Harvard Medical School came first in a 2010 "U.S. News" poll of best medical schools in the United States, surveying 146 medical programs. Cell biology, pathology and neurobiology are just a few of the departments at this school. This medical branch of Harvard University was established in 1782 and now has an 11,017 faculty.
The University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine has 1,700 faculty, 570 doctoral students and 725 medical students. The medical school was No. 2 on the 2010 "U.S. News" survey.
The School of Medicine at John Hopkins University is found in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1893, this medical school has 2,448 full-time faculty members and 1,249 part-timers on the faculty. There are also 482 medical students, 85 percent of which get financial aid. The John Hopkins's University School of Medicine came third on the "US News" survey of top medical schools in America.
Located in Oxford, England, Oxford University Medical School offers courses leading to a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree. There are two ways to achieve this: through a six year course split into two stages or through an intensive four year course. Oxford came first in "The Sunday Times 2010 University Rankings Guide" for UK universities.
Cambridge University's medical school is focused on research; for example infection, immunity and cancer are some of the issues looked at by the medical school's 600 research staff. A medical division was added to Cambridge University in 1540 when Dr. John Blyth became the first Professor of Physic. This English university came second on the "The Sunday Times 2010 University Rankings Guide."
No Australian medical school has produced more health professionals than Melbourne Medical School from The University of Melbourne. Not only is it the oldest medical school in Australia, it was established in 1862, but it also has a Nobel Laureate as one of its academics, Professor Peter Doherty.