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UCL Medicine rises to sixth place in QS World Rankings

22 March 2023

UCL remains a global leader for Medicine after moving up another place in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023. UCL is now ranked 6th in the world for Medicine and maintains its position as number one in London.

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UCL Medicine has climbed one place in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 - the world’s most consulted university ranking - to be named 6th in the world. UCL retains its place as first in London for Medicine. 

With a long and rich history of excellence in medical training and research, UCL is dedicated to delivering innovative, world-leading education and research that advances healthcare practice and benefits patients and the wider society.

Professor Geraint Rees, UCL Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement), said: “These rankings reflect the hard work and dedication of many thousands of colleagues throughout UCL and are testimony to their individual and collective commitment to academic excellence. It is particularly pleasing to see the IOE maintain their position as world leader for the tenth year running, now joined by The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment. We are very proud of the world-leading quality of our education, research and impact and this recognition of our growing strengths across a wide range of disciplines.”

UCL ranks in the top 10 globally in 10 subject areas in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 with with two subjects ranked first in the world: IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, maintains its position as first in the world for Education for the tenth year in a row, joined by The Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment, ranked first in the world in 2023 for Architecture and Built Environment. 

The ten subject areas UCL has ranked in the global top 10 are: Education (1), Architecture & Built Environment (1), Archaeology (3), Anthropology (4), Pharmacy & Pharmacology (4), Psychology (5), Geography (6), Medicine (6), Anatomy & Physiology (6), and Biological Sciences (8).

To compile the subject rankings, QS used five key metrics (including academic reputation, research performance based on citations impact, and graduate employability), the precise weighting of which varies by subject to reflect differing research practices across disciplines.

A total of 1,597 universities in 161 locations across the world were ranked across 54 academic disciplines.

The QS World University Rankings, which rank universities overall rather than at subject level, will be published later this year. The last edition of these rankings placed UCL at joint eighth in the world.


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