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Best universities for medicine studies in the USA according to the QS World USA University list offer selective study programs, provide the right to work in America and around the world, and get a prestigious high-paying job.
International students must complete a four-year bachelor's degree, medical school preparation, before applying to any US medical school. Prerequisites vary from school to school, but almost always include the following science courses:
- biology
- general chemistry
- organic chemistry.
Applicants must take the MCAT test, an admission test to a medical college. It will determine the ability to think critically, solve problems, write clearly, and measure knowledge of various scientific concepts. A high MCAT score is the key to getting into a good medical school.
Medical school usually lasts 4 years, followed by 3 to 7 years of residency - students are trained under supervision in their specific field. Before international students earn a medical degree in the United States, they will need to pass the United States Medical License Exam (USMLE). This test is divided into three parts, which are taken throughout the training:
- the first part takes place after the second year of medical school
- the second - during the fourth year
- the third - after the first year of residency.
Each test is individual and designed to ensure that you meet the requirements for doctors in the United States.
Best medicine universities in USA 2026 - QS World University rankings
| 1 | Harvard University |
| 2 | Stanford University |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins University |
| 4 | University of California, San Francisco |
| 5 | Yale University |
| 6 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 7 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| 8 | Columbia University |
| 9 | University of Pennsylvania |
| 10 | Duke University |
| 11 | University of Washington |
| 12 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) |
| 13 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
| 14 | Cornell University |
| 15 | New York University (NYU) |
| 16 | University of Chicago |
| 17 | Baylor College of Medicine |
| 18 | Washington University in St. Louis |
| 19 | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| 20 | Emory University |
| 21 | Northwestern University |
| 22 | Boston University |
| 23 | University of Pittsburgh |
| 24 | The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center |
| 25 | Mayo Medical School |
| 26 | Vanderbilt University |
| 27 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
| 28 | Case Western Reserve University |
| 29 | The Ohio State University |
| 30 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities |
| 31 | The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas |
| 32 | Brown University |
| 33 | University of Southern California |
| 34 | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 35 | Pennsylvania State University |
| 36 | University of California, Davis |
| 37 | University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) |
| 38 | University of Florida |
| 39 | University of Miami |
| 40 | Tufts University |
| 41 | University of California, Irvine |
| 42 | The Rockefeller University |
| 43 | University of Texas at Austin |
| 44 | George Washington University |
| 45 | Georgetown University |
| 46 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
| 47 | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 48 | Texas A&M University |
| 49 | University of Virginia |
| 50 | University of South Florida |
