almost every other university to second place. For most other disciplines it does not make it into the top 25, with the exception of life sciences.

    In the full ranking, 28 countries have at least one university featured, including Taiwan, Israel, South Africa and Brazil.

    Results for the ARWU-FIELD rankings are derived from a set of indicators which include alumni Nobel prizes, research citations and publications.

    Clinical medicine and pharmacy does not include psychology and psychiatry degrees, since these are counted as interdisciplinary by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy.

    Top universities for medicine and pharmacy: ARWU-FIELD 2016

    World Rank

    Institution

    Country

    Region

    1

    Harvard University

    USA

    Americas

    2

    University of Washington

    USA

    Americas

    3

    Stanford University

    USA

    Americas

    4

    University of Cambridge

    UK

    Europe

    5

    Johns Hopkins University

    USA

    Americas

    6

    University of California, San Francisco

    USA

    Americas

    7

    Columbia University

    USA

    Americas

    8

    University College London

    UK

    Europe

    9

    The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

    USA

    Americas

    10

    Yale University

    USA

    Americas

    11

    University of California, Los Angeles

    USA

    Americas

    12

    Karolinska Institute

    Sweden

    Europe

    12

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    USA

    Americas

    14

    University of Oxford

    UK

    Europe

    15

    Vanderbilt University

    USA

    Americas

    16

    University of Pennsylvania

    USA

    Americas

    17

    University of Pittsburgh

    USA

    Americas

    18

    Mayo Medical School

    USA

    Americas

    19

    University of California, San Diego

    USA

    Americas

    20

    The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

    USA

    Americas

    21

    Duke University

    USA

    Americas

    22

    University of Michigan

    USA

    Americas

    23

    Imperial College London

    UK

    Europe

    24

    Cornell University

    USA

    Americas

    25

    University of Minnesota

    USA

    Americas

    26

    University of Melbourne

    Australia

    Asia/Pacific

    27

    Northwestern University

    USA

    Americas

    28

    University of Utah

    USA

    Americas

    29

    Washington University in St Louis

    USA

    Americas

    30

    University of Wisconsin

    USA

    Americas

    31

    University of Toronto

    Canada

    Americas

    32

    University of Amsterdam

    Netherlands

    Europe

    33

    McMaster University

    Canada

    Americas

    34

    Monash University

    Australia

    Asia/Pacific

    35

    KU Leuven

    Belgium

    Europe

    36

    University of Oslo

    Norway

    Europe

    36

    University of Sydney

    Australia

    Asia/Pacific

    36

    University of Zurich

    Switzerland

    Europe

    39

    Boston University

    USA

    Americas

    40

    King's College London

    UK

    Europe

    41

    Leiden University

    Netherlands

    Europe

    42

    VU University Amsterdam

    Netherlands

    Europe

    43

    University of Chicago

    USA

    Americas

    44

    University of Edinburgh

    UK

    Europe

    45

    Ohio State University

    USA

    Americas

    46

    University of Southern California

    USA

    Americas

    47

    University of California, Berkeley

    USA

    Americas

    48

    University of Nottingham

    UK

    Europe

    49

    Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    USA

    Americas

    50

    University of Gothenburg

    Sweden

    Europe

    51-75

    Baylor College of Medicine

    USA

    Americas

    51-75

    Cardiff University

    UK

    Europe

    51-75

    Case Western Reserve University

    USA

    Americas

    51-75

    Emory University

    USA

    Americas

    51-75

    Heidelberg University

    Germany

    Europe

    51-75

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    UK

    Europe

    51-75

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    USA

    Americas

    51-75

    McGill University

    Canada

    Americas

    51-75

    Oregon Health and Science University

    USA

    Americas

    51-75

    University of Glasgow

    UK

    Europe

    51-75

    The University of Queensland

    Australia

    Asia/Pacific

    51-75

    The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

    USA

    Americas

    51-75

    University of Western Australia

    Australia

    Asia/Pacific

    51-75

    University of Barcelona

    Spain

    Europe

    51-75

    University of Basel

    Switzerland

    Europe

    51-75

    University of Birmingham

    UK

    Europe

    51-75

    University of Bristol

    UK

    Europe

    51-75

    University of British Columbia

    Canada

    Americas

    51-75

    University of California, Davis

    USA

    Americas

    51-75

    University of Copenhagen

    Denmark

    Europe

    51-75

    University of Groningen

    Netherlands

    Europe

    51-75

    University of Helsinki

    Finland

    Europe

    51-75

    Paris Descartes University

    France

    Europe

    51-75

    Paris-Sud University

    France

    Europe

    51-75

    University of Rochester

    USA

    Americas

    76-100

    Aarhus University

    Denmark

    Europe

    76-100

    Brown University

    USA

    Americas

    76-100

    Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Netherlands

    Europe

    76-100

    Ghent University

    Belgium

    Europe

    76-100

    Maastricht University

    Netherlands

    Europe

    76-100

    University of Vienna

    Austria

    Europe

    76-100

    York University

    USA

    Americas

    76-100

    Pierre and Marie Curie University

    France

    Europe

    76-100

    Queen Mary University of London

    UK

    Europe

    76-100

    Technical University of Munich

    Germany

    Europe

    76-100

    University of Adelaide

    Australia

    Asia/Pacific

    76-100

    University of Calgary

    Canada

    Americas

    76-100

    University of Sheffield

    UK

    Europe

    76-100

    Tufts University

    USA

    Americas

    76-100

    University of Alabama at Birmingham

    USA

    Americas

    76-100

    University of Alberta

    Canada

    Americas

    76-100

    University of Bern

    Switzerland

    Europe

    76-100

    University of Florida

    USA

    Americas

    76-100

    Goethe University Frankfurt

    Germany

    Europe

    76-100

    University of Massachusetts Medical School - Worcester

    USA

    Americas

    76-100

    LMU Munich

    Germany

    Europe

    76-100

    University of Turin

    Italy

    Europe

    76-100

    Paris Diderot University – Paris 7

    France

    Europe

    76-100

    Uppsala University

    Sweden

    Europe

    76-100

    Utrecht University

    Netherlands

    Europe

    101-150

    Université Catholique de Louvain

    Belgium

    Europe

    101-150

    China Medical University, Taiwan

    China-tw

    Asia/Pacific

    101-150

    Deakin University

    Australia

    Asia/Pacific

    101-150

    Hannover Medical School

    Germany

    Europe

    101-150

    Indiana University-Purdue University

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    Kyoto University

    Japan

    Asia/Pacific

    101-150

    Lund University

    Sweden

    Europe

    101-150

    Medical University of South Carolina

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

    Greece

    Europe

    101-150

    Newcastle University

    UK

    Europe

    101-150

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Norway

    Europe

    101-150

    Osaka University

    Japan

    Asia/Pacific

    101-150

    Radboud University Nijmegen

    Netherlands

    Europe

    101-150

    Rush University

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    Seoul National University

    South Korea

    Asia/Pacific

    101-150

    Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)

    South Korea

    Asia/Pacific

    101-150

    University of Manchester

    UK

    Europe

    101-150

    University of New South Wales

    Australia

    Asia/Pacific

    101-150

    The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    University of Tokyo

    Japan

    Asia/Pacific

    101-150

    Thomas Jefferson University

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    University at Buffalo

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    University of Bologna

    Italy

    Europe

    101-150

    University of Bordeaux

    France

    Europe

    101-150

    University of California, Irvine

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    University of Cincinnati

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    University of Colorado at Denver

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

    Germany

    Europe

    101-150

    University of Freiburg

    Germany

    Europe

    101-150

    Justus Liebig University Giessen

    Germany

    Europe

    101-150

    University of Illinois at Chicago

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    University of Iowa

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    University of Lausanne

    Switzerland

    Europe

    101-150

    University of Leeds

    UK

    Europe

    101-150

    University of Leipzig

    Germany

    Europe

    101-150

    University of Liverpool

    UK

    Europe

    101-150

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    University of Montreal

    Canada

    Americas

    101-150

    University of Ottawa

    Canada

    Americas

    101-150

    University of Padua

    Italy

    Europe

    101-150

    University of South Florida

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    University of Southampton

    UK

    Europe

    101-150

    University of Tübingen

    Germany

    Europe

    101-150

    Ulm University

    Germany

    Europe

    101-150

    University of Wuerzburg

    Germany

    Europe

    101-150

    Virginia Commonwealth University

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    Wake Forest University

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    Wayne State University

    USA

    Americas

    101-150

    University of Western Ontario

    Canada

    Americas

    151-200

    Aalborg University

    Denmark

    Europe

    151-200

    Aix-Marseille University

    France

    Europe

    151-200

    University of Barcelona

    Spain

    Europe

    151-200

    Charles University in Prague

    Czech

    Europe

    151-200

    Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

    France

    Europe

    151-200

    Complutense University of Madrid

    Spain

    Europe

    151-200

    Fudan University

    China

    Asia/Pacific

    151-200

    Georgetown University

    USA

    Americas

    151-200

    Laval University

    Canada

    Americas

    151-200

    Medical College of Wisconsin

    USA

    Americas

    151-200

    Medical University of Graz

    Austria

    Europe

    151-200

    National Taiwan University

    China-tw

    Asia/Pacific

    151-200

    National University of Singapore

    Singapore

    Asia/Pacific

    151-200

    National Yang-Ming University

    China-tw

    Asia/Pacific

    151-200

    Peking University

    China

    Asia/Pacific

    151-200

    Queen's University

    Canada

    Americas

    151-200

    Rockefeller University

    USA

    Americas

    151-200

    Sapienza University of Rome

    Italy

    Europe

    151-200

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    China

    Asia/Pacific

    151-200

    Sun Yat-sen University

    China

    Asia/Pacific

    151-200

    Tel Aviv University

    Israel

    Asia/Pacific

    151-200

    Temple University

    USA

    Americas

    151-200

    Chinese University of Hong Kong

    China-hk

    Asia/Pacific

    151-200

    George Washington University

    USA

    Americas

    151-200

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Israel

    Asia/Pacific

    151-200

    University of Auckland

    New Zealand

    Asia/Pacific

    151-200

    University of Hong Kong

    China-hk

    Asia/Pacific

    151-200

    University of Newcastle

    Australia

    Asia/Pacific

    151-200

    University of Texas at Austin

    USA

    Americas

    151-200

    Umeå University

    Sweden

    Europe

    151-200

    University of Arkansas

    USA

    Americas

    151-200

    University of Bergen

    Norway

    Europe

    151-200

    University of Bochum

    Germany

    Europe

    151-200

    University of Bonn

    Germany

    Europe

    151-200

    University of Duesseldorf

    Germany

    Europe

    151-200

    University of Duisburg-Essen

    Germany

    Europe

    151-200

    University of Eastern Finland

    Finland

    Europe

    151-200

    University of Florence

    Italy

    Europe

    151-200

    University of Miami

    USA

    Americas

    151-200

    University of Milan

    Italy

    Europe

    151-200

    University of Naples Federico II

    Italy

    Europe

    151-200

    University of São Paulo

    Brazil

    Americas

    151-200

    University of South Carolina

    USA

    Americas

    151-200

    University of Southern Denmark

    Denmark

    Europe

    151-200

    University of Tennessee Health Science Center

    USA

    Americas

    151-200

    University of the Witwatersrand

    South Africa

    Africas

    151-200

    University of Turku

    Finland

    Europe

    151-200

    University of Virginia

    USA

    Americas

    151-200

    Yeshiva University

    USA

    Americas

    151-200

    Yonsei University

    South Korea

    Asia/Pacific


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