We present a list of the best universities in the field of medical personnel according to the QS World University Rankings. These universities have won international recognition in this area due to the quality of programs, developed infrastructure and experienced teaching staff.

This rating agency compiles rankings of higher education institutions, taking into account many quantitative and qualitative parameters. For example, they analyze the number of foreign students, the ratio of students per teacher, the citation index. All this makes the agency one of the most authoritative publications and becomes a reliable assistant to students who are puzzled by the search for a suitable university.
Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Nursing
| # | University | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Pennsylvania | 93.2 |
| 2 | King's College London | 93 |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins University | 90 |
| 4 | University of Toronto | 88.5 |
| 5 | Duke University | 88.4 |
| =6 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | 88.1 |
| =6 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | 88.1 |
| 8 | Columbia University | 87.8 |
| 9 | University of Alberta | 86.8 |
| =10 | The University of Manchester | 86.7 |
| =10 | Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin | 86.7 |
| 12 | University of Washington | 86.3 |
| 13 | University of Southampton | 85.9 |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 85.7 |
| 15 | Yale University | 84.7 |
| =16 | Karolinska Institutet | 84.6 |
| =16 | University of Technology Sydney | 84.6 |
| 18 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 84.3 |
| =19 | Monash University | 84.2 |
| =19 | The University of Sydney | 84.2 |
| 21 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 84.1 |
| =22 | New York University (NYU) | 83.4 |
| =22 | University of British Columbia | 83.4 |
| 24 | McMaster University | 83 |
| =25 | Sultan Qaboos University | 82.5 |
| =25 | University College Cork | 82.5 |
| 27 | University of California, San Francisco | 82.4 |
| 28 | University of Pittsburgh | 82.3 |
| 29 | The University of Melbourne | 82 |
| =30 | Griffith University | 81.8 |
| =30 | The University of Hong Kong | 81.8 |
| =30 | University of Turku | 81.8 |
| =33 | Taipei Medical University (TMU) | 81.7 |
| =33 | Yonsei University | 81.7 |
| 35 | University of Jordan | 81.3 |
| 36 | University of Wollongong | 81.2 |
| 37 | Sichuan University | 81.1 |
| =38 | Deakin University | 80.9 |
| =38 | The Ohio State University | 80.9 |
| 40 | Pennsylvania State University | 80.8 |
| 41 | University College Dublin | 80.7 |
| =42 | KU Leuven | 80.6 |
| =42 | La Trobe University | 80.6 |
| 44 | The University of Edinburgh | 80.5 |
| =45 | Emory University | 80.3 |
| =45 | Peking University | 80.3 |
| =45 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | 80.3 |
| =48 | Queen's University Belfast | 80.2 |
| =48 | University of Navarra | 80.2 |
| =50 | Adelaide University | 79.7 |
| =50 | Case Western Reserve University | 79.7 |
| =50 | Flinders University | 79.7 |
| =50 | McGill University | 79.7 |
| 51-100 | Australian Catholic University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Boston College | n/a |
| 51-100 | Cardiff University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Central South University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Chung-Ang University (CAU) | n/a |
| 51-100 | Curtin University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Edith Cowan University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Ewha Womans University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Fudan University | n/a |
| 51-100 | George Washington University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Ghent University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Hacettepe University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Jordan University of Science & Technology | n/a |
| 51-100 | King Saud University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Lund University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Mahidol University | n/a |
| 51-100 | National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences | n/a |
| 51-100 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | n/a |
| 51-100 | Peking Union Medical College | n/a |
| 51-100 | Queen's University at Kingston | n/a |
| 51-100 | Queensland University of Technology (QUT) | n/a |
| 51-100 | Sapienza University of Rome | n/a |
| 51-100 | Seoul National University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Sun Yat-sen University | n/a |
| 51-100 | The Catholic University of Korea (CUK) | n/a |
| 51-100 | The University of Auckland | n/a |
| 51-100 | The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) | n/a |
| 51-100 | The University of Queensland | n/a |
| 51-100 | The University of Tokyo | n/a |
| 51-100 | Universidade de São Paulo | n/a |
| 51-100 | Universitat de Barcelona | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Birmingham | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Calgary | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Galway | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Glasgow | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Iowa | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Leeds | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Minnesota (System) | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Nottingham | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Ottawa | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Rome "Tor Vergata" | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Texas at Austin | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Virginia | n/a |
| 51-100 | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | n/a |
| 51-100 | Vanderbilt University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Western Sydney University | n/a |