Top Universities for Medicine & Life Sciences 2014

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Interested in medicine or another life science such as biology, zoology or genetics? Then take a look at the 2014 results of the QS World University Rankings by Faculty to discover the world’s best universities for medicine and life sciences. These rankings use data on research citations, along with the opinions of academics and employers around the world, to create a list of the 400 best universities for medicine and life sciences each year (see the full 2014 list here).

Featured below are the top 10 universities for medicine and life sciences, in video and list format.

Top 10 universities for medicine & life sciences 2014

1. Harvard University

Last year’s rank (in the medicine and life sciences faculty rankings): 1^st

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

School: Private research (Ivy League)

Fact: An Ivy League institution, Harvard University is one of just six US institutions to offer need-blind admission to both domestic and international students. Not only does Harvard top the rankings of the best universities for medicine and life science, it is also top in social sciences and management.

2. University of Oxford

Last year’s rank: 2^nd

Location: Oxford, UK

Type: Collegiate research

Fact: Dating as far back as 1096, the University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second-longest surviving university in the world.

3. University of Cambridge

Last year’s rank: 3^rd

Location: Cambridge, UK

Type: Public research (with private colleges)

Fact: The founder of Harvard University in the US, John Harvard, was a graduate of the University of Cambridge.

4. Johns Hopkins University

Last year’s rank: 4^th

Location: Baltimore, Maryland, US

Type: Private research

Fact: Johns Hopkins University was the first research university to be sited in the western hemisphere. It has campuses in Maryland and Washington DC, as well as international centers in China, Singapore and Italy.

5. University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Last year’s rank: 7^th

Location: San Francisco, California, US

Type: Public research

Fact: The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a health sciences research center and the only university in the University of California system to focus solely on graduate education.

6. Stanford University

Last year’s rank: 5^th

Location: Stanford, California, US

Type: Private research

Fact: Located in northern Silicon Valley, Stanford University boasts a long legacy of entrepreneurship and innovation.

7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Last year’s rank: 6^th

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, US

Type: Private research, land grant

Fact: Founded in 1861, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has held a close relationship with industry since its beginning, helping to develop world-class laboratory instruction and give students strong applied skills in scientific fields.

8. Karolinska Institute

Last year’s rank: 10^th

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Type: Public research

Fact: The first university in this list outside of the UK or US, the Karolinska Institute is Sweden’s third oldest medical school and conducts 40% of all academic medical research in the nation.

9. Imperial College London

Last year’s rank: 14=

Location: London, UK

Type: Public research

Fact: Imperial College London, having merged with a number of medical schools, institutes and business schools over the years, now offers campuses and research facilities throughout central London.

10=. UCL (University College London)

Last year’s rank: 16^th

Location: London, UK

Type: Public research

Fact: UCL (University College London) was the first university to be established in London, and the first in England to hold entirely secular values. To see how UCL and Imperial compare overall, check out this article.

10=. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Last year’s rank: 8^th

Location: Los Angeles, California, US

Type: Public research

Fact: Another of the University of California system’s flagship universities, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a multidisciplinary institution, boasting the largest student enrollment in the state.

About the QS World University Rankings by Faculty

The QS World University Rankings by Faculty aims to highlight the world’s leading universities within five major subject areas. As well as highlighting the world’s best universities for medicine and life sciences, the rankings also cover arts & humanities, engineering & technology, natural sciences, and social sciences & management. These rankings are compiled using data on research citations, as well as data collected from the results of QS’s global surveys of academics and employers.

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