Rankings and key facts
Keep updated with the latest ranking positions and league tables for the College.
The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine consistently ranks highly in all the major ranking frameworks, a testament to the quality of our teaching and research.
Times Higher Education rankings
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings include more than 1,600 universities across 99 countries and territories.
- The University of Edinburgh is ranked joint 30th in the world in the 2024 THE World University Rankings.
THE also publishes subject-level university rankings. In the latest THE World University Rankings by subject (2023):
We’re ranked in the top 30 universities in the world for:
- life sciences subjects.
- clinical and health subjects.
Times Higher Education rankings website
QS rankings
The QS World University Rankings cover more than 1,400 universities around the world, analysed through the lens of research impact, academic standing, internationalisation, student/staff ratio, graduate employability and teaching capacity.
- The University of Edinburgh is ranked 22nd in the world in the 2024 QS World University Rankings.
QS also publishes subject-level rankings covering five subject areas that are further divided into 54 disciplines.
- We’re ranked in the top 30 universities in the world for the overall subject area of life sciences and medicine.
- We’re also ranked:
- 8th in the world for veterinary science.
- 16th in the world for anatomy and physiology.
- 22nd in the world for medicine.
ShanghaiRanking
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as ShanghaiRanking, is an annual publication of university rankings by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. More than 1200 universities are ranked by ARWU every year and the best 500 are published.
In the 2023 ShanghaiRanking:
- We’re ranked in the top 10 universities in the world for veterinary science.
- We’re ranked in the top 40 universities in the world for public health.
US News Global Universities
The overall Global Universities rankings published by US News encompass the top 1,250 universities spread across 74 countries.
The University of Edinburgh is ranked 34th overall in the 2022-2023 edition.
We’re ranked in the top 20 universities in the world for:
- surgery.
- public, environmental and occupational health.
- We’re ranked in the top 30 universities in the world for cardiac and cardiovascular systems.
Complete University Guide
The Complete University Guide league tables rank UK universities across 70 subject areas.
The University of Edinburgh is ranked 12th in the UK in the 2024 guide.
- We’re ranked in the top 5 universities in the UK for veterinary science.
- We’re also ranked in the top 10 universities in the UK for:
- biomedical sciences.
- medicine.