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Top universities for medicine and dentistry in the UK: the Be Wise ranking
4 UK universities and colleges ranked for medicine and dentistry on official data.
Providers need at least 50 survey responses in medicine and dentistry to appear in the table. Student experience is the average share of final-year students giving positive answers across the seven National Student Survey themes. Earnings are medians five years after graduating, compared with the UK average for medicine and dentistry.
The table
| Position | University or college | Score out of 100 | Student experience | Continuation | Graduate prospects | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of St AndrewsSt Andrews, Scotland | 100.0 | 91.4% | 96.0% | 94.8% | £52,7007% below the UK average for this subject |
| 2 | UCL (University College London)London, England | 94.4 | 85.9% | 94.8% | 92.4% | £57,100In line with the UK average for this subject |
| 3 | University of LeedsLeeds, England | 80.1 | 84.9% | 97.4% | 89.2% | £54,5004% below the UK average for this subject |
| 4 | University of LancashirePreston, England | 0.0 | 80.5% | 78.8% | 70.6% | £51,30010% below the UK average for this subject |
Sources: National Student Survey 2026, Office for Students (Open Government Licence v3.0), first degree, full-time, by teaching provider; LEO graduate outcomes, tax year 2023-24, Department for Education (Open Government Licence v3.0), median earnings five years after graduating; Discover Uni dataset, 8 September 2026 edition, HESA (CC BY 4.0), continuation and graduate prospects. All sources and licences.
Not enough data (40)
These providers teach medicine and dentistry but have fewer than 50 survey responses in the subject or too few published measures to include fairly. This says nothing about their quality. Discover Uni has their course-level data.
Bangor University; Cardiff University; Glasgow Caledonian University; Imperial College London; Keele University; King's College London; Lancaster University; Middlesex University; Newcastle University; Oxford Brookes University; Queen Mary University of London; Swansea University; Teesside University; University of Aberdeen; University of Birmingham; University of Brighton; University of Bristol; University of Cambridge; University of Dundee; University of East Anglia; University of Edinburgh; University of Exeter; University of Glasgow; University of Hull; University of Leicester; University of Liverpool; University of Manchester; University of Nottingham; University of Oxford; University of Plymouth; University of Portsmouth; University of Reading; University of Sheffield; University of South Wales; University of Southampton; University of Suffolk; University of Sussex; University of Warwick; University of York; University of the Highlands and Islands
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Quick answers
Which universities have the highest student satisfaction for medicine and dentistry?
In the 2026 National Student Survey, the highest average positive scores for medicine and dentistry among providers with at least 50 responses were University of St Andrews (91.4%), UCL (University College London) (85.9%), University of Leeds (84.9%), University of Lancashire (80.5%). This is one measure; the full table also shows graduate earnings.
How much do medicine and dentistry graduates earn?
Across UK providers, the typical (median) earnings of medicine and dentistry graduates five years after graduating were £57,000 in the 2023-24 tax year, according to the Department for Education's LEO data. Earnings vary a lot by university, region and job.
How is this medicine and dentistry table put together?
It uses only official data: the National Student Survey 2026, Discover Uni and LEO earnings. We do not copy commercial league tables. Universities with too little data are listed as not enough data rather than guessed.