Rankings and key facts

Keep updated with the latest ranking positions and league tables for the College.

The College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine consistently ranks highly in all the major ranking frameworks, a testament to the quality of our teaching and research.

Times Higher Education rankings

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings include more than 1,600 universities across 99 countries and territories.

  • The University of Edinburgh is ranked 29th in the world in the 2025 THE World University Rankings.

THE also publishes subject-level university rankings. In the latest THE World University Rankings by subject (2025):

  • We’re ranked in the top 30 universities in the world for:
    • life sciences subjects (29th).
    • medical and health subjects (21st).

Times Higher Education rankings website

QS rankings

The QS World University Rankings cover more than 1,400 universities around the world, analysed through the lens of research impact, academic standing, internationalisation, student/staff ratio, graduate employability and teaching capacity.

  • The University of Edinburgh is ranked 27th in the world in the 2025 QS World University Rankings.
  • This places the University in the top 2% of higher education institutions worldwide.

QS also publishes subject-level rankings covering five subject areas that are further divided into 54 disciplines.

  • We’re ranked in the top 20 universities in the world for the overall subject area of life sciences and medicine.
  • We’re also ranked:
    • 5th in the world for veterinary science.
    • 20th in the world for medicine.

QS top universities website

ShanghaiRanking

The ShanghaiRanking is published annually by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. Their Academic Ranking of World Universities assesses more than 2,500 universities, and the best 1,000 are published. The University of Edinburgh is ranked 5th in the UK and 40th in the world in the 2024 rankings.

ShanghaiRanking also publishes an annual Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, which ranks institutions in 55 subjects across Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences and Social Sciences. In the 2024-25 edition, the University of Edinburgh is ranked in the top 50 universities in the world for 12 subjects, including public health, human biological sciences and veterinary sciences.

ShanghaiRanking website

Complete University Guide

The Complete University Guide league tables rank UK universities across 70 subject areas.

The University of Edinburgh is ranked 15th in the UK in the 2025 guide.

  • We’re ranked in the top 5 universities in the UK for veterinary science and medicine.
  • We’re also ranked in the top 10 universities in the UK for biomedical sciences.

Complete University Guide website

The Guardian's UK university rankings

The Guardian newspaper ranks UK higher education institutions by subject, looking at student satisfaction, staff numbers, spending and career prospects.

In the 2025 rankings, the University of Edinburgh is ranked 1st in the UK for veterinary science, 2nd in the UK for anatomy and physiology and 6th in the UK for medicine.

The Guardian's 2025 university rankings

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