XY scatter chart showing the position of each represented nation by number of top 100 world-class medicine and pharmaceutical sciences universities per capita. Switzerland comes first with 2 universities and a per capita index of 26.5. The Netherlands are second with 4 and 24. Singapore is third with 1 and 22. The United States are ninth with 55 universities and an index of 17.6. The median of universities is 2, and the median of per capita index is 16.3, corresponding to a point between the USA and Canada.

Switzerland and the Netherlands command the per capita ranking. However the dispersion among the top ranked nations is significantly lower than in other disciplines. The number 1 is only 1.6 times the median (26.5 ÷ 16.3 = 1.6), against 6.6 times in natural sciences and mathematics, 3.1 in engineering or 3.3 in life sciences. This suggests less inequality in the level of higher education & research in the medicine and pharmaceutical field.

 

100 Top World-class Universities per Capita
Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Country

Number
2009

Population
2009

Per capita

Million(Nbr/Millionx100)
Switzerland27.5426.5
Netherlands416.4824.3
Singapore14.5422.0
Sweden29.2021.7
Belgium210.5019.0
Finland15.3118.8
Denmark15.4618.3
UK1161.2718.0
USA55311.7517.6
Canada533.4614.9
Australia321.1614.2
Germany582.456.1
Taiwan123.054.3
France262.233.2
Spain144.862.2
Italy158.991.7
Japan2127.871.6
Brazil1196.630.5
Median2 16.3

[]

 

Sources: see Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai and UN Population Division

 

arrow   back to 2009 University ranking

areppim logo  areppim: information, pure and simple