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It is no surprise that medicine is a popular subject for study at university – many highly sought-after jobs require extensive knowledge of the subject, and it is an immensely interesting area that continues to evolve and develop. As such, many students are looking to study medicine and lots of universities offer courses in it. However, it can be challenging to find out which are the best universities for medicine. To help with this, we have created a guide to show students the top ranked med schools across the UK, giving students a place to start their research into further education.
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These are the top three highest ranking universities in the UK for medicine, according to the 2025 Complete University Guide league table. Exploring the curricula of the medicine courses at these three institutions will give students a good idea of what they might want to experience in their medicine education, or figure out the type of degree they would want to take.
Seeing which universities have been ranked highly for student satisfaction can help point towards courses that will inspire and educate students in a meaningful manner. For medicine subjects, the university with the highest student satisfaction ranking was University of Leicester.
Go to: Search medicine courses at University of Leicester
Graduate prospects are also important for students researching where they could study medicine, as it gives an indication of employability after studying a course at the institution. University of Southampton had the highest ranking in terms of graduate prospects for medicine students.
Go to: Search medicne courses at University of Southampton
With medicine being a constantly progressing field, research is a major part of the subject and how it is taught in universities. If students are looking to take research-based courses in medicine, taking note of a university’s research quality ranking would be wise. The university which had the highest research quality ranking was the University of Cambridge, which also came top overall for medicine.
Go to: Search medicine courses at University of Cambridge
This article uses ranking information from the Complete University Guide’s league tables. Data is sources from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, the 2021 Research Excellence Framework and the National Student Survey. The Complete University Guide has its own methodology for calculating the rankings of each university. The CUG league tables are based on undergraduate data sources.
Go to: See the 2025 Complete University Guide medicine subject league table
The University of Cardiff has received many positive reviews from medicine students on Whatuni, including several five-star ratings. Quotes from these students include “We have access to good resources and a nice course structure."
Go to: Search medicine courses at Cardiff Univeristy
For students looking to find out about more universities the offer medicine courses, please use our course search tool, which can be filtered by region, subject, qualification and more.
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