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Getting into a top-rated medical school can be a daunting task. Most of the top medical schools in the world have stringent admission requirements and a challenging curriculum that only the best students can handle.

The best medical schools in the world are typically located in the United States. There are some, however, that are typically high-rated programs located outside of the United States.

Harvard University

The Times Higher Education Supplement rates Harvard University’s medical school as the best in the world. U.S.News and World Report and other websites like studentdoc.com have also placed Harvard at the top of the list among U.S. medical schools.

Both the Times Supplement and U.S. News use faculty surveys and heavily weight many of their rankings on the opinion of academic leaders and medical professionals.

Research activity was heavily weighted as part of the overall score as well. Founded in 1782, Harvard Medical School has emerged as the leading innovator of medical research in the world.

The school has seven basic science departments, two in social science and one clinical science department. Harvard emerged as the top school when all factors were finally considered. Harvard Medical School boasted a budget of $544,158,873 for 2008 (figures for 2009 are not yet available).

Harvard Medical School
25 Shattuck Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 432-1000

http://hms.harvard.edu/hms/home.asp

University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge was the highest rated school for biomedical research outside of the United States in 2009, according to the Times Higher Education Supplement.

Cambridge rated second only to Harvard in terms of its medical research and continues to make substantial contributions in the areas of cancer research, cardiovascular medicine, stem cell research, epidemiology and public health, genetics, haematological and transplantation medicine, infection and immunity, diabetes, endocrinology, neuroscience and mental health and women’s health.

The school also emphasizes the practical side of medicine through its clinical school of medicine. Furthermore, Cambridge emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of medicine by offering joint M.D./Ph.D. programs for students wishing to pursue substantial research careers.

University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Box 111
Hills Road
Cambridge
CB2 0SP.
UK
+441223336700

http://www.medschl.cam.ac.uk/

University of Oxford

Even though the United States has a higher number of top-rated medical schools, Oxford University placed third on the list of the best medical schools in the world, giving the United Kingdom two of the top three institutions on the Times Higher Education Supplement list.

Oxford’s departmental list is long and includes divisions within the areas of anesthetics, cardiovascular medicine, clinical medicine, clinical neurology and pharmacology, oncology, obstetrics, gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, rheumatology and musculoskeletal sciences, pediatrics, psychiatry, public health, primary care and surgery.

It is also the home of the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and the Gray Institute for Radiology, Oncology and Biology. Oxford is one of the world’s oldest and most respected institutions of higher education.

Medical Sciences Office
John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford, OX3 9DU
U.K.
+441865221689

http://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/study/medicine

Getting into a top-rated medical school can be a difficult challenge. Many medical schools have stringent admission requirements and look only for the top candidates to admit each year.

There are many medical schools available to choose from, but if you want to get into a top-tier program, you will have to have a pretty impressive resume to even receive consideration.

The top programs recruit the best candidates because they also have difficult academic programs.

Candidates who possess the necessary qualities to complete these programs are generally the ones chosen for admission.

Harvard University

Harvard University’s medical school is considered the best in the nation. U.S. News and World Report and Web sites like studentdoc.com all consider Harvard to the nation’s best medical school. U.S.

News and World Report ranks schools according to a number of factors, one of the most important of which is academics.

Determining academic quality is somewhat subjective, but U.S. News and World Report has attempted to make the process as scientific as possible by issuing surveys to important faculty members of medical schools around the country such as the deans of the schools, residency directors, and the like.

Research activity was heavily weighted as part of the overall score as well. Harvard emerged as the top school when all factors were finally considered. Harvard Medical School boasted a budget of $544,158,873 for 2008 (figures for 2009 are not yet available).

Founded in 1782, Harvard Medical School has emerged as the leading innovator of medical research in the world. The school has seven basic science departments, two in social science, and one clinical science department.

Harvard Medical School
25 Shattuck Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 432-1000

http://hms.harvard.edu/hms/home.asp

Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

Second only to Harvard on most lists, Johns Hopkins University is just as rigorous in its academic standards. JHU has retained its position as a top-tier program for decades and has emerged as one of the premier medical institutions in the world.

Many of its specialty programs have reached the status of top-ranked programs as well. In the area of ear, nose, and throat along with rheumatology and urology, JHU had the top programs in the nation. Ten of its other programs ranked either second or third.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
733 N. Broadway, Suite G49
Baltimore, MD 21205-2196
(410) 955-3182
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