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April 13, 2026

Medical School Rankings 2026

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Medical school rankings 2026

There is no such thing as the ‘best’ medical school. Your experience is largely determined by who you meet there.

But. This is the latest league table from The Times based on 2024/2025 data.

Subject rank Overall rank University Teaching quality Student experience Research quality Entry standards Graduate prospects Total
1 3 University of Oxford 91.6 81.6 67.5 206 99.4 100
2 36 University of Dundee 81.9 69.2 57 244 100 97.7
3 16 University of Glasgow 76.2 63.1 68.5 240 99.6 97.2
4 6 Imperial College London 85.2 84.3 68.5 192 99.2 96.9
5 27= University of Leicester 90.3 87.4 70.2 167 99.6 96.4
6 2 University of St Andrews 88.8 88 45.5 214 95.7 96.1
7= 4 University of Cambridge 76.1 61.6 76.2 212 99.5 95.6
7= 17= University of Edinburgh 75.9 66.7 64 231 100 95.6
9 11 University of Bristol 84.9 70.8 71.8 184 99.6 95.3
10 15 University of Aberdeen 88.2 80.8 30.5 242 98.8 95.1
11 26 Queen’s University, Belfast 84.4 76.5 66.2 188 100 95
12 7 University College London 77 72.2 70.8 190 99.7 93.4
13 32 Cardiff University 81.9 75.4 55.5 188 100 91.9
14 39 Queen Mary University of London 79.4 74.1 58 192 98.4 91.8
15 12 Lancaster University 87.1 77.4 55 167 100 91.3
16 n/a Hull-York Medical School 83.1 64.4 61.2 167 99.3 90
17= 57= Keele University 84.9 75.6 49 172 99.3 89.8
17= 13 University of Exeter 82.1 69.8 53.2 178 100 89.8
19 37 Swansea University 74.6 58.4 66.8 n/a 98.9 89.5
20 30= Newcastle University 82.1 69 50.7 176 99.2 88.9
21 27= University of Manchester 76 61.2 61.3 178 99.4 88.6
22= 24= King’s College London 71.6 59.3 65.5 177 99.4 87.9
22= 22 University of Birmingham 74.5 66.3 59.8 174 99.4 87.9
24= 33 University of East Anglia 78.5 71.4 50 169 99.4 87.1
24= 105= University of Sunderland 88.1 86.9 30.2 164 n/a 87.1
26 14 University of Sheffield 76.5 65.5 51 174 100 86.7
27 29 University of Leeds 80.5 71.2 39.5 178 99.1 86.6
28 69 St George’s, University of London 75.1 62.3 50.2 176 99.3 86
29 19 University of Southampton 76.7 67.4 49.5 166 99.6 85.7
30 35 Aston University 77.4 71.4 46 162 n/a 85.3
31 23 University of Liverpool 72.3 70.5 46.8 170 99.2 84.6
32 38 University of Sussex 82.2 67.7 32 169 100 84.3
33 130 Anglia Ruskin University 78.4 68.9 33.8 159 n/a 82.4
34 70 University of Plymouth 71.7 62.4 38.2 169 100 81.7
35 9 University of Warwick 82.4 70.9 23.2 n/a 99.5 81.5
36 30= University of Nottingham 64.8 40.6 54 167 99.6 80.4
37 71 University of Brighton 82.2 67.7 n/a 169 100 77.6
38 96 University of Central Lancashire 82.8 72.5 n/a 141 78.8 75.2
39 114 University of Buckingham 71.1 56.3 n/a 133 100 69.1

Note 1. Don’t worry if your medical school is not there. They have to have submitted recent data.

Note 2. Dont worry of your medical school is lower in the table. Your medical school experience is not primarily determined by its academic ranking. It is more do with the things that happen there, e.g. friends you make, fun you have, parties, societies, sports and individual attachments on the wards or in the community etc.

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