Discipline guide
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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