Top universities with the best student-to-staff ratio 2018
Data from the Time Higher Education World University Rankings reveal the top universities with the best student-to-staff ratios
Times Higher Education has created this table to show which universities have the best student-to-staff ratios in the world as a way to help students work out which universities could be best placed to provide this type of learning environment.
The list has been compiled using data from the latest THE World University Rankings. As part of the rankings, THE collects information on the staff and student numbers of each university, and from this we can calculate the student-to-staff ratio. The table below shows the number of students per member of staff for each university.
All the top five universities are specialist medical institutions. As these universities combine practical experience alongside theoretical learning, it may be that they require higher numbers of staff to support this teaching structure.
It is also the case that many specialist universities have smaller student bodies, with higher numbers of teaching staff and faculty. However, some universities on this list – such as Johns Hopkins University and Duke University – have high student populations (about 15,000 each), so this isn’t always the case.
Japan dominates the list, with 34 universities featured. The US comes in second with 25 universities. The rest of the top 100 features universities from Russia, France, India and China. Noticeably, universities based in the UK are absent from the top 100.
The top five universities with the best student-to-staff ratio
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1. Jikei University School of Medicine
Jikei University School of Medicine is a private university in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The word “jikei” means mercy and love in Japanese.
With 2,700 beds and 7,500 outpatients per day, Jikei University Hospitals is considered one of the largest educational hospital systems in the country. The university also has an international exchange programme with King’s College London and the University of Leeds.
Jikei has four university hospitals – Katsushika Medical Center, Daisan Hospital in Chofu Komae, the Kashiwa Hospital in Chiba and the Jikei University School of Medicine Triton Clinic in Harumi.
2. Oregon Health and Science University
Oregon Health and Science University is a public university with a main campus and two hospitals in Portland, Oregon, US. It was founded in 1887.
The institution offers degree programmes in dentistry, medicine and nursing. It is a functioning hospital, simultaneously treating patients, training healthcare professionals and conducting important healthcare research.
Oregon Health and Science University is also one of the largest employers in the state, and has launched many community programmes to improve the health of Oregon’s residents.
The university’s Knight Cancer Institute helped to pioneer medicine through a discovery that identified how to shut down cells that enable cancer to grow without harming healthy ones. The Brain Institute scientists are nationally recognised for discoveries that have led to a better understanding of Alzheimer’s disease.
3. Kansai Medical University
Kansai Medical University is a private medical university located in the city of Moriguchi, near the town of Osaka, Japan. It was established in 1928, when the Osaka Women's Medical College was established, but it wasn't chartered until 1947. It became co-educational in 1954 and adopted its current name.
The university is affiliated with four hospitals, which include the KMU Kori Hospital, KMU Medical Centre, KMU University Hospital and Kansai Medical University Temmabashi General Clinic.
It also offers a number of graduate programmes across many areas including stem cell pathology, psychosomatic medicine, radiology, pediatrics and dermatology.
4. Saitama Medical University
Since Saitama Medical University was founded in 1972, it has expanded from just 80 students to a multi-faculty school. The university provides hands-on experience for all students in one of the four affiliated hospitals.
In 2003, the university established the Medical Education Centre, a place where students and staff learn alongside each other in an environment where undergraduate and postgraduate students and practising physicians mix.
The university campus is located an hour to the north of central Tokyo.
5. Rush University
Rush University is the final specialist medical university in this top five. Located in the Illinois Medical District in Chicago, US, the university is part of a hub of patient care, research and education.
The university encourages community services among its students, and many regularly take part in community work.
The Rush University Medical Center (the hospital associated with the university) was Chicago’s first major hospital and remains a highly regarded medical centre across the US. The university offers courses in nursing, medicine, biomedical research and allied health.
The college is named after Benjamin Rush, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and a Pennsylvanian physician who counted George Washington as one of his patients.
A lower student-to-staff ratio can help students to cultivate closer relationships with their lecturers, have quicker access to essay feedback, and get involved in more interactive seminars and discussions.
| rank | University | Country/Region | Number of students per one member of staff |
| 1 | Jikei University School of Medicine | Japan | 0.6 |
| 2 | Oregon Health and Science University | US | 1 |
| 3 | Kansai Medical University | Japan | 1.1 |
| 4 | Saitama Medical University | Japan | 1.5 |
| 5 | Rush University | US | 2.1 |
| 6 | Showa University | Japan | 2.4 |
| 6 | University of Nebraska Medical Center | US | 2.4 |
| 8 | Medical University of Vienna | Austria | 2.7 |
| 9 | Shiga University of Medical Science | Japan | 3 |
| 10 | Fujita Health University | Japan | 3.1 |
| 11 | Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) | Japan | 3.2 |
| 12 | Nara Medical University | Japan | 3.3 |
| 12 | Vanderbilt University | US | 3.3 |
| 14 | Yokohama City University | Japan | 3.5 |
| 15 | Juntendo University | Japan | 3.7 |
| 16 | Hamamatsu University School of Medicine | Japan | 3.8 |
| 17 | Bauman Moscow State Technical University | Russia | 4 |
| 18 | Wake Forest University | US | 4.1 |
| 18 | University of Copenhagen | Denmark | 4.1 |
| 20 | Johns Hopkins University | US | 4.3 |
| 20 | University of Rochester | US | 4.3 |
| 20 | Lincoln聽 University | New Zealand | 4.3 |
| 20 | Yale University | US | 4.3 |
| 24 | Emory University | US | 4.4 |
| 24 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Sweden | 4.4 |
| 26 | Duke University | US | 4.5 |
| 27 | University of Colorado Denver | US | 5 |
| 27 | State University of Western Paran谩 (Unioeste) | Brazil | 5 |
| 27 | National Yang-Ming University | Taiwan | 5 |
| 30 | 脡cole Polytechnique | France | 5.1 |
| 31 | Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa | Italy | 5.2 |
| 32 | Tohoku University | Japan | 5.5 |
| 32 | Kitasato University | Japan | 5.5 |
| 34 | Saint Petersburg State University | Russia | 5.8 |
| 35 | University of Pittsburgh | US | 5.9 |
| 35 | University of Zurich | Switzerland | 5.9 |
| 35 | University of Miami | US | 5.9 |
| 38 | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark | 6 |
| 39 | King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals | Saudi Arabia | 6.1 |
| 39 | Columbia University | US | 6.1 |
| 41 | University of Chicago | US | 6.2 |
| 42 | Novosibirsk State University | Russia | 6.5 |
| 42 | California Institute of Technology | US | 6.5 |
| 42 | University of Pennsylvania | US | 6.5 |
| 45 | Dartmouth College | US | 6.6 |
| 45 | Nagasaki University | Japan | 6.6 |
| 47 | University of Yamanashi | Japan | 6.7 |
| 47 | University of Tokyo | Japan | 6.7 |
| 49 | Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University | Russia聽 | 6.8 |
| 49 | Saint Louis University | US | 6.8 |
| 49 | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 6.8 |
| 52 | Medical University of Graz | Austria | 6.9 |
| 52 | Capital Medical University | China | 6.9 |
| 54 | Jiangsu University | China | 7 |
| 55 | Case Western Reserve University | US | 7.1 |
| 55 | Tamil Nadu Agricultural University | India | 7.1 |
| 55 | Norwegian University of Life Sciences | Norway | 7.1 |
| 55 | Vita-Salute San Raffaele University | Italy | 7.1 |
| 59 | University of Kansas | US | 7.2 |
| 59 | Oita University | Japan | 7.2 |
| 61 | Lomonosov Moscow State University | Russia | 7.3 |
| 61 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan | 7.3 |
| 63 | Osaka Prefecture University | Japan | 7.4 |
| 63 | Southern Federal University | Russia | 7.4 |
| 65 | Washington University in St Louis | US | 7.5 |
| 65 | Stanford University | US | 7.5 |
| 67 | National Research Nuclear University MEPhI | Russia | 7.6 |
| 67 | Kyushu University | Japan | 7.6 |
| 67 | Tehran University of Medical Sciences | Iran | 7.6 |
| 70 | Kobe University | Japan | 7.8 |
| 70 | Kumamoto University | Japan | 7.8 |
| 72 | Nagoya University | Japan | 7.9 |
| 72 | Okayama University | Japan | 7.9 |
| 74 | Hokkaido University | Japan | 8 |
| 74 | National University of Sciences and Technology | Pakistan | 8 |
| 74 | Tottori University | Japan | 8 |
| 74 | Sultan Qaboos University | Oman | 8 |
| 74 | Nagoya City University | Japan | 8 |
| 74 | Gifu University | Japan | 8 |
| 74 | Shimane University | Japan | 8 |
| 81 | Link枚ping University | Sweden | 8.1 |
| 81 | Niigata University | Japan | 8.1 |
| 81 | King Abdulaziz University | Saudi Arabia | 8.1 |
| 84 | University of Science and Technology of China | China | 8.2 |
| 84 | Yamagata University | Japan | 8.2 |
| 84 | Tomsk Polytechnic University | Russia | 8.2 |
| 84 | G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar | India | 8.2 |
| 88 | Hiroshima University | Japan | 8.3 |
| 88 | Tomsk State University | Russia | 8.3 |
| 88 | National Technical University of Ukraine 鈥?Kyiv Polytechnic Institute | Ukraine | 8.3 |
| 88 | University of Miyazaki | Japan | 8.3 |
| 88 | Princeton University | US | 8.3 |
| 88 | University of Alaska Fairbanks | US | 8.3 |
| 88 | University of Ferrara | Italy | 8.3 |
| 88 | Khalifa University | United Arab Emirates | 8.3 |
| 88 | Far Eastern Federal University | Russia | 8.3 |
| 97 | Indian Institute of Science | India | 8.4 |
| 97 | Kochi University | Japan | 8.4 |
| 99 | National Institute of Applied Sciences of Lyon (INSA Lyon) | France | 8.5 |
| 99 | Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod | Russia | 8.5 |
| 99 | 脡cole Normale Sup茅rieure de Lyon | France | 8.5 |
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