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Best Universities for Medicine & Health Sciences 2026

Medical schools, biomedical research tracks, public health programs, and nursing programs across BrightKey's coverage — with attention to which paths actually accept international students.

49 countries and 174 universities cover this discipline in our dataset.

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United States

29 universities

Harvard University, Stanford University, University of California, Los Angeles

United Kingdom

24 universities

University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Imperial College London

Australia

9 universities

University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, Monash University

Canada

9 universities

University of Toronto, University of British Columbia (UBC), McGill University

Netherlands

6 universities

University of Amsterdam (UvA), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Maastricht University

Germany

6 universities

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Heidelberg University, Humboldt University of Berlin

Japan

6 universities

Kyoto University, Keio University, Osaka University

Brazil

5 universities

Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

Hong Kong

4 universities

University of Hong Kong (HKU), Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), City University of Hong Kong

South Korea

4 universities

Seoul National University (SNU), Yonsei University, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)

Spain

4 universities

Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Universitat de Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Italy

4 universities

Sapienza University of Rome, University of Bologna, University of Padua

China

4 universities

Fudan University, Zhejiang University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

South Africa

4 universities

University of Cape Town (UCT), University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Stellenbosch University

Belgium

3 universities

KU Leuven, Ghent University, Université catholique de Louvain

Ireland

3 universities

Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, University of Galway

Taiwan

3 universities

National Taiwan University, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, National Cheng Kung University

Colombia

3 universities

Universidad de los Andes (Uniandes), Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL), Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)

Israel

3 universities

Tel Aviv University (TAU), Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI)

Switzerland

2 universities

University of Geneva, University of Zurich

Denmark

2 universities

University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University

New Zealand

2 universities

University of Auckland, University of Otago

India

2 universities

Indian Institute of Science, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Sweden

2 universities

Uppsala University, Karolinska Institutet

Norway

2 universities

University of Oslo, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Mexico

2 universities

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Chile

2 universities

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC Chile), Universidad de Chile (U. de Chile)

Nigeria

2 universities

University of Ibadan (UI), University of Lagos (UNILAG)

Thailand

2 universities

Chulalongkorn University, Mahidol University

Malaysia

2 universities

Universiti Malaya (University of Malaya), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

Singapore

1 universities

National University of Singapore (NUS)

France

1 universities

Sorbonne University

Europe (Other)

1 universities

Lund University

Finland

1 universities

University of Helsinki

Argentina

1 universities

Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)

United Arab Emirates

1 universities

Khalifa University of Science and Technology

Qatar

1 universities

Qatar University

Lebanon

1 universities

American University of Beirut (AUB)

Egypt

1 universities

Cairo University

Bangladesh

1 universities

University of Dhaka

Sri Lanka

1 universities

University of Colombo

Morocco

1 universities

Mohammed V University (Université Mohammed V de Rabat)

Czechia

1 universities

Charles University

Turkey

1 universities

Koç University

Indonesia

1 universities

Universitas Indonesia (UI)

Philippines

1 universities

Ateneo de Manila University

Kenya

1 universities

University of Nairobi (UoN)

Uganda

1 universities

Makerere University

Ghana

1 universities

University of Ghana (Legon)

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