Clinical & Health
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Clinical & Health 2025

Times Higher Education World University Rankings · · Methodology · Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings official website · Editorial Standards

Evaluates universities worldwide for research output and teaching performance in clinical and health sciences.

THE evaluates universities across five pillars — Teaching, Research Environment, Research Quality, Industry, and International Outlook — making it one of the most comprehensive ranking systems.

How does Clinical & Health evaluate universities?

Clinical & Health, published by Times Higher Education World University Rankings, evaluates universities worldwide using key indicators such as Teaching, Research Environment, Research Quality, Industry, International Outlook, each assigned a distinct weight according to a publicly documented methodology. Data sources combine academic peer reviews, employer surveys, bibliometric databases such as Scopus and Web of Science, and institutional self-reported statistics, all independently verified by the publisher's research team. The 2025 edition assessed 1147 universities from 14 countries and regions, covering teaching quality, research output, internationalization, and graduate employability across undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs. Times Higher Education World University Rankings recollects raw data annually and cross-checks results to ensure the rankings reflect each institution's most current performance in faculty strength, scholarly productivity, global reach, and student outcomes, providing a reliable reference for prospective students, parents, and education researchers.

Which are the top universities in Clinical & Health 2025?

The top universities in Clinical & Health 2025 are: University of Oxford, Harvard University, University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, Johns Hopkins University. This edition, published by Times Higher Education World University Rankings, evaluated 1147 universities from 14 countries and regions using indicators such as Teaching, Research Environment, Research Quality, Industry, International Outlook. Rankings reflect weighted performance across multiple dimensions; students should consider methodology differences and their own academic priorities when interpreting results.

How does Clinical & Health differ from other ranking systems?

THE (Times Higher Education) World University Rankings is among the most comprehensive, evaluating universities across teaching (30%), research environment (30%), research quality (30%), industry income (2.5%), and international outlook (7.5%), with 18 fine-grained indicators. Data sources combine the Elsevier Scopus bibliometric database, academic reputation surveys, and institution-reported statistics. The methodology underwent a major 2024 revision, adding a Research Quality category to reduce reliance on sheer output volume. In comparison, QS leans more on reputation surveys, ARWU is built solely on objective research metrics (Nobel Prizes, highly cited researchers), and US News centers on research productivity and citation impact. THE suits applicants seeking a balanced view of a university's combined research and teaching strength.

Current edition: published 2025-01
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1 University of Oxford logo University of Oxford 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 96.0 93.0 99.4 96.1 100.0 92.6
2 Harvard University logo Harvard University 🇺🇸 United States 94.8 95.7 100.0 91.9 92.6 87.4
3 University of Cambridge logo University of Cambridge 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 93.9 91.2 98.5 93.4 89.6 92.8
4 Imperial College London logo Imperial College London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 92.1 86.4 92.9 95.4 84.9 97.3
5 Johns Hopkins University logo Johns Hopkins University (JHU) 🇺🇸 United States 90.8 92.6 94.3 88.9 99.9 76.7
6 = Stanford University logo Stanford University (SU) 🇺🇸 United States 90.4 89.1 93.4 91.8 98.2 73.5
6 = Yale University logo Yale University 🇺🇸 United States 90.4 92.8 92.4 90.0 90.1 76.9
8 University College London logo University College London (UCL) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 89.2 80.3 90.1 93.5 90.0 97.1
9 University of Toronto logo University of Toronto 🇨🇦 Canada 88.5 88.6 97.3 83.2 100.0 75.6
10 University of Pennsylvania logo University of Pennsylvania 🇺🇸 United States 87.4 89.9 90.5 87.6 98.6 60.9
11 University of California, Berkeley logo University of California, Berkeley (UCB) 🇺🇸 United States 87.0 86.4 92.2 85.5 91.8 74.7
12 King's College London logo King's College London (KCL) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 86.8 77.5 90.4 90.1 78.4 96.2
13 Karolinska Institutet logo Karolinska Institutet (KI) 🇸🇪 Sweden 86.6 82.8 92.9 84.7 88.8 85.8
14 University of California, Los Angeles logo University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 🇺🇸 United States 86.2 90.0 89.2 86.2 89.5 60.8
15 Tsinghua University logo Tsinghua University (THU) 🇨🇳 China 85.9 88.6 82.9 90.6 94.9 59.6
16 Columbia University logo Columbia University (CU) 🇺🇸 United States 85.8 87.4 87.5 88.0 71.2 71.8
17 National University of Singapore logo National University of Singapore (NUS) 🇸🇬 Singapore 85.6 82.1 85.5 87.7 99.6 80.8
18 University of Michigan logo University of Michigan (UM) 🇺🇸 United States 84.5 87.0 85.9 88.1 81.7 55.4
19 University of Washington logo University of Washington (UW) 🇺🇸 United States 84.0 83.6 83.9 90.5 83.0 55.7
20 The University of Melbourne logo The University of Melbourne 🇦🇺 Australia 83.6 80.2 84.6 82.4 100.0 88.8
21 = University of Edinburgh logo University of Edinburgh 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 82.6 73.4 74.2 93.8 79.3 94.3
21 = University of Hong Kong logo University of Hong Kong (HKU) 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 82.6 73.0 79.4 88.5 98.6 92.4
23 Duke University logo Duke University 🇺🇸 United States 82.5 81.3 82.0 88.3 99.8 52.6
24 Chinese University of Hong Kong logo Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 80.7 67.6 73.9 91.7 99.4 90.3
25 Peking University logo Peking University (PKU) 🇨🇳 China 80.5 91.6 94.6 68.3 98.5 38.9
26 University of Chicago logo University of Chicago (UC) 🇺🇸 United States 80.2 76.8 76.3 89.2 95.2 55.8
27 The University of Tokyo logo The University of Tokyo (UT) 🇯🇵 Japan 80.0 91.5 91.8 68.9 100.0 38.6
28 University of British Columbia logo University of British Columbia (UBC) 🇨🇦 Canada 79.5 76.5 79.6 80.3 87.8 81.9
29 McGill University logo McGill University 🇨🇦 Canada 79.4 79.0 79.3 80.8 74.1 77.8
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill logo University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) 🇺🇸 United States 79.0 82.3 80.9 81.9 76.1 48.0
31 Monash University logo Monash University 🇦🇺 Australia 78.9 65.6 78.7 86.6 99.8 80.0
32 = Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin 🇩🇪 Germany 78.5 66.5 73.7 89.4 98.9 76.1
32 = Washington University in St. Louis logo Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) 🇺🇸 United States 78.5 70.8 72.8 91.5 83.5 62.2
34 University of California San Diego logo University of California San Diego (UCSD) 🇺🇸 United States 78.4 72.8 75.7 89.7 100.0 43.4
35 The University of Sydney logo The University of Sydney (USYD) 🇦🇺 Australia 77.8 66.6 80.1 81.3 99.8 81.4
36 Boston University logo Boston University (BU) 🇺🇸 United States 77.2 76.8 70.6 83.9 75.6 71.6
37 University of Amsterdam logo University of Amsterdam (UvA) 🇳🇱 Netherlands 77.1 69.3 68.5 88.6 94.0 72.6
38 Universität Heidelberg Universität Heidelberg 🇩🇪 Germany 76.5 69.0 66.9 87.0 99.3 75.9
39 McMaster University logo McMaster University 🇨🇦 Canada 76.0 62.0 68.1 89.8 99.9 75.9
40 Fudan University logo Fudan University 🇨🇳 China 75.8 79.3 81.8 71.9 99.5 48.3
41 KU Leuven logo KU Leuven (KUL) 🇧🇪 Belgium 75.5 56.7 70.7 90.4 100.0 76.2
42 ETH Zurich logo ETH Zurich 🇨🇭 Switzerland 75.2 64.0 74.3 79.3 89.4 92.1
43 Emory University logo Emory University 🇺🇸 United States 74.5 69.7 66.0 87.8 81.7 55.2
44 Seoul National University logo Seoul National University (SNU) 🇰🇷 South Korea 73.4 78.2 77.8 73.2 99.9 27.3
45 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München logo Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) 🇩🇪 Germany 72.8 60.4 66.6 83.1 100.0 75.6
46 = Kyoto University logo Kyoto University 🇯🇵 Japan 72.7 82.5 81.7 62.1 99.9 41.3
46 = Northwestern University logo Northwestern University (NU) 🇺🇸 United States 72.7 61.5 63.6 90.8 98.8 45.6
48 University of Manchester logo University of Manchester 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 72.4 56.9 62.7 89.1 74.3 82.6
49 New York University logo New York University (NYU) 🇺🇸 United States 72.1 69.6 62.1 84.1 70.9 60.8
50 = Sungkyunkwan University logo Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) 🇰🇷 South Korea 72.0 72.0 68.1 77.1 99.9 47.1