There’s not a single new face in the top 20 universities for medicine this year, with Harvard University, University of Oxford and University of Cambridge all continuing to be the top three institutions.

Further down the table, two universities have broken into the top 50 this year: Switzerland’s University of Zurich (ranked 44th) and the Mayo Medical School in the US (ranked 48th).

The QS World University Rankings by Subject are based upon academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact (click here to read the full methodology).

Use the interactive table below to filter the rankings by location, and click on individual universities for more information. Registered users will also be able to use the site’s Compare function to see facts and statistics about multiple universities side-by-side.

Interested in other courses besides medicine? The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018 cover 48 different subjects. Click here to see the full list.