The clinical and health subject table uses the same trusted and rigorous performance indicators as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021, but the methodology has been recalibrated to suit the individual fields.
It highlights the universities that are leading across medicine, dentistry and other health subjects.
This year’s table includes 856 universities, up from 775 last year.
View the World University Rankings 2021 by subject: clinical and health methodology
The University of Oxford leads the table for the 10th consecutive year, while Harvard, Cambridge, Imperial College London and Stanford still complete the top five.
Sweden’s Karolinska Institute makes the top 10 for the first time since 2017, while Columbia University drops out of the group, falling five places to 15th.
Canada’s McMaster University is the biggest climber in the top 80, rising 15 places to joint 11th.

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