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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024: Life Sciences & Medicine

Explore the full table for the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024: Life Sciences & Medicine.

The broad subject area of life sciences & medicine encompasses nine individual subjects, including medicine, dentistry and veterinary science.

Harvard University is once again ranked as the best university in the world for life sciences & medicine overall, one of six American universities in this year's top 10.

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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024: Life Sciences & Medicine

Explore the full table for the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024: Life Sciences & Medicine.

The broad subject area of life sciences & medicine encompasses nine individual subjects, including medicine, dentistry and veterinary science.

Harvard University is once again ranked as the best university in the world for life sciences & medicine overall, one of six American universities in this year's top 10.

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Published on: 10 April 2024

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Rank 1 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 98.8
Harvard University Harvard University
location Cambridge, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

100

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Paper

94.1

H-index Citations

100

International Research Network

100

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 2 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 93.9
University of Oxford University of Oxford
location Oxford, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

96.7

Academic Reputation

96.5

Citations per Paper

93.5

H-index Citations

88.5

International Research Network

92

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 3 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 93.6
Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University
location Baltimore, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

83.5

Academic Reputation

99.4

Citations per Paper

91.4

H-index Citations

90.4

International Research Network

90.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 4 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.5
Stanford University Stanford University
location Stanford, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

96.9

Academic Reputation

94

Citations per Paper

94.2

H-index Citations

91.6

International Research Network

80.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 5 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 91

Employer Reputation

99.4

Academic Reputation

91.7

Citations per Paper

100

H-index Citations

87.8

International Research Network

67.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 6 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.6
University of Cambridge University of Cambridge
location Cambridge, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

96.3

Academic Reputation

95.7

Citations per Paper

92.9

H-index Citations

83.8

International Research Network

73.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 7 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.1
Imperial College London Imperial College London
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

87.2

Academic Reputation

89.8

Citations per Paper

94.1

H-index Citations

89.5

International Research Network

87.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 8 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 89.5

Employer Reputation

72.2

Academic Reputation

93.1

Citations per Paper

93.5

H-index Citations

89.6

International Research Network

84.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 9 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.9
UCL UCL
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

81.1

Academic Reputation

88.4

Citations per Paper

94.3

H-index Citations

90.1

International Research Network

85.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 10 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.2

Employer Reputation

70.3

Academic Reputation

95.1

Citations per Paper

89.4

H-index Citations

84.7

International Research Network

82.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 11 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.5
Yale University Yale University
location New Haven, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

88.8

Academic Reputation

89.5

Citations per Paper

91

H-index Citations

85.9

International Research Network

74.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 12 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.3
King's College London King's College London
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

76.8

Academic Reputation

88.5

Citations per Paper

92.8

H-index Citations

85.7

International Research Network

85

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 13 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.2

Employer Reputation

90.3

Academic Reputation

86.7

Citations per Paper

89.1

H-index Citations

88.9

International Research Network

78.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 14 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.9

Employer Reputation

83.1

Academic Reputation

89.7

Citations per Paper

91.1

H-index Citations

86.1

International Research Network

72.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 15 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.7
Cornell University Cornell University
location Ithaca, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

82.8

Academic Reputation

88.2

Citations per Paper

90.6

H-index Citations

85.8

International Research Network

68.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 16 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.5
University of Washington University of Washington
location Seattle, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

74.5

Academic Reputation

84.4

Citations per Paper

90.9

H-index Citations

88.6

International Research Network

83.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 17 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.4

Employer Reputation

77.9

Academic Reputation

87

Citations per Paper

91.9

H-index Citations

86.9

International Research Network

70.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =18 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.1

Employer Reputation

78.4

Academic Reputation

87.7

Citations per Paper

87.7

H-index Citations

83.9

International Research Network

78.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =18 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.1

Employer Reputation

92.7

Academic Reputation

89.2

Citations per Paper

90.2

H-index Citations

77.8

International Research Network

65.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 20 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.8
University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania
location Philadelphia, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

80.9

Academic Reputation

83.8

Citations per Paper

91.5

H-index Citations

88.9

International Research Network

71.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 21 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.4
The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh
location Edinburgh, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

78.8

Academic Reputation

86.6

Citations per Paper

90.9

H-index Citations

79.4

International Research Network

78.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 22 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83.9
Duke University Duke University
location Durham, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

72.2

Academic Reputation

83.1

Citations per Paper

91.2

H-index Citations

86.2

International Research Network

79.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 23 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83.8
Columbia University Columbia University
location New York City, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

81.1

Academic Reputation

81.6

Citations per Paper

91.3

H-index Citations

85.2

International Research Network

77

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 24 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.8

Employer Reputation

86.7

Academic Reputation

81.8

Citations per Paper

86.4

H-index Citations

79.2

International Research Network

82.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 25 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.7

Employer Reputation

86.8

Academic Reputation

82

Citations per Paper

88.5

H-index Citations

79.2

International Research Network

76.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 26 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.6

Employer Reputation

86.6

Academic Reputation

88.6

Citations per Paper

83.5

H-index Citations

77.5

International Research Network

62.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 27 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.5

Employer Reputation

74.6

Academic Reputation

84.5

Citations per Paper

87.9

H-index Citations

81.7

International Research Network

73

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 28 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82

Employer Reputation

79.6

Academic Reputation

79.7

Citations per Paper

89.7

H-index Citations

85.9

International Research Network

70.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 29 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.9
KU Leuven KU Leuven
location Leuven, Belgium
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

79

Academic Reputation

77.6

Citations per Paper

90.6

H-index Citations

83.1

International Research Network

82.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 30 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.6
The University of Manchester The University of Manchester
location Manchester, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

77.8

Academic Reputation

80.4

Citations per Paper

92.7

H-index Citations

80

International Research Network

70.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

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