Harvard University is considered by many leading publications to have the top medical school in the world. Founded in 1782, Harvard University not only has emerged as a top-rated medical school, but it is also generally considered as the top-rated university in the world as a whole. Harvard is known primarily as the top research institution, and it boasts a research budget of over $500 million per year. Harvard has one of the top pediatric medicine programs in the nation and it has a working relationship with several of Boston's prominent hospitals.
Harvard Medical School
25 Shattuck St.
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 432-1000
hms.harvard.edu/hms/home.asp
Located in Philadelphia, Pa., Temple University has a well-established and recognized medical program. Temple offers students the opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary studies in seven primary areas of emphasis, including obesity research, neurovirology, cancer research, bone biology and disease, cardiovascular research, thrombosis research and molecular biology. Temple has established relationships with several area institutions, such as the Western Pennsylvania Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Abington Memorial Hospital and the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.
Temple University School of Medicine
Medicine Education and Research Building
3500 N. Broad St.
Philadelphia, PA 19140
(215) 707-7000
www.temple.edu/medicine/
The University of Pennsylvania is also recognized as one of the premier universities in the world. In addition to having a top-rated business and law program, its medical school was rated third in U.S. News & World Report behind Harvard and Johns Hopkins University. Pennsylvania, like Harvard, has a top-rated pediatric medical program and is recognized as one of the top medical research institutions in the nation. The medical school is comprised of 28 separate areas of specialization and has a working relationship with 18 research institutes. The medical school offers students the opportunity to pursue interdisciplinary joint degrees as part of its ongoing research.
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
Suite 100 Stemmler Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6056
(215) 898-8001
www.med.upenn.edu/
Johns Hopkins University (JHU) ranks second only to Harvard as a top medical school in the United States. JHU has consistently rated as one of the top programs in the world for nearly two straight decades on the U.S. News & World Report's list of best medical schools. JHU is a world-class institution with special expertise in ear, nose and throat medicine, along with rheumatology and urology. Johns Hopkins traces its origins back to 1893 and has since then produced 19 Nobel Prize winners. Its research budget rivals that of Harvard at $437 million for 2009.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
733 N. Broadway, Suite G49
Baltimore, MD 21205
(410) 955-3182
hopkinsmedicine.org/