Ranked 1st in the world
Source: Maclean's University Rankings 2026 — Medical Doctoral, 2026
Full ranking profile 66 placements
Every placement the Index records for McGill University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Maclean's 2026 Headline | Maclean's | =1 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =2 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Anatomy & Physiology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =5 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Library & Information Science | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =10 |
| NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | =12 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =16 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =16 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =23 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =27 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =29 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =30 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =30 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =31 |
| NTU 2025 Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | =39 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =41 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =41 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =41 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =42 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =43 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =44 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =44 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =44 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =44 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Education | METU (URAP Lab) | =45 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =46 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | =47 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =50 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =50 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =50 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =55 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =65 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =68 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =68 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =69 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =73 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =74 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =74 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =74 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =76 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =81 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =87 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =98 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =99 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =101 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =104 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =116 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =124 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =145 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =146 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =152 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =154 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =168 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =168 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =175 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =182 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =185 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =208 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =214 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =214 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =227 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =251 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =262 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =277 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =309 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =336 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =523 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.