Best Universities for Medicine & Health Sciences in Spain 2026

Medicine & Health Sciences programs

• Medicine (Grau de Medicina) — Taught across the Bellvitge and Clínic campuses with affiliated teaching hospitals; ARWU ranks UB #48 globally in Clinical Medicine, backed by the IDIBAPS and IDIBELL biomedical institutes
• Pharmacy and Food Sciences — One of Spain's leading pharmacy faculties, tied into Barcelona's pharma and biotech cluster and the Barcelona Science Park research ecosystem
• Biology / Biomedical Sciences — Strong life-sciences programs feeding UB's #14-globally Anatomy & Physiology research strength and the city's biotech sector

Medicine & Health Sciences programs

• Dentistry (Odontología) — One of Spain's leading dental schools, in roughly the QS world top 50 for the subject, with a long clinical-training tradition.
• Veterinary Science (Veterinaria) — Top-50-class in QS by-subject; one of the most prestigious veterinary faculties in the Spanish-speaking world, with its own teaching hospital.
• Pharmacy (Farmacia) — Historic, research-intensive faculty in the QS top 100; a flagship of UCM's strong health-sciences cluster.
• Medicine (Medicina) — Heir to the school of Nobel laureates Ramón y Cajal and Severo Ochoa, with major affiliated Madrid teaching hospitals; highly competitive EvAU entry.

Medicine & Health Sciences programs

• Veterinary Medicine — UAB's flagship — veterinary science ranks around 27th worldwide (QS by subject), backed by a dedicated veterinary teaching hospital on campus.

Medicine & Health Sciences programs

• Medicine — Faculty of Medicine partnered with major Madrid teaching hospitals (e.g. La Paz, Puerta de Hierro); consistently top-rated nationally.