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Anatomy & Physiology Ranking
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026
53 universities
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| Rank | Change | University | Country | Score | Academic | Employer | Citations | H | IRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 96.1 | 100.0 | 97.2 | 93.2 | 92.4 | — | |
| 2 | 1 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 94.7 | 97.2 | 96.3 | 92.9 | 91.9 | — |
| 3 | 1 | Stanford University | United States of America | 94.1 | 95.3 | 94.6 | 92.8 | 93.4 | — |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins University | United States of America | 92.5 | 91.0 | 87.7 | 92.0 | 97.4 | — | |
| 5 | McGill University | Canada | 91.0 | 95.2 | 83.9 | 89.6 | 88.7 | — | |
| 6 | 3 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States of America | 90.8 | 89.6 | 86.8 | 92.3 | 92.9 | — |
| 7 | 8 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore | 90.7 | 87.4 | 99.0 | 95.6 | 87.8 | — |
| 8 | 4 | University of Copenhagen | Denmark | 90.5 | 85.5 | 80.9 | 92.9 | 100.0 | — |
| 9 | 1 | Columbia University | United States of America | 90.1 | 89.8 | 70.7 | 96.5 | 92.1 | — |
| 10 | 8 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | United States of America | 89.8 | 82.2 | 80.0 | 96.7 | 98.8 | — |
| 11 | UCL | United Kingdom | 89.6 | 87.6 | 87.0 | 89.5 | 93.9 | — | |
| 12 | 4 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | 89.1 | 83.8 | 75.4 | 97.0 | 95.1 | — |
| 13 | 17 | The University of Melbourne | Australia | 88.9 | 85.5 | 84.6 | 92.0 | 92.9 | — |
| 14 | 9 | University of Toronto | Canada | 88.8 | 84.6 | 75.9 | 91.6 | 98.0 | — |
| 15 | 10 | Duke University | United States of America | 88.7 | 84.5 | 70.2 | 94.5 | 96.9 | — |
| 16 | 3 | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | 88.3 | 84.9 | 73.0 | 100.0 | 88.1 | — |
| 17 | 7 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 88.2 | 80.9 | 100.0 | 88.4 | 94.9 | — |
| 18 | 33 | McMaster University | Canada | 88.1 | 87.7 | 75.4 | 90.9 | 91.1 | — |
| 19 | — | Karolinska Institutet | Sweden | 88.0 | 84.8 | 70.4 | 93.6 | 94.7 | — |
| 19 | Washington University in St. Louis | United States of America | 88.0 | 87.2 | 58.7 | 94.8 | 94.2 | — | |
| 21 | 4 | University of Pennsylvania | United States of America | 87.7 | 80.9 | 85.6 | 92.6 | 94.7 | — |
| 21 | 12 | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 87.7 | 84.4 | 83.6 | 93.9 | 88.4 | — |
| 23 | 3 | King's College London | United Kingdom | 87.2 | 83.0 | 85.6 | 91.4 | 90.2 | — |
| 24 | 5 | The University of Manchester | United Kingdom | 86.9 | 85.2 | 76.7 | 92.9 | 87.5 | — |
| 25 | 1 | The University of Tokyo | Japan | 85.7 | 87.7 | 84.9 | 83.8 | 84.8 | — |
| 25 | 5 | The University of Sydney | Australia | 85.7 | 80.3 | 97.7 | 87.6 | 87.8 | — |
| 27 | 5 | Northwestern University | United States of America | 85.6 | 81.0 | 70.3 | 91.8 | 92.7 | — |
| 28 | 3 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | United States of America | 84.7 | 84.8 | 60.6 | 87.1 | 91.9 | — |
| 29 | 7 | University of Birmingham | United Kingdom | 84.6 | 83.0 | 68.2 | 90.2 | 88.1 | — |
| 30 | 18 | The University of Queensland | Australia | 84.2 | 77.1 | 91.4 | 88.3 | 88.7 | — |
| 31 | 8 | Sorbonne University | France | 84.0 | 79.6 | 83.0 | 90.6 | 84.8 | — |
| 31 | — | University of Chicago | United States of America | 84.0 | 81.0 | 71.2 | 92.8 | 85.1 | — |
| 33 | 18 | KU Leuven | Belgium | 83.4 | 81.2 | 73.3 | 88.6 | 85.8 | — |
| 33 | 1 | New York University (NYU) | United States of America | 83.4 | 80.2 | 67.8 | 91.3 | 86.8 | — |
| 35 | 16 | Boston University | United States of America | 83.3 | 72.1 | 91.2 | 95.4 | 85.8 | — |
| 36 | 1 | University of Otago | New Zealand | 82.6 | 81.2 | 85.4 | 87.9 | 78.6 | — |
| 37 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | 82.5 | 83.9 | 62.6 | 91.3 | 79.5 | — | |
| 38 | 13 | Loughborough University | United Kingdom | 82.3 | 86.9 | 91.7 | 80.7 | 72.9 | — |
| 39 | 8 | University of Calgary | Canada | 82.1 | 80.9 | 70.9 | 85.0 | 85.5 | — |
| 39 | 12 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | 82.1 | 76.3 | 94.9 | 89.3 | 79.1 | — |
| 41 | 9 | Monash University | Australia | 82.0 | 70.4 | 82.1 | 91.1 | 91.3 | — |
| 42 | 3 | University of California, San Francisco | United States of America | 81.5 | 70.1 | 82.0 | 90.9 | 90.2 | — |
| 43 | 15 | University of Southern California | United States of America | 81.1 | 76.0 | 75.3 | 89.1 | 83.7 | — |
| 43 | 1 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Germany | 81.1 | 75.6 | 57.7 | 92.0 | 88.4 | — |
| 45 | 6 | Yonsei University | Republic of Korea | 80.8 | 84.5 | 70.0 | 84.1 | 75.7 | — |
| 46 | 55 | University of Zurich | Switzerland | 80.2 | 74.4 | 61.8 | 88.5 | 88.4 | — |
| 47 | 4 | University of Liverpool | United Kingdom | 80.1 | 78.0 | 67.1 | 91.2 | 77.7 | — |
| 48 | 2 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | United States of America | 80.0 | 64.2 | 71.5 | 97.2 | 91.6 | — |
| 49 | 2 | The University of Auckland | New Zealand | 79.9 | 74.2 | 88.4 | 82.8 | 82.9 | — |
| 50 | 1 | Australian National University (ANU) | Australia | 79.7 | 71.8 | 81.3 | 92.3 | 79.1 | — |
| 50 | 1 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom | 79.7 | 80.4 | 75.0 | 82.5 | 77.7 | — |
| 50 | — | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States of America | 79.7 | 72.2 | 69.7 | 92.8 | 82.5 | — |
| 2026 | 1 | INSTITUTION | COUNTRY/TERRITORY | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
96.1·Acad: 100.0·Empl: 97.2
21
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
94.7·Acad: 97.2·Empl: 96.3
31
Stanford University
United States of America
94.1·Acad: 95.3·Empl: 94.6
4
Johns Hopkins University
United States of America
92.5·Acad: 91.0·Empl: 87.7
5
McGill University
Canada
91.0·Acad: 95.2·Empl: 83.9
63
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States of America
90.8·Acad: 89.6·Empl: 86.8
78
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
90.7·Acad: 87.4·Empl: 99.0
84
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
90.5·Acad: 85.5·Empl: 80.9
91
Columbia University
United States of America
90.1·Acad: 89.8·Empl: 70.7
108
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States of America
89.8·Acad: 82.2·Empl: 80.0
11
UCL
United Kingdom
89.6·Acad: 87.6·Empl: 87.0
124
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
89.1·Acad: 83.8·Empl: 75.4
1317
The University of Melbourne
Australia
88.9·Acad: 85.5·Empl: 84.6
149
University of Toronto
Canada
88.8·Acad: 84.6·Empl: 75.9
1510
Duke University
United States of America
88.7·Acad: 84.5·Empl: 70.2
163
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
88.3·Acad: 84.9·Empl: 73.0
177
University of British Columbia
Canada
88.2·Acad: 80.9·Empl: 100.0
1833
McMaster University
Canada
88.1·Acad: 87.7·Empl: 75.4
19—
Karolinska Institutet
Sweden
88.0·Acad: 84.8·Empl: 70.4
19
Washington University in St. Louis
United States of America
88.0·Acad: 87.2·Empl: 58.7
214
University of Pennsylvania
United States of America
87.7·Acad: 80.9·Empl: 85.6
2112
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
87.7·Acad: 84.4·Empl: 83.6
233
King's College London
United Kingdom
87.2·Acad: 83.0·Empl: 85.6
245
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom
86.9·Acad: 85.2·Empl: 76.7
251
The University of Tokyo
Japan
85.7·Acad: 87.7·Empl: 84.9
255
The University of Sydney
Australia
85.7·Acad: 80.3·Empl: 97.7
275
Northwestern University
United States of America
85.6·Acad: 81.0·Empl: 70.3
283
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
United States of America
84.7·Acad: 84.8·Empl: 60.6
297
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
84.6·Acad: 83.0·Empl: 68.2
3018
The University of Queensland
Australia
84.2·Acad: 77.1·Empl: 91.4
318
Sorbonne University
France
84.0·Acad: 79.6·Empl: 83.0
31—
University of Chicago
United States of America
84.0·Acad: 81.0·Empl: 71.2
3318
KU Leuven
Belgium
83.4·Acad: 81.2·Empl: 73.3
331
New York University (NYU)
United States of America
83.4·Acad: 80.2·Empl: 67.8
3516
Boston University
United States of America
83.3·Acad: 72.1·Empl: 91.2
361
University of Otago
New Zealand
82.6·Acad: 81.2·Empl: 85.4
37
University of Leeds
United Kingdom
82.5·Acad: 83.9·Empl: 62.6
3813
Loughborough University
United Kingdom
82.3·Acad: 86.9·Empl: 91.7
398
University of Calgary
Canada
82.1·Acad: 80.9·Empl: 70.9
3912
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
82.1·Acad: 76.3·Empl: 94.9
419
Monash University
Australia
82.0·Acad: 70.4·Empl: 82.1
423
University of California, San Francisco
United States of America
81.5·Acad: 70.1·Empl: 82.0
4315
University of Southern California
United States of America
81.1·Acad: 76.0·Empl: 75.3
431
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Germany
81.1·Acad: 75.6·Empl: 57.7
456
Yonsei University
Republic of Korea
80.8·Acad: 84.5·Empl: 70.0
4655
University of Zurich
Switzerland
80.2·Acad: 74.4·Empl: 61.8
474
University of Liverpool
United Kingdom
80.1·Acad: 78.0·Empl: 67.1
482
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
United States of America
80.0·Acad: 64.2·Empl: 71.5
492
The University of Auckland
New Zealand
79.9·Acad: 74.2·Empl: 88.4
501
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia
79.7·Acad: 71.8·Empl: 81.3
501
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
79.7·Acad: 80.4·Empl: 75.0
50—
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States of America
79.7·Acad: 72.2·Empl: 69.7
20261
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