25 July 2017
King's Dental ranked seventh in world in Shanghai Global Rankings
Dentistry at King’s has been ranked seventh in the world in the 2017 Shanghai Global Rankings. King’s College London is the only institution outside the United States to have made the top seven in Dental and Oral Sciences.
Executive Dean Professor Mark Woolford said: “The Shanghai Global Rankings reaffirms our position as a world-class institution and reflects the dedication, commitment and innovation of our academic and professional staff, our students, and our alumni.”
"King’s places great importance on the research carried out in the Dental Institute. It is a delight for this effort to be recognised and for the Dental Institute to be placed so high in the Shanghai Ranking. King’s is the clear top dental school for research outside North America using metrics that are based on measurable outcomes. I am very pleased the work of many colleagues receives the recognition it so richly deserves."
Shanghai Ranking Consultancy is a fully independent organization dedicating to research on higher education intelligence and consultation. It has been the official publisher of the Academic Ranking of World Universities since 2009.
King’s College London’s Dental Institute is one of the foremost Dental Schools in the world. Recently ranked number four in the world by the QS World University Rankings 2016, Shanghai Global Rankings confirm their reputation of having exceptional education programmes and outstanding research activities. With highly skilled teachers and supervisors, there are state-of-the-art facilities and students are given access to over 300,000 patients each year across the two world-famous hospitals, Guy’s and St Thomas’, for hands-on clinical training. King’s Dental Institute is one of the most comprehensive academic health science centres in Europe.