Top Dental Schools in 2018

Five of the 20 European entries in the dental school ranking are in the UK. Outside its two entrants in the top 10, the UK’s top dentistry schools are the University of Birmingham (19^th), the University of Manchester (22^nd), and Newcastle University (joint 40^th).

Switzerland’s University of Bern joined the top 10 this year, climbing an impressive 15 places to rank seventh for dentistry this year. It has two more representatives in the top 25: the University of Zurich (11^th, climbing 18 places from last year) and new entry the University of Geneva at 23^rd.

Sweden also has two institutions in the top 10, and is additionally represented by Malmo University, which is up two places to rank joint 33^rd in the world for dentistry this year.

The Netherlands has two entries in the dentistry ranking, with Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA) up four places this year to now rank fourth for dentistry, while its other entry, Radboud University, is ranked joint 42^nd. Denmark has two entrants, led by Aarhus University at 21^st.

Norway, Belgium, Spain and Germany each have one entrant in the dentistry ranking, with Belgium’s sole entrant, KU Leuven, in the top 10, while Spain’s Complutense University of Madrid climbed from joint 36^th to 30^th this year for dentistry.

Hong Kong’s only entrant, the University of Hong Kong, continues to rank first in the world for dentistry, with Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) joining it in the top 10 at fifth. Japan has one other entrant in the dental school ranking, Osaka University, which is ranked joint 42^nd this year.

There are three Chinese institutions featured, led by Peking University at joint 15^th. South Korea meanwhile has two representatives in the ranking, including Seoul National University at 26^th. Finally, Saudi Arabia is new to the ranking with one entrant, King Saud University (45^th).

Brazil is the only Latin American country to feature in the dental school ranking, hosting three of the world’s top universities for this subject: the Universidade de São Paulo at joint 15^th, followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp, 31^st) and Universidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho” (UNESP, 37^th).

Australia is home to three of the world’s top universities for dentistry, with the University of Melbourne climbing four places to rank joint 24^th this year, followed by the University of Adelaide (32^nd) and the University of Sydney (up eight places to rank joint 33^rd this year).

New Zealand is home to one top dental school, the University of Otago (ranked joint 27^th in the world).

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