About Oregon Health & Science University:

Oregon Health Services University treats patients, trains healthcare professionals and carries out hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research to tackle some of the most important health challenges of our age. Its researchers have developed a pill that stops certain chronic cancers by flipping a molecular switch; helped invent the world’s first artificial heart valve; and found a way to develop stem cells from skin cells. OHSU bills itself as Oregon’s only public academic health and research university. It is also one of the largest employers in the state, and has launched hundreds of community programmes to improve the health of Oregon citizens. Its mission to make the Oregon lead the United States in terms of scientific and technological health innovation, as well as improving ordinary peoples’ lives. The university seeks to address employee shortages in the healthcare professions so that Oregon citizens can find the healthcare that they need. The university started life in 1887 as the medicine department of the University of Oregon. After establishing a department of nursing in the 1930s and a dental school in 1945, it was renamed Oregon Health Sciences University in 1981 after a consolidation of schools, hospitals and university programmes the previous decade. OHSU trains doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals, but student life does not revolve entirely around medicine – the campus student centre exhibits artwork by students, employees, patients and faculty members. The campus is based in the city of Portland, one of the US’s most eco-friendly and attractive cities, and is based right next to Marquam Nature Park.



World University Rankings

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By Fields

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Life Sciences 61 68 71 82 92 92 97 102 101 106 110 106 104 123 119 119 140 136
Medicine 53 57 46 55 60 59 63 63 59 60 59 63 63 74 75 80 92 91
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Social Sciences 124 97 151 190 149 131 120 134 156 164 169 175 181 168 170 301-350 116 286

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Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 58 57 68 69 70 87 84
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Microbiology - - - - - - - - 201 183 189 192 225 222 227
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - 114 104 136 134 143 143 173
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - 62 65 66 79 87 103 107
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - 115 130 164 158 152 162 195 194 209 160 179 141 200 191
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Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - 229 189 198 225 235 204 243
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - 132 127 118 110 197 84 181
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