Oxford Recognized as Leader in Medical and Health Rankings

Cambridge is joined by US universities, Harvard and Stanford, as the only institutions to rank among the top 10 in all 11 subjects covered by the rankings.

The University of Oxford has been recognized as the top institution globally for medical and health subjects in international rankings.

The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject for 2025 also identified the University of Cambridge as one of only three universities to rank in the top 10 across all subjects included.

Oxford, which has held the top spot in THE's global university rankings for the past nine years, was recognized as the leading institution for medical and health – a position it has maintained since 2019.

Its best position is second for arts and humanities, computer science, life sciences, and psychology.

It also maintained the top position for computer science, which the university has held since 2019, and improved from joint fifth in 2024 to second in business and economics.

Three additional British universities rank among the top 10 for medical and health, following Oxford, Cambridge in third with Imperial College London holding the fourth spot it held in 2024 —also ranked eighth in computer science—and UCL falling one spot to eighth but increasing by one place to 10th in education studies. It holds the same position in law.