A fairly recent addition to the QS World University Rankings by Subject, QS’s annual ranking of the world’s top universities for dentistry aims to help prospective students identify top dental schoolsacross the globe.
Read on for an overview of the world’s top dentistry schools, or click here for the full interactive ranking table.
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Top 10 Dental Schools in the World
Based on the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016
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Rank
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Name of Institution
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Location
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1
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University of Hong Kong (HKU)
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Hong Kong
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2
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University of Michigan
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United States
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3
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Karolinska Institute
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Sweden
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4
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King’s College London (KCL)
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United Kingdom
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5
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University of Gothenburg
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Sweden
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6
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Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)
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Japan
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7
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KU Leuven
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Belgium
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8
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UCL (University College London
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United Kingdom
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9
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
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Brazil
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10
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New York University (NYU)
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United States
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Top dental schools in the US & Canada
The US boasts 15 entries among the world’s 50 top dental schools, with its two top 10 entries (above) followed closely by Harvard University (11th) and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (14th). Also within the top 30 are theUniversity of Washington (15th), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA, 19th), the University of Pennsylvania (21st),Boston University (24th) and the University of California, San Francisco (joint 30th).
Two universities in Canada feature among the top 50 dentistry schools; these are the University of British Columbia (22nd) and the University of Toronto (47th).
United States:
2 University of Michigan
10 New York University (NYU)
11 Harvard University
14 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
15 University of Washington
19 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
21 University of Pennsylvania
24 Boston University
=30 University of California, San Francisco
32 Columbia University
36 University of Iowa
39 University of Southern California
40 The Ohio State University
44 University of Minnesota
=45 University of Florida
Canada:
22 University of British Columbia
47 University of Toronto
Top dental schools in Europe
Sweden claims two of the world’s top 10 dentistry schools: the Karolinska Institute (3rd), and the University of Gothenburg (5th). A third Swedish entrant, Malmo University, is ranked joint 30th.
The country with the most ranked schools in Europe, however, is the UK, with six representatives in the ranking. As well as King’s College London (4th) and UCL (University College London, 8th), other top dental schools in the UK include the University of Birmingham (joint 17th) and the University of Manchester (joint 34th).
Finland and Switzerland each offer three representatives within the dental school ranking, with the highest ranking Finnish entry being the University of Helsinki (joint 34th), while Switzerland boasts two dental schools within the top 25: the University of Bern (23rd) and the University of Zurich(joint 25th).
Denmark offers two of the world’s top dentistry schools, with the University of Copenhagen placing 13th, while Aarhus University ranks joint 17th for dentistry this year.
Other European countries featured in the dentistry ranking, with one entrant each, include Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain. Belgium’s KU Leuven places 7th, followed by Spain’s Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) (33rd) and the Netherlands’ Radboud University Nijmegen (41st).
Sweden:
3 Karolinska Institutet
5 University of Gothenburg
=30 Malmo University
United Kingdom:
4 King's College London
8 UCL (University College London)
=17 University of Birmingham
=34 The University of Manchester
37 Newcastle University
50 University of Bristol
Finland:
=34 University of Helsinki
43 University of Turku
48 University of Oulu
Switzerland:
23 University of Bern
=25 University of Zurich
49 University of Geneva
Denmark:
13 University of Copenhagen
=17 Aarhus University
Belgium:
7 KU Leuven
Netherlands:
41 Radboud University
Spain:
33 University Complutense Madrid
Top dental schools in Latin America
While Latin America features less prominently in the dental school ranking, Brazil is a notable exception, claiming three entries among the world’s top 25 – the Universidade de São Paulo in 9th place, followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp, 20th) and Universidade Estadual Paulista “Julio de Mesquita Filho” (joint 25th).
Brazil:
9 Universidade de São Paulo
20 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
=25 UNESP
Top dental schools in Asia
Hong Kong leads the dentistry ranking, with the University of Hong Kong in first place. Elsewhere in Asia, China, South Korea and Taiwan all also offer one top dental school. China’s Peking University is in 16th place, followed by South Korea’s Seoul National University (SNU) (28th) and Taiwan’sNational Taiwan University (joint 45th).
Meanwhile in Japan, Tokyo Medical and Dental University claims 6th position for dentistry, while Osaka University appears in 28th place.
Hong Kong,China:
1 The University of Hong Kong
China:
16 Peking University
South Korea:
28 Seoul National University
Taiwan,China:
=45 National Taiwan University (NTU)
Japan:
6 Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)
38 Osaka University
Top dental schools in Australia & New Zealand
Australia has three universities ranked among the world’s top 50 for dentistry. These are the University of Melbourne (27th), the University of Adelaide (29th) and the University of Sydney (42nd).
New Zealand meanwhile offers one top dentistry school within its borders, which is the University of Otago, ranked 12th in the world for dentistry.
Australia:
27 The University of Melbourne
29 The University of Adelaide
42 The University of Sydney
New Zealand:
12 University of Otago