{"id":48522,"date":"2026-06-26T10:01:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/?p=48522"},"modified":"2026-06-26T10:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:01:59","slug":"u-s-news-rankings-semmelweis-university-enters-the-top-200-in-new-categories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/english\/2026\/06\/u-s-news-rankings-semmelweis-university-enters-the-top-200-in-new-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. News Rankings: Semmelweis University enters the top 200 in new categories"},"content":{"rendered":"
Semmelweis University has improved its results in several areas in the latest U.S. News Best Global Universities rankings for 2026\u20132027 compared to last year. It has climbed 17 places in Clinical Medicine to 164th, improved by 29 places in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging to 145th, moved up 30 places in Pharmacology and Toxicology to 186th, and more than 49 places in Cell Biology to 194th. The university continues to achieve its highest ranking in Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems, a field in which it has consistently been listed among the world\u2019s top 50 for years.<\/div>\n

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Semmelweis University, which was ranked in 12 subjects last year<\/a>, now appears in 13 fields in the latest (2026\u20132027) edition of U.S. News\u2019 Best Global Universities rankings. It has consistently ranked highest on the Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems list for several years, maintaining its position among the world\u2019s top 50 institutions \u2014 this time coming in at 38th place.<\/p>\n

Semmelweis University has managed to move up in this year\u2019s rankings in several fields: in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Medical Imaging, it improved by 29 places to rank 145th. In Clinical Medicine, it moved up 17 places to 164th; and in Pharmacology and Toxicology, it climbed 30 places to 186th.<\/p>\n

The university also made it into the top 200 in the Cell Biology rankings, coming 194th. It showed the greatest improvement in the Biology & Biochemistry rankings, climbing 125 places to reach 285th position.<\/p>\n

The subjects of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (211th), Surgery (212th), Oncology (245th), and Neuroscience and Behavior (296th) also reached the top 300. Molecular Biology and Genetics ranked 305th, while Psychiatry\/Psychology was listed as 424th.<\/p>\n

Semmelweis University is placed highest among the region\u2019s universities in several subject-specific rankings, including Cell Biology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging, as well as Surgery. Apart from the subjects Chemistry and Psychiatry\/Psychology, Semmelweis University is the only Hungarian institution of higher education to appear on each of these lists or is ranked highest among them.<\/p>\n

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Semmelweis University finished in 546th place on the Best Global Universities list, moving up 16 places since last year. E\u00f6tv\u00f6s Lor\u00e1nd University was the highest-ranked Hungarian university, coming in at 507th place. Smaller, more specialized universities are at a disadvantage in the global, aggregate rankings due to size-dependent indicators. However, Semmelweis University ranked highest among Hungarian medical schools in this ranking as well.<\/p>\n

The top three spots on the list are held by Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Stanford University.<\/p>\n

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The number one ranking in the United States<\/h6>\n

U.S. News & World Report is the longest-running and best-known higher education ranking organization in the United States, and it was the first American publisher to enter the global university rankings sector in 2014. Their latest international higher education rankings feature the top 2,250 universities from 105 countries around the world. The lists are based on 13 indicators selected by U.S. News to measure global research performance, as well as the weighting of those indicators.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nTranslation: Judit D\u0151tsch
\nPhotos by B\u00e1lint Barta \u2013 Semmelweis University (illustration)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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