Top 20 Universities for Medicine according to QS rankings
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QS World University Rankings for the subject Medicine in 2021, sees major fluctuations in top 20 universities ranking. The maximum number of universities that rank for Medicine in 2021 as per QS rankings belong to USA, that is 10 followed by UK: 05, Australia: 03, and Sweden and Canada with 1 university each. The top two positions are conquered by Harvard and Oxford University for both 2020 and 2021. It is only in the third and fourth positions an interchanging of rankings can be seen. The top ranking university - Harvard University scored 99.1 in 2020 while in 2021 the university scored 98.1.
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QS World Ranking Medicine Universities 2021 Highlights
| Universities Ranking for Medicine by QS |
550+ |
| Top 3 Ranking Universities for Medicine |
Harvard, Oxford & Stanford University |
| Lowest 3 Ranking Universities for Medicine |
University of Western Cape, University of Toledo & Yamaguchi University |
| countries where medicine universities rank | USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, China, etc. |
| Maximum ranking universities per country |
USA: 10 |
| QS Ranking Indicators |
Academic reputation, employer reputation, citations & H-index |
| Top 5 countries to pursue medicine |
USA, UK, Australia, India & Canada |
Top 20 Universities for Medicine as per QS Rankings
Here is the list of Top 20 universities for the subject of Medicine that have been ranked as per QS:
Top 20 Universities for Medicine |
QS World University Ranking by Subject: Medicine 2021 |
QS World University Ranking by Subject: Medicine 2020 |
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| #1 |
#1 |
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| #2 |
#2 |
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| #3 |
#4 |
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| #4 |
#3 |
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| #5 |
#5 |
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| #6 |
#5 |
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| #7 |
#7 |
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| #8 |
#9 |
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| #9 |
#8 |
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| #10 |
#10 |
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| #11 |
#12 |
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| #12 |
#10 |
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| #13 |
#13 |
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| #14 |
#13 |
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| #15 |
#15 |
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| #16 |
#16 |
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| #17 |
#20 |
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| #18 |
#16 |
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| #19 |
#18 |
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| #20 |
#38 |
The rankings above indicate popular universities like Harvard, Oxford, Stanford and Cambridge Universities are the first choice for students willing to apply for admission to Medicine courses annually. These universities score highest in terms of QS rankings for their academic reputation, employer reputation, citations and faculty.
reflect major changes at the 20th position where, the University of Washington made to #20 ranking position in 2021 from #38 in 2021. The university has scored 83.3 in 2021 and shown improvement. As per University of Washington Ranking the university scores highest for citations: 100/100 followed by academic reputation: 85.4/100 and finally employer reputation: 53/100.
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