The top ten medical schools in the world are:

Harvard University

Harvard Medical School, founded in 1782, offers professional medical

education for a Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree. Additionally, the medical
school offers MD/PhD, MD/MPH, and MD/MBA dual degree programs.

Medical School Size

There are 709 students currently enrolled at Harvard Medical School, which is
roughly 27% more than the average for all Medical Schools. 167 new students
matriculated in the most recent first-year medical school class.
Students admitted to Harvard Medical School typically have an undergraduate
GPA between 3.73 and 4.00 and have a median MCAT score of 37 out of 45
possible points. The 2015-2016 financial aid calculation assumes a total cost of $87,175 for a
first-year student. This includes $55,850 for tuition and $31,325 for all other fees, supplies and

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living expenses. This cost is recalculated annually and varies by year in school

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Harvard housing is among the best in the nation

1. The Harvard Library system is the largest university library in the world, so any book you
need will be available, and you won't have to go searching for it at other universities.
2.
Classes feature state-of the art technology, producing a class experience that is rivaled by few other
universities in the world.

97% of students return after their first year.

ing
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97% of students will complete their education and graduate with a degree.

100% of students surveyed rated the general knowledge of professors as above average.
100% of faculty have earned the highest degree in their field.

University of Oxford

Venerable university with 38 colleges plus more than 22,000 students and 70 research departments.
Address: Oxford, United Kingdom
 University of Cambridge

John Hopkins University

Stanford University

University of California

University of California

Yale University

Karolinska Institutet

University of London

1. Harvard University

From extremely modest beginnings in 1782, when it

opened with just three students, the Harvard Medical School(HMS) has produced
thousands of leaders and caregivers with international influence in the fields of science
and medicine. It boasts nine Nobel prizes shared between fifteen researchers; one of the
most recent going to Linda Buck in 2004 for her discovery of “odorant receptors and
the organization of the olfactory system”. Scientists from HMS and the Dana-Farber
Cancer Institute (one of the 17 hospitals and research institutions that HMS is affiliated
with) have recently published promising results relating to the development of a
personalized tumor vaccine for leukemia patients.
Medical School Size
There are 709 students currently enrolled at Harvard Medical School, which is
roughly 27% more than the average for all Medical Schools. 167 new students
matriculated in the most recent first-year medical school class.
Students admitted to Harvard Medical School typically have an undergraduate
GPA between 3.73 and 4.00 and have a median MCAT score of 37 out of 45
possible points. The 2015-2016 financial aid calculation assumes a total cost of $87,175 for a
first-year student. This includes $55,850 for tuition and $31,325 for all other fees, supplies and

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living expenses. This cost is recalculated annually and varies by year in school

Shattuck St, Boston, MA 02115, United

States
 Harvard housing is among the best in the nation

3. The Harvard Library system is the largest university library in the world, so any book you
need will be available, and you won't have to go searching for it at other universities.
4.
Classes feature state-of the art technology, producing a class experience that is rivaled by few other
universities in the world.

97% of students return after their first year.

ing
.

97% of students will complete their education and graduate with a degree.

100% of students surveyed rated the general knowledge of professors as above average.
100% of faculty have earned the highest degree in their field.

2. University of Oxford

Oxford Medicine has collected sixteen Nobel prizes

over the years, one shared in 1945 between Sir Howard W Florey, Sir Ernst Chain and
Sir Alexander Fleming “for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various
infectious diseases”.
Other notable people include Professor Adrian Harris who “pioneered drug therapies based
on blocking the blood supply to tumors”; Professor Peter Donnelly for his work in identifying
genetic risk factors for breast cancer, and Professor Herman Waldmann for the development
of an antibody therapy for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Venerable university
with 38 colleges plus more than 22,000 students and 70 research departments.

Address: Oxford, United Kingdom

Fee Annual tuition fee Annual college fee

status payable by student payable by student

Overse Between £15,295 and

as £22,515* £7,135

Islands £9,000*
the tuition fee for 2016 will be £9,000. You can access a loan from the UK
government for the full amount of your tuition fee and do not need to
pay any fees upfront.

clinical, preclinical and health’ league table, the Times Higherwrote:

‘[Oxford]’s medical courses are perhaps best known for being
extremely hard to get into ... But it is in medical research where
Oxford really stands out, bolstered by the largest cluster of
overseas research activity across the entire University – the Africa
and Asia Tropical Medicine network.

‘And the future looks bright, too: in August, the institution was
awarded well over £100 million over five years in three separate
tranches by the National Institute for Health Research to fund
research partnerships between the university and local hospitals.’

Oxford’s medical sciences division is one of the largest biomedical

research centres in Europe, with over 2,500 people involved in
research and more than 2,800 students. Its teaching and research
spans fundamental science right through to clinical trials and
translation into treatment, delivered in partnership with the local
hospitals. It brings in around two-thirds of Oxford University’s
external research income. Listed by itself, that would make it the
fifth largest university in the UK in terms of research grants and
contracts.

3. University of Cambridge

Of its 26 affiliated Laureates in the field of medicine,

one of Cambridge’s most popular Nobel Prize winners is Sir John B Gurdon, “for the
discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent”. The
Department of Medicine’s most recent published achievement is the production of a full
three-dimensional model of the structure of an HIV RNA packaging signal, which had
previously only been solved in small regions because of technological limitations.
 The report says that the model can be used as a foundation upon which to base the
design of new anti-HIV drugs. The school is co-located with Addenbrooke's Hospital on

The Old Schools, Trinity

the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Ln, Cambridge CB2 1TN, United Kingdom

As at most English universities, in 2015-16 the tuition fees for UK/EU students studying for an
undergraduate degree at Cambridge are £9,000 per year for all courses.

Medicine and Veterinary Medicine (both Pre-Clinical and Clinical training) £36,459

4. Johns Hopkins University

The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine was

founded in 1893, four years after the opening of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, which has been
ranked number 1 for 21 years in a row by the US News & World Report. Affiliates and
faculty of Johns Hopkins Medicine have collected 19 Nobel prizes so far. Latest research
includes studies on preventing type 2 diabetes; the formation of new blood vessels from
stem cells; and the identification of exercise as a risk factor for heart failure in people with
the genetic mutation ARVD/C (arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy).
The Johns Hopkins University is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, the
university was named after its first benefactor, the American entrepreneur, abolitionist, and philanthropist

Johns Hopkins. Baltimore, MD 21218, United States. $47,250

The School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University has an application deadline of
October 15. The application fee at Johns Hopkins University is $90. Its tuition is full-
time: $47,250. The faculty-student ratio at Johns Hopkins University is 6.0:1.
 Academic Excellence

 Leadership

 Service, compassion and humanism

 Diversity

 Ability to work in a team (or as part of a team)

1. Standardized testing. The Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) is required for acceptance.
 Computer literacy. The student must have a working knowledge of computers, including the use of
computers to retrieve information and to communicate with others. This knowledge is essential to today’s practice
of medicine.
2. Communication skills. Required course work will include at least two writing-intensive courses, which
can be in the humanities or the social/behavioral sciences and may be counted as part of the 24-semester hour
requirement for the humanities and social sciences. It is expected that the student will have demonstrated
precise and fluent communication in spoken and written English. It is strongly recommended that the student
achieve basic conversational skills in a foreign language.
3. Teamwork skills. Medicine is a strongly collaborative endeavor. The applicant must demonstrate the
ability to work successfully with others toward a common goal. A significant experience requiring teamwork is
therefore expected in the course of the applicant’s academic and/or extracurricular activities and should be
documented in the application.

5. Stanford University

The Stanford School of Medicine claims four

Nobel Laureates in total, including faculty and affiliates. Recently published research
includes the creation of a bioengineered peptide that acts like a “molecular flashlight”,
allowing for the outlines of a tumor to be highlighted with a high degree of accuracy, and
also allowing for areas to be targeted for drug delivery. Researchers have also identified
a potential new culprit for Alzheimer’s and aging, a protein called C1q, already
well-known as an initiator of immune responses. Stanford University is a private research
university in Stanford, California, and one of the world's most prestigious institutions, with the top

450 Serra
position in numerous rankings and measures in the United States.

Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, United States

$50,715
The School of Medicine at Stanford University has an application deadline of
October 15. The application fee at Stanford University is $85. Its tuition is full-
time: $50,715. The faculty-student ratio at Stanford University is 2.0:1.

3.82 gpa.

6. Yale University
 The Yale School of Medicine was founded in 1810,
making it the sixth oldest medical school in the US. Dr George E Palade from the institution
shared a Nobel Prize with two others in 1974 "for their discoveries concerning the structural
and functional organization of the cell". Yale researchers were the first to use chemotherapy
to treat cancer, and the first to identify Lyme disease. Recent research has included the
discovery of a technique for tracking electrical activity in the brain by inserting fluorescent
proteins into neurons, which are then recorded by optical sensors as they respond to

changes in electrical signals. New Haven, CT 06520,

United States Yale University is a private Ivy League research university in New
Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1701 in Saybrook Colony as the Collegiate School, the University is the

third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. $53,540

The School of Medicine at Yale University has an application deadline of October 15.
The application fee at Yale University is $95. Its tuition is full-time: $53,540. The
faculty-student ratio at Yale University is 3.4:1.
We look for individuals who are devoted to stretching the boundaries of
knowledge and becoming leaders in medicine, public health and biomedical
science and who display commitment and integrity among their personal
qualities.
7. University of California, Los
Angeles (UCLA)

The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is

only half a century old, yet ranks alongside other institutions twice its age. Faculty
member Louis J Ignarro shared a Nobel Prize in 1998 with two others for "discoveries
concerning nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system". Recently
published research is about the effectiveness of fish oil at “reversing liver disease in
children with intestinal failure who require intravenous nutrition”, when taken for six
months. The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the
Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.
Resident Nonresident

Subtotal mandatory fees $15,890.74 $28,135.74

Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition 20,511.00 20,511.00

Total mandatory fees $36,401.74 $48,646.74

8. Imperial College London

The Imperial College Faculty of Medicine

brings eight major West London medical schools together into one institution. The
Faculty has five affiliated Laureates, including Sir Alexander Fleming who shared the
prize with two others in 1945 for the discovery of penicillin. Researchers have recently
published the findings of a study into an “intelligent knife” that can tell if tissue it
comes into contact with is cancerous or not. They have also published research into the
metabolites a tumor produces at different stages, making it possibly to determine what
stage it is at with a high degree of accuracy. Imperial College London is a public research
university, located in London, United Kingdom[5] Founded in 1907 as specialist college in science
and technology of the federal University of London.

9. University of Melbourne

The Melbourne Medical School was the first to

educate doctors in Australia, with the first starting their training in 1862. Three alumni
have won the Nobel Prize for Medicine, including the first Australian female
Laureate, Elizabeth Blackburn, who won in 2009 for "the discovery of how
chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase". Researchers
from the university have recently developed and tested a device that can be implanted in
the brain to predict epileptic seizures.
10. Karolinska Institute

The Karolinska Institute is a medical university

that accounts for almost half of all medical academic research in Sweden. It houses the
Nobel Assembly, which has been selecting the Laureates in Physiology or Medicine
since 1901. This means that five of those Laureates were selected very close to home,
including two Institute affiliates in 1982 “for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins
and related biologically active substances". Guest Professor of Regenerative Surgery at
the Institute, Paolo Macchiarini, performed the first two trachea replacement surgeries
using manufactured organs in 2011. Ongoing research includes vaccines for all sorts of
conditions, including cardiovascular disease, hepatitis C, tuberculosis and HIV.