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- Hey everybody, I'm Gus with Crimson Education,
and today we're gonna be talking about the Top 10
Medical Schools in the world.
Just a quick disclaimer before we get started.
These rankings are based off of the QS rankings
which, are kind of a mixed of different factors
including, employer reputation, scholarship productivity,
and H index, so by no means are these the definitive,
or only ways to rank medical schools.
It's just one of the ways, so it also might mean that
the schools on this list aren't necessarily the best
fits for you, so if you are looking for the best
school for you, feel free to click on the link
below for free.
That's right.
Free!
Academic consultation with one of our academic experts,
but lets get started with our number 10 school
on our list.
It's tied for number nine.
It is the University College London located in
London in the UK.
University College London, or UCL has been training
doctors and scientists in medicine since 1834.
Only schools in the US undergraduates can begin
studying medicine at UCL from the very beginning.
It's a six year program to become a doctor if you
study starting as an undergrad at UCL.
UCL also offers plenty of Postgraduate medicine
education opportunities for Post-grad students
looking to enter the medicine field.
The school of medicine is one of six divisions within
the faculty of medicine at UCL.
UCL Medical School Alumni often go on to become high
profile figures within the medical community,
so for example, the current Presidents of the Royal
College of Physicians, the Royal College of Surgeons,
and the Chair of the General Medical Council
are Alumni of UCL.
Number nine on our list is sure to get some haters
because, they don't even have a medical school.
It is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
or MIT.
Why are they on this list?
Is because, they are aligned with Harvard Medical School
through the Health Scientist and Technology Program.
This prestigious program is combined MD-PhD Program
for students interested in essentially, they get
together Health Science and Technology not just
through a medical degree, but also through an
intensive research degree, or a PhD.
Because of the programs emphasis on research,
most of the students who pursue this program
wind up pursuing a career in Biomedical Research
as oppose to being a practicing Physician.
Number eight on our list brings us to New Haven,
Connecticut with Yale University School of Medicine.
The Yale School of Medicine Admissions Committee
specifically notes that students applying to their
program do not need to have majored in a Pre-Med,
or a Biology Track, but as long as they complete
the prerequisite requirements, students from all
backgrounds are welcome to apply,
and join the program.
Yale University has several graduate schools,
and they take advantage of this in their medical
school training, by offering several joint
degree programs including an MD/JD,
and MD/MBA, and MD,MDiv.
That last one is for Medical and Divinity School
if you don't know.
In addition, about 20% of students at the Yale School
of Medicine pursue a joint MD-PhD as that is
also an option.
One famous Alum of the Yale School of Medicine
is Dr. Aaron Beck a famous Psychiatrist who
developed Cognitive Therapy.
Number seven on our list takes us to the west coast
of the United States to UCLA,
or the University of California Los Angeles.
The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is
number four in the US, and number seven in the world,
and a lot of the training that UCLA Medical School
candidates receive is at the UCLA Medical Center
which, has specialties in virtually every area of medicine.
UCLA Medical Center is the primary teaching hospital
for both the UCLA Medical School,
and the UCLA Nursing Program.
UCLA like Yale has a lot of graduate programs,
and students at the medical school have the ability
to pursue joint degrees in MD-PhD, MD/MBA,
and an MD in Masters of Public Affairs.
Number six on our list is the Karolinska Institute
in Sweden.
The Karolinska Institute is a huge scientific
endeavor in Sweden.
It is responsible for 40% of all medical research
within Sweden, and it's free for students in the EU,
so if you're from the EU, this could be a
good option for you.
I just wanna emphasis that if you don't speak
Swedish, you really shouldn't be going here.
Like don't try to fake it.
Just like find another school.
There are many other medical schools.
It's exactly what our admissions experts would tell you.
Number five on out list brings us to Baltimore, Maryland
with Johns Hopkins University.
After a lot of requests from you our YouTube audience,
we went to Johns Hopkins very recently.
In fact, you can find our big QS videos here,
and our day in the life video here,
so John Hopkins has an extremely competitive medical
school at approximately 3.9% admission.
However, Johns Hopkins notes on their website that
competitive atmosphere disappears once students
arrive on campus.
Every class is about 120 students in the medical school,
and it's really designed to be a collaborative
environment, rather than competitive.
Number four on our list brings us to Palo Alto, California
with Stanford University School of Medicine.
Stanford Medical School is fantastic for a number
of reasons.
One of which is that it offers a wide variety of
dual degree programs including of course an MD-PhD
Program for students interested in getting medical
training as well as research experience.
In addition, Stanford is located within Silicon Valley
giving students great access to really a whole
bunch of ways you can apply medicine to technology,
and vice versa.
Additionally, it's a rather small program.
There's about 90 to a 100 students per class,
or in each cohort, and Stanford isn't really located
within a big city, so though a little bit more of an
intimate program than others.
Number three on our list brings us to Cambridge University
in the UK where medicine has been taught since 1540.
If you are old enough to remember that, tell us who
your doctor is because, you are a miracle.
Like many UK schools you can start studying medicine
at the undergraduate level at Cambridge graduating
as a doctor within six years, which is something you
can not really do unless, you are like some
kind of amazing person in the US.
You know what?
I'm just gonna come out and say it.
You can't do it in the US.
In addition to the medical school, Cambridge University
has a long history of excelling in the Biomedical
Sciences.
DNA was discovered there.
I feel like that kind of stands on its own.
Number two on our list brings us to Cambridge's rival
Oxford University also in the UK.
Like Cambridge, Oxford offers opportunities for
undergraduates to start studying to become doctors
when they arrive on campus.
Another thing that you can't do in the US,
but Oxford also offers an accelerated program for
students who all ready have pursued an undergraduate
degree, and are ready for advanced graduate training.
Graduates from Oxford's Medical Programs go on to
pursue careers in Academia, and Research,
and Private Practice, and really anything else you
can imagine doing with any kind of medical training,
and number one on our list brings us to Harvard
Medical School.
Harvard Medical School is widely regarded by basically,
everyone as the best medical school,
and medical research school in the world.
Not only does it have some of the best faculty in the world.
It also has some of the best teaching hospitals
of anywhere including, Mass General Hospital, Boston
Children's Hospital.
They have a lot of great hospitals.
In addition, we have filmed several Harvard Medical
School students.
You can click here to watch a video with Julia Peng.
She is getting not only her MD,
but also her MBA as part of a joint program,
and you can also check out Bush Chang.
Another Harvard Medical School student.
Maybe you will be our third Harvard Medical School
video subject.
Harvard Medical School has produced a huge number
of notable Alumni including, Dr. Harvey Cushing.
He was a pioneer of brain surgery,
and discover of Cushing's Disease,
and Dr. Jill Stein who is not only an American
Physician, but also political candidate of the
Green Party.
Okay, and there you have it.
QS's Top 10 medical schools in the world.
Again, these are not the only ways that you can rank
medical schools.
Let us know in the comment section below if you think
there's a school that should of been on this list
of medical schools that didn't make it,
and if you wanna free academic consultation to see
which medical school is right for you,
and to get some help on your journey there.
Click on the link below for a free academic consultation.
Again, I'm Gus with Crimson Education.
We'll see you next time.
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