The top 12 radiology schools in the world, according to US News and World Report
U.S. News and World Report revealed its top radiology schools worldwide on Tuesday, with Harvard University taking the No. 1 spot.
Stanford University came in second, with King’s College London rounding out the top three. This is the eighth iteration of the news organization’s annual Best Global Universities rankings, which cover 43 different subject areas including imaging.
The rankings are powered by data from analytics firm Clarivate and are based on academic research performance in such subjects. More than 200 universities were ranked this year in the radiology category, according to usnews.com. The University of California, San Francisco, landed 10th on the list and touted its position on Wednesday.
“Our faculty and students continue to advance our ability to improve the human condition, even against the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, and these global rankings showcase their success,” Dan Lowenstein, MD, executive vice chancellor and provost, said in a statement.
Here are Best Universities for Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging in the world, according to U.S. News:
- Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Stanford University, Stanford, California.
- Kings College London, London, United Kingdom.
- Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
- University College London, London, United Kingdom.
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
- Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
- University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
- Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
- University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
And here is the United States list:
- Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Stanford University, Stanford, California.
- Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
- University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
- Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (14 on the global list).
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (15).
- New York University, New York, New York (18).
- University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (tied for 18).
- Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri (21).
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York (22).
- Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (26).
- University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
Marty Stempniak has covered healthcare since 2012, with his byline appearing in the American Hospital Association's member magazine, Modern Healthcare and McKnight's. Prior to that, he wrote about village government and local business for his hometown newspaper in Oak Park, Illinois. He won a Peter Lisagor and Gold EXCEL awards in 2017 for his coverage of the opioid epidemic.