Top dentistry schools

Europe is the most well-represented region in the top universities for dentistry, with 30 schools in the rankings. They also make up over half of the schools in the top ten. The Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam takes the top spot in the European rankings, as well as being second in the world rankings. 

The only British university in the top ten is King’s College London, which ranks ninth. Other British institutions to achieve noteworthy success are Queen Mary University of London (15th), University College London (18th) and University of Birmingham (22nd). 

Outside of the UK, four European universities other than The Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam are featured in the global top ten: Karolinska Institutet is fifth, University of Bern is seventh, University of Zurich is eighth and University of Gothenburg is tenth. 

15 Asian schools are featured in the dentistry rankings, with their highest-ranked school, The University of Hong Kong falling one place to joint third globally. Japan’s Tokyo Medical and Dental University, in joint third place this year, achieved a perfect score for both academic and employer reputation. 

Outside of the top ten, three particularly successful Asian schools are Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (13th) in India, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (21st) in Saudi Arabia and Sichuan University (26th) in Mainland China. 

Five Australian programmes feature in the rankings for dentistry and only one New Zealand university. The University of Adelaide is Australia’s highest-ranked programme despite falling eight places in the world rankings since last year. New Zealand’s University of Otago is 42nd in the world and scores highly for citations per paper.