Medical Technology and Digital Health sector index | Industry Collaboration Index

Ranked universities have at least 20 verified industry works in this sector (2021-2025). Score: volume 30%, reach 25% (company groups with 2+ joint works), repeat partnerships 25% (3+ works over 2+ years) and network influence 20%, each as a percentile within this sector's pool of 323.

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#	University	Country	Score	Works	Partners	Leading partners
1	Harvard University	United States	99.8	433	82	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, Philips
2	Stanford University	United States	99.5	311	55	RefleXion Medical, Siemens Healthineers, HeartFlow
3	University College London	United Kingdom	99.3	300	56	Roche, Siemens, Fresenius Medical Care
4	Johns Hopkins University	United States	98.7	262	45	Siemens Healthineers, Siemens, Philips
5	University of California, San Francisco	United States	97.5	210	42	Natera, Siemens Healthineers, Philips
6	Fudan University	China	97.2	199	30	United Imaging Healthcare, Siemens, Philips
7	University of Washington	United States	97.1	192	42	Ford Motor Company, Microsoft, Philips
8	King's College London	United Kingdom	96.9	224	29	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, Philips
9	University of Pennsylvania	United States	96.7	172	46	Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, Natera
10	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	United States	96.6	208	38	Fresenius Medical Care, Abbott, Philips
11	Cornell University	United States	96.5	181	49	Abbott, Natera, Siemens Healthineers
12	Duke University	United States	96.5	196	33	HeartFlow, LivaNova, Medtronic
13	Heidelberg University	Germany	96.4	192	32	Siemens Healthineers, RaySearch Laboratories, Siemens
14	Yale University	United States	95.6	182	29	Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies, Philips, Medtronic
15	University of California San Diego	United States	94.9	164	33	Medtronic, Guger Technologies, Canon Medical Systems Corporation
16	Washington University in St. Louis	United States	94.8	160	38	Siemens Healthineers, LivaNova, Varian Medical Systems
17	Emory University	United States	94.3	170	32	Medtronic, Intuitive Surgical, Boston Scientific
18	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	94.0	198	22	United Imaging Healthcare, Siemens, Medtronic
19	University of Southern California	United States	93.6	138	34	Siemens Healthineers, Intuitive Surgical, Siemens
20	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	93.5	148	30	Fresenius Medical Care, Siemens, B. Braun
21	University of Toronto	Canada	93.3	162	28	Elekta, Siemens, Philips
22	Peking University	China	93.1	142	29	United Imaging Healthcare, Burning Rock Biotech, AbbVie
23	Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College	China	92.3	164	22	United Imaging Healthcare, Medtronic, Siemens
24	Technical University of Munich	Germany	92.1	146	21	Philips, Siemens, Siemens Healthineers
25	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	91.8	137	26	Siemens, Perspectum Ltd., Medtronic
26	University of Bern	Switzerland	91.7	138	26	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, Straumann
27	Northwestern University	United States	91.5	148	23	Medtronic, Siemens Healthineers, Siemens
28	University of California, Los Angeles	United States	91.2	137	24	Siemens Healthineers, Siemens, Varian Medical Systems
29	KU Leuven	Belgium	91.2	126	24	Ion Beam Applications, RaySearch Laboratories, Siemens Healthineers
30	Karolinska Institutet	Sweden	90.2	120	26	AstraZeneca, Baxter, RaySearch Laboratories
31	The University of Osaka	Japan	90.2	110	23	Hitachi, SEED Co., Mitsubishi Electric
32	University of Minnesota	United States	89.6	116	19	Medtronic, Satellite Healthcare, LivaNova
33	University of Michigan	United States	89.3	130	25	Siemens Healthineers, Galderma, LabCorp
34	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	China	88.7	133	19	Siemens, Philips, United Imaging Healthcare
35	University of Wisconsin-Madison	United States	88.3	102	23	Philips, Siemens Healthineers, DoseOptics
36	Sichuan University	China	87.9	119	18	United Imaging Healthcare, Siemens, Philips
37	Capital Medical University	China	87.8	112	18	Siemens, United Imaging Healthcare, Philips
38	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	United States	87.0	95	28	United Imaging Healthcare, Natera, Kitware
39	The University of Tokyo	Japan	86.8	92	17	GE HealthCare, Canon, Fujifilm
40	Columbia University	United States	86.5	118	20	Ascendis Pharma, Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies, Boston Scientific
41	New York University	United States	86.0	98	20	Siemens Healthineers, Siemens, Philips
42	University of Utah	United States	85.8	102	20	LivaNova, Natera, Wolters Kluwer Health
43	Sun Yat-sen University	China	85.2	128	17	United Imaging Healthcare, BGI Group, Siemens
44	Université Paris Cité	France	85.0	100	20	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, Roche
45	Medical University of Vienna	Austria	84.8	110	21	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, RaySearch Laboratories
46	Maastricht University	Netherlands	84.3	110	19	Philips, Fresenius Medical Care, Medtronic
47	Seoul National University	South Korea	84.2	111	19	Samsung, HeartFlow, Medtronic
48	Yonsei University	South Korea	84.2	102	16	Samsung, Medtronic, Oncosoft
49	Radboud University Nijmegen	Netherlands	84.0	102	16	Philips, Siemens Healthineers, Siemens
50	University of Alabama at Birmingham	United States	83.8	98	18	Natera, LivaNova, Medtronic
51	The University of Sydney	Australia	83.6	97	21	Fresenius Medical Care, B. Braun, Satellite Healthcare
52	Zhejiang University	China	83.6	95	15	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, Alibaba Group
53	University of Manchester	United Kingdom	83.3	88	19	Bioxydyn, Siemens, RaySearch Laboratories
54	The Ohio State University	United States	83.0	100	15	Siemens Healthineers, Siemens, Intuitive Surgical
55	University of British Columbia	Canada	82.9	102	13	HeartFlow, AbbVie, Allergan
56	University of Pittsburgh	United States	82.8	102	22	Philips, Exact Sciences, SEED Co.
57	Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg	Germany	82.1	122	11	Siemens Healthineers, Siemens, Carl Zeiss
58	University of Chicago	United States	82.0	88	22	Ascendis Pharma, Natera, Tempus Labs
59	University of Copenhagen	Denmark	81.5	86	18	Philips, Novo Nordisk, UNEEG medical A/S
60	Medical University of South Carolina	United States	81.1	89	17	Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Siemens Healthineers
61	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Germany	80.7	99	18	Siemens Healthineers, Philips, Ivoclar Vivadent
62	Tsinghua University	China	80.4	80	13	Nuctech, Siemens, United Imaging Healthcare
63	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	79.3	94	15	AstraZeneca, Munich Leukemia Laboratory, Siemens
64	Baylor College of Medicine	United States	78.5	90	17	Intuitive Surgical, Medtronic, Boston Scientific
65	University of California, Davis	United States	78.2	68	18	United Imaging Healthcare, Siemens, Guardant
66	University of Miami	United States	77.6	77	15	Boston Scientific, AbbVie, Siemens Healthineers
67	Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1	France	77.4	76	15	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, Olea Medical
68	University of Milan	Italy	76.9	78	13	HeartFlow, AstraZeneca, Bracco
69	University of Zurich	Switzerland	76.9	84	16	Siemens, Philips, Siemens Healthineers
70	Queen Mary University of London	United Kingdom	76.8	72	15	GlaxoSmithKline, Siemens Healthineers, Circle Cardiovascular Imaging
71	University of Leeds	United Kingdom	76.5	77	13	Siemens, RaySearch Laboratories, Siemens Healthineers
72	Eindhoven University of Technology	Netherlands	75.9	114	9	Philips, Siemens, Siemens Healthineers
73	University of Naples Federico II	Italy	75.4	70	13	HeartFlow, Synlab Czech, Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies
74	Lund University	Sweden	75.2	74	11	Fresenius Medical Care, B. Braun, Siemens Healthineers
75	Case Western Reserve University	United States	74.4	88	11	Ford Motor Company, Siemens Healthineers, Siemens
76	University of Colorado Denver	United States	74.1	80	11	Corin, Panorama Research, Philips
77	Kyoto University	Japan	73.5	64	10	Siemens Healthineers, Siemens, Hitachi
78	University of Rochester	United States	73.2	66	10	Boston Scientific, Roche, Biotronik
79	Vanderbilt University	United States	73.2	70	13	Medtronic, Philips, Siemens Healthineers
80	Nanjing Medical University	China	72.9	68	10	United Imaging Healthcare, Siemens, Siemens Healthineers
81	Weill Cornell Medicine	United States	72.8	71	17	Natera, Abbott, Guardant
82	Kyushu University	Japan	72.8	58	13	Natera, Philips Japan, Philips
83	Indiana University	United States	72.5	75	19	Eli Lilly, Siemens Healthineers, HemoCleanse
84	Universitat de Barcelona	Spain	72.5	61	14	Roche, Medtronic, Boston Scientific
85	Utrecht University	Netherlands	71.8	64	14	Fresenius Medical Care, B. Braun, Philips
86	University of Iowa	United States	70.8	61	11	Natera, Philips, Boston Scientific
87	Universität Hamburg	Germany	70.6	68	9	Philips, Roche, Siemens Healthineers
88	Aarhus University	Denmark	70.0	69	10	Siemens, HeartFlow, RaySearch Laboratories
89	University of Lausanne	Switzerland	70.0	82	8	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, HeartFlow
90	University of Gothenburg	Sweden	69.8	56	13	AstraZeneca, Oticon Medical, Natera
91	Monash University	Australia	69.7	63	16	HeartFlow, AbbVie, Allergan
92	University of Padua	Italy	69.4	61	13	Biotronik, Philips, Ab Analitica
93	University of Florida	United States	69.0	72	10	WW International, Philips, Abbott
94	University of Glasgow	United Kingdom	69.0	58	13	AstraZeneca, Siemens, Siemens Healthineers
95	Université Paris-Saclay	France	68.6	75	12	Siemens, Roche, Siemens Healthineers
96	University of Groningen	Netherlands	68.5	64	10	RaySearch Laboratories, Philips, Mirada Medical
97	University of Liverpool	United Kingdom	68.1	64	9	HeartFlow, Medtronic, Boston Scientific
98	Boston University	United States	68.0	60	13	Meta, CareEvolution, Siemens
99	Université de Montpellier	France	67.8	66	12	Fresenius Medical Care, B. Braun, Roche
100	Medical University of Graz	Austria	67.4	58	10	Heraeus, Siemens Healthineers, Siemens
101	National University of Singapore	Singapore	67.0	64	11	LivaNova, AstraZeneca, ATP Clinical Research
102	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	66.8	64	12	Philips, Boston Scientific, Siemens Healthineers
103	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	66.6	68	12	Philips, Medtronic, Siemens
104	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	66.2	72	9	BGI Group, United Imaging Healthcare, Berry Oncology
105	Shandong First Medical University	China	66.2	61	10	United Imaging Healthcare, Siemens, Philips
106	Southern Medical University	China	65.2	61	9	United Imaging Healthcare, Philips, Siemens
107	Hokkaido University	Japan	65.1	57	7	Hitachi, Philips Japan, Fujifilm
108	ETH Zurich	Switzerland	65.0	53	12	Philips, Siemens Healthineers, Scherrer
109	Oregon Health & Science University	United States	64.8	62	10	Takeda, Philips, Boston Scientific
110	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	United States	64.3	73	10	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, Philips
111	University of California, Irvine	United States	64.2	65	8	Natera, Siemens Healthineers, Fresenius Medical Care
112	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom	63.1	56	11	Illumina, Novo Nordisk, AstraZeneca
113	Medical College of Wisconsin	United States	63.0	64	8	Elekta, Johnson & Johnson, Siemens Healthineers
114	University of Tübingen	Germany	63.0	82	8	Siemens Healthineers, Siemens, Elekta
115	Technische Universität Dresden	Germany	62.9	61	9	Ascendis Pharma, Ion Beam Applications, RaySearch Laboratories
116	Georgetown University	United States	62.8	65	12	Natera, Caris Life Sciences, Intuitive Surgical
117	Uppsala University	Sweden	62.7	54	14	Antaros Medical, RaySearch Laboratories, AstraZeneca
118	University of Southampton	United Kingdom	62.3	44	13	HeartFlow, AstraZeneca, Samsung
119	Sungkyunkwan University	South Korea	62.0	64	9	Samsung, Medtronic, Medytox
120	University of Calgary	Canada	61.7	66	9	Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies, Fresenius Medical Care, Satellite Healthcare
121	Brown University	United States	61.3	56	9	Caris Life Sciences, LabCorp, Medtronic
122	University of Maryland, Baltimore	United States	60.7	66	12	Siemens Healthineers, ProCure, Roche
123	The University of Melbourne	Australia	60.6	52	11	UNEEG medical A/S, LivaNova, Munich Leukemia Laboratory
124	Newcastle University	United Kingdom	60.4	44	11	AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, LivaNova
125	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin	Germany	59.8	56	9	Siemens Healthineers, B. Braun, Fresenius Medical Care
126	McGill University	Canada	59.8	58	8	Siemens, Galderma, Siemens Healthineers
127	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	United States	59.6	64	10	HeartFlow, Standard Imaging, Boston Scientific
128	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	59.5	56	13	Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies, Siemens, Samsung
129	Kanazawa University	Japan	59.4	36	12	Philips Japan, Fujifilm, Philips
130	Central South University	China	59.1	46	9	Siemens, United Imaging Healthcare, Burning Rock Biotech
131	Wake Forest University	United States	57.6	55	9	LabCorp, Medtronic, Edwards Lifesciences
132	Keio University	Japan	56.8	42	9	Mitsubishi Electric, Atom Medical, Canon
133	Medizinische Hochschule Hannover	Germany	56.5	39	10	Siemens Healthineers, MED-EL, Merck & Co. (MSD)
134	University of Science and Technology of China	China	56.2	40	8	Genmab, Anhui Wisdom Technology, China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED
135	The University of Queensland	Australia	56.1	58	9	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, Satellite Healthcare
136	Western University	Canada	56.0	53	10	Siemens, Ford Motor Company, Medtronic
137	University of Ottawa	Canada	55.1	58	8	Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies, Guardant, Medtronic
138	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	United States	54.6	46	7	Genomic Prediction, Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson
139	Thomas Jefferson University	United States	52.9	56	10	Zimmer Biomet, Ascendis Pharma, Roche
140	Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis	United States	52.7	52	13	Siemens Healthineers, Eli Lilly, AstraZeneca
141	RWTH Aachen University	Germany	52.5	40	6	Philips, Siemens Healthineers, SphingoTec GmbH
142	University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus	United States	52.0	50	12	Philips, Epitel, SI-Bone
143	Semmelweis University	Hungary	51.1	41	10	Siemens Healthineers, Biotronik, Medtronic
144	University of Arizona	United States	51.1	55	8	Zimmer Biomet, Siemens, Boston Scientific
145	UNSW Sydney	Australia	50.3	42	10	Fresenius Medical Care, B. Braun, Satellite Healthcare
146	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	United States	50.0	28	16	Illumina, Immuneering, Thermo Fisher Scientific
147	University of Virginia	United States	50.0	50	8	Siemens Healthineers, Philips, Ford Motor Company
148	University of Sheffield	United Kingdom	49.4	34	10	Ansys, Siemens Healthineers, Devices for Dignity
149	University of Freiburg	Germany	49.3	36	8	Siemens Healthineers, Roche, UCB Pharma
150	University of Oslo	Norway	49.1	35	10	AstraZeneca, Chimerocyte, Bayer
151	McMaster University	Canada	48.9	54	7	Ascendis Pharma, Takeda, Octane
152	University of Antwerp	Belgium	48.8	34	9	Agfa-Gevaert, AstraZeneca, RaySearch Laboratories
153	Universidade de São Paulo	Brazil	48.7	42	6	Fleury S.A., Kitware, Sabin Medicina Diagnostica
154	Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz	Germany	48.7	50	5	Siemens Healthineers, Siemens, ZF Friedrichshafen
155	Sapienza University of Rome	Italy	48.6	44	9	Synlab Czech, Vision Engineering, DeepBlue
156	University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	48.4	44	8	United Imaging Healthcare, Philips, Circle Cardiovascular Imaging
157	University of Basel	Switzerland	48.2	39	7	Siemens Healthineers, Roche, Novartis
158	Politecnico di Milano	Italy	47.8	40	7	Medtronic, SI-Bone, Vermon
159	Catholic University of Korea	South Korea	47.8	40	6	Samsung, Siemens Healthineers, Neurophet
160	Chongqing University	China	47.7	34	8	Siemens, Burning Rock Biotech, Siemens Healthineers
161	Soochow University	China	47.6	34	7	United Imaging Healthcare, Siemens, Philips
162	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chile	46.8	60	5	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, Philips
163	Virginia Commonwealth University	United States	46.8	39	7	Medtronic, Gene Solutions, Varian Medical Systems
164	Université Libre de Bruxelles	Belgium	46.6	40	7	Siemens, MedSIR, International Drug Development Institute
165	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Netherlands	46.4	42	9	Philips, Cardialysis, Siemens Healthineers
166	Queensland University of Technology	Australia	46.4	34	7	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, Stryker
167	University of Galway (Ollscoil na Gaillimhe)	Ireland	45.9	42	9	HeartFlow, Xeltis, Boston Scientific
168	University of Lübeck	Germany	45.6	30	7	Philips, Siemens, Siemens Healthineers
169	University at Buffalo, State University of New York	United States	45.6	39	7	Medtronic, Canon, Philips
170	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Netherlands	45.4	56	6	Philips, Varian Medical Systems, Siemens Healthineers
171	University of Helsinki	Finland	45.0	36	12	Illumina, Planmeca, Immuneering
172	Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon	France	44.8	33	8	Siemens, Ansys, Anthogyr
173	Nagoya University	Japan	44.4	32	8	Toyo Engineering, Siemens Healthineers, Boston Scientific
174	Xiamen University	China	44.1	38	7	Philips, United Imaging Healthcare, BGI Group
175	Wuhan University	China	43.9	38	7	United Imaging Healthcare, Philips, MicroPort
176	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Switzerland	43.3	47	6	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, Roche
177	East China Normal University	China	43.3	27	12	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, United Imaging Healthcare
178	Tufts University	United States	43.1	43	8	Novartis, MEDIcept, Roche
179	Jilin University	China	43.1	35	10	United Imaging Healthcare, First Automotive WorksSTATE-OWNED, Beijing KeyTech Statistical Consulting
180	University of Bologna	Italy	43.1	40	10	Ascendis Pharma, Medtronic, Boston Scientific
181	Université Grenoble Alpes	France	43.0	30	9	Abbott, Etisense, Philips
182	University of Twente	Netherlands	42.9	38	6	Philips, Siemens Healthineers, Rousselot BVBA
183	Shandong University	China	42.9	38	7	United Imaging Healthcare, Philips, Siemens
184	University of South Florida	United States	42.7	36	6	Boston Scientific, LivaNova, Medtronic
185	Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf	Germany	42.3	40	6	Merck KGaA, Siemens Healthineers, Roche
186	Aix-Marseille Université	France	42.2	38	5	Siemens, LivaNova, Boston Scientific
187	Freie Universität Berlin	Germany	41.8	40	6	Siemens Healthineers, B. Braun, Fresenius Medical Care
188	Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore	Italy	41.8	31	9	AstraZeneca, Fractyl, Novartis
189	Kumamoto University	Japan	41.7	31	5	Canon, Canon Medical Systems Corporation, GE HealthCare
190	University of Modena and Reggio Emilia	Italy	41.6	32	6	Holostem Terapie Avanzate, Abbott, Medtronic
191	Wayne State University	United States	41.3	36	7	Caris Life Sciences, Delphinus Medical Technologies, Siemens Healthineers
192	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom	41.2	36	6	Severn Trent, Philips, AstraZeneca
193	Université de Bordeaux	France	40.8	40	7	Siemens, Medtronic, KBR
194	Charles University	Czechia	40.7	36	5	Advacam, Bioptic Laboratory, Roche
195	Sorbonne Université	France	40.6	40	9	Roche, Sanofi, Servier
196	Aalborg University	Denmark	40.0	30	8	Amgen, Novo Nordisk, Siemens Healthineers
197	University of Cologne	Germany	39.6	34	5	Philips, Roche, Rheacell
198	South China University of Technology	China	39.3	36	4	BGI Group, Alto Neuroscience, Guangzhou Electronic Technology
199	University of Lisbon	Portugal	38.9	35	7	UNEEG medical A/S, PLUX - Wireless Biosignals, Siemens
200	University of Bari Aldo Moro	Italy	38.8	38	5	Fresenius Medical Care, B. Braun, Boston Scientific
201	UCLouvain	Belgium	38.8	37	6	Ion Beam Applications, RaySearch Laboratories, LivaNova
202	Tianjin Medical University	China	38.6	34	5	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, BGI Group
203	Guangzhou Medical University	China	38.2	32	7	BGI Group, Philips, Siemens
204	Université de Montréal	Canada	37.7	34	8	Abbott, Philips, Elekta
205	Georgia Institute of Technology	United States	37.4	36	5	Siemens Healthineers, Siemens, Charles River Analytics
206	Technical University of Denmark	Denmark	37.2	31	6	Siemens, Interacoustics, Oticon Medical
207	Zhengzhou University	China	37.1	43	4	United Imaging Healthcare, Philips, Siemens
208	Tohoku University	Japan	36.5	30	7	Toyoda Gosei, Canon, Fujifilm
209	Ghent University	Belgium	36.4	32	7	Johnson & Johnson, BIO INX, Agfa-Gevaert
210	Saarland University	Germany	35.4	34	7	Bayer, Boston Scientific, ZF Friedrichshafen
211	University of Southern Denmark	Denmark	34.5	33	6	HeartFlow, Elekta, UCB Pharma
212	Korea University	South Korea	34.0	34	3	Samsung, Medtronic, ClariPi
213	Vita-Salute San Raffaele University	Italy	33.7	37	7	Boston Scientific, Biotronik, Elekta
214	Yokohama City University	Japan	33.6	31	5	Natera, Canon Medical Systems Corporation, Canon
215	Juntendo University	Japan	33.3	34	5	Philips Japan, Sysmex, Canon
216	Dalian Medical University	China	33.2	31	5	Philips, Siemens, Baxter
217	Tokyo Medical and Dental University	Japan	32.8	28	5	Topcon Corporation, Tobu Railway Co., Topcon
218	University of Bonn	Germany	32.7	30	7	Roche, Straumann, Bayer
219	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	China	32.4	34	4	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, Philips
220	University of Tsukuba	Japan	32.2	28	5	Fujifilm, Boston Scientific, Tokyo Ohka Kogyo
221	Johannes Kepler University of Linz	Austria	31.8	28	4	RISC Software, Guger Technologies, PROFACTOR GmbH
222	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	United States	31.3	34	5	Natera, Regeneron, Abbott
223	University of Tennessee at Knoxville	United States	31.2	28	5	Corin, Abbott, PreludeDx
224	Kobe University	Japan	30.4	29	6	HeartFlow, Canon, Canon Medical Systems Corporation
225	Kindai University	Japan	29.4	25	5	Shimadzu, Natera, Nippon Suisan Kaisha
226	University of Alberta	Canada	29.3	33	6	Bayer, Merck & Co. (MSD), Edwards Lifesciences
227	Ruhr University Bochum	Germany	29.3	27	5	Siemens Healthineers, Philips, IPPMed
228	Université Laval	Canada	29.3	31	6	Ascendis Pharma, Medtronic, AstraZeneca
229	Tokushima University	Japan	29.3	26	4	Toyo Engineering, Fujifilm, Nomura Micro Science Co.
230	Universidad Complutense de Madrid	Spain	29.0	30	7	Philips, Seibersdorf Laboratories, Abbott
231	China Medical University	China	28.9	29	7	Philips, Siemens Healthineers, Neusoft
232	University of California, Berkeley	United States	28.8	32	3	Siemens Healthineers, Advanced MRI Technologies, Intuitive Surgical
233	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands	28.6	42	1	Philips, Bronkhorst, AVROXA
234	Université de Lille	France	27.8	23	8	Roche, Siemens Healthineers, Biotronik
235	Goethe University Frankfurt	Germany	27.6	33	5	Abbott, Siemens Healthineers, IQVIA
236	University of Kentucky	United States	27.3	26	5	Siemens Healthineers, Canon, Philips
237	University of Pavia	Italy	26.7	30	6	AstraZeneca, Siemens, Siemens Healthineers
238	Anhui Medical University	China	26.6	27	6	Philips, Genmab, Junshi Biosciences
239	Tokai University	Japan	26.4	23	8	Philips Japan, Natera, Tokyo Ohka Kogyo
240	Qingdao University	China	26.3	27	6	BGI Group, United Imaging Healthcare, Burning Rock Biotech
241	Texas A&M University	United States	26.0	20	6	Merck KGaA, Sanofi, Unilever
242	University of Cincinnati	United States	25.9	29	4	Caris Life Sciences, Philips, Varian Medical Systems
243	Leiden University	Netherlands	25.3	22	7	Mimetas, Merck KGaA, Merck & Co. (MSD)
244	University of Pisa	Italy	24.6	30	5	Ascendis Pharma, Roche
245	Sechenov University	Russia	24.3	23	4	Imtek, SKINCELL, Human Stem Cells Institute PJSC
246	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	Brazil	24.1	28	4	Fleury S.A., Fresenius Medical Care, Galderma
247	Hanyang University	South Korea	23.9	27	2	Samsung, Hyundai Motors, Siemens Healthineers
248	Fujian Medical University	China	23.6	24	5	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, Berry Oncology
249	Loyola University Chicago	United States	23.5	26	6	Varian Medical Systems, HeartFlow, ViewRay
250	University of Illinois Chicago	United States	23.5	34	5	W. L. Gore & Associates, Carl Zeiss, Tempus Labs
251	Michigan State University	United States	23.5	27	4	Genesys, Philips
252	Linköping University	Sweden	23.3	26	3	Oticon Medical, AstraZeneca, Philips
253	Tongji University	China	23.3	32	4	Siemens, Huawei Technologies, AccuraGen
254	Army Medical University	China	23.3	24	5	Genecast, Siemens, Burning Rock Biotech
255	University of Geneva	Switzerland	22.8	32	4	Siemens, Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems, Geistlich Pharma
256	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	United States	22.4	26	5	H3D, Wearifi, Nephrocare Portugal SA
257	Cardiff University	United Kingdom	22.3	28	5	Siemens, Siemens Healthineers, Johnson & Johnson
258	Université Paris Sciences et Lettres	France	22.2	28	7	Thales, Roche, Sanofi
259	Universidade do Porto	Portugal	22.2	26	4	AstraZeneca, Mercurius Health, Merck & Co. (MSD)
260	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	Israel	21.9	32	3	Cardiovascular Imaging Technologies, Intuitive Surgical
260	George Washington University	United States	21.9	32	4	Natera, Baxter, AstraZeneca
262	University of Florence	Italy	21.8	30	3	Vision Engineering, Philips
263	Tel Aviv University	Israel	21.7	28	3	LivaNova, Grail, Siemens Healthineers
264	Dartmouth College	United States	21.6	27	4	DoseOptics, Sun Nuclear, Microsoft
265	Xi'an Jiaotong University	China	20.7	25	4	United Imaging Healthcare, Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC)STATE-OWNED, Tencent
266	Universidade Nova de Lisboa	Portugal	20.2	22	4	PLUX - Wireless Biosignals, Nephrocare Portugal SA, Siemens
267	University of Turku	Finland	20.1	26	6	Eli Lilly, Roche, Lundbeck
268	Jagiellonian University	Poland	20.0	22	5	Medtronic, Siemens, Siemens Healthineers
269	University of Duisburg-Essen	Germany	19.8	23	5	Siemens, Techniker Krankenkasse, RAPID Biomedical
270	Queen's University Belfast	United Kingdom	19.8	26	3	Johnson & Johnson, Roche, Illumina
271	Tianjin University	China	19.4	23	5	Jingdong, Tencent, China TelecomSTATE-OWNED
272	Shenzhen University	China	19.3	26	6	United Imaging Healthcare, China MobileSTATE-OWNED, China ResourcesSTATE-OWNED
273	Harbin Medical University	China	19.2	23	6	BeiGene, China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED, MicroPort
274	The University of Texas at Austin	United States	19.0	30	3	HeartFlow, LivaNova, Eli Lilly
275	University of Ulsan	South Korea	18.9	30	5	Medytox, Boston Scientific, Siemens Healthineers
276	Chiba University	Japan	18.7	24	5	Hamamatsu Photonics, GE HealthCare, Philips Japan
277	Loma Linda University	United States	18.6	27	4	ProtonVDA, Illumina, Sentieon
278	Philipps University of Marburg	Germany	18.5	22	8	IPPMed, Kaia Health, ratiopharm
279	Hiroshima University	Japan	18.2	20	5	Hitachi, Tencent, Canon
280	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Greece	18.1	28	2	Elekta, LabCorp, BIP Consulting
281	University of Turin	Italy	18.0	26	5	Roche, LivaNova, Thales
282	East China University of Science and Technology	China	17.7	30	2	Guger Technologies, Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC)STATE-OWNED, Yeasen Biotechnology (Shanghai
283	West Virginia University	United States	17.4	21	6	Medtronic, Stryker, Boston Scientific
284	University of Bristol	United Kingdom	17.4	30	3	Severn Trent, Philips, Fios Genomics
285	Southern University of Science and Technology	China	17.3	30	4	Tomey Corporation, Tencent, Baidu
286	Toho University	Japan	17.0	24	3	Boston Scientific, Tobu Railway Co., Fukuda Denshi
287	Wenzhou Medical University	China	16.9	28	4	Medtronic, Expedia Group, Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems
288	Southeast University	China	16.9	26	3	United Imaging Healthcare, Shanghai First-Imaging Information Technology, Mindray
289	Université de Rennes	France	16.8	24	4	Ansys, Medtronic, Abbott
290	University of Verona	Italy	16.5	26	6	Boston Scientific, AbbVie, Siemens
291	University of Milano-Bicocca	Italy	16.1	22	3	AstraZeneca, Elekta, Novartis
292	KTH Royal Institute of Technology	Sweden	15.9	28	3	RaySearch Laboratories, Merck KGaA, Bactiguard
293	University of Chieti-Pescara	Italy	15.8	21	5	Dompé, CoreQuest, Megagen Implant
294	Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)	Brazil	15.2	22	4	Philips, HeartFlow, Fleury S.A.
295	Chongqing Medical University	China	14.8	26	4	United Imaging Healthcare, State Grid Corporation of ChinaSTATE-OWNED, OrthoD
296	Leipzig University	Germany	14.6	24	4	Roche, Dräger, Antaros Medical
297	Nantes Université	France	14.2	23	3	Roche, SuperSonic Imagine, Fios Genomics
298	Trinity College Dublin	Ireland	13.7	24	3	Johnson & Johnson, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Siemens Healthineers
299	University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School	United States	13.7	26	3	CareEvolution, LivaNova, Philips
300	University of Rostock	Germany	13.0	22	2	Dräger, DOT, Karl Storz
301	Purdue University West Lafayette	United States	12.5	24	3	Siemens Healthineers, Bayer, PortaScience
302	University of Houston	United States	12.4	21	2	Guger Technologies, KBR, StemRad
303	Beijing Institute of Technology	China	12.4	21	4	Siemens Healthineers, SinopecSTATE-OWNED, Yellwin
304	The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center	United States	12.1	26	2	Alkermes, Sun Nuclear, Hangzhou Phil Stone Biotech
305	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Norway	12.1	22	4	Siemens Healthineers, AstraZeneca, Multiconsult
306	Nanjing University	China	11.2	20	4	Burning Rock Biotech, Siemens Healthineers, Philips
307	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	10.4	22	4	United Imaging Healthcare, DIAGNOS, Philips
308	Augusta University	United States	10.2	21	3	BioNano Genomics, LivaNova, Quest Diagnostics
309	University of Tennessee Health Science Center	United States	9.9	23	3	Medtronic, LivaNova, Imperial Consultants
310	University of Genoa	Italy	9.5	20	5	Dompé, AstraZeneca, Esaote
311	Friedrich Schiller University Jena	Germany	9.4	21	2	LivaNova, HeartFlow, Dynamic42
312	Beihang University	China	8.8	22	1	United Imaging Healthcare, China Electronics Technology Group CorporationSTATE-OWNED, ByteDance
313	Jichi Medical University	Japan	8.1	20	2	LivaNova, GE HealthCare, Triangle Products
314	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	Spain	7.9	23	2	GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca
315	Pennsylvania State University	United States	7.7	22	3	BioVinc, Philips, Abbott
316	University of Leicester	United Kingdom	7.3	22	4	Novo Nordisk, Philips, Satellite Healthcare
317	University College Dublin	Ireland	7.1	22	4	AstraZeneca, Guger Technologies, Medtronic
318	University of Rome Tor Vergata	Italy	6.5	22	2	Ansys, Roche, Bioxydyn
319	Ulsan College	South Korea	6.4	22	3	Medytox, Boston Scientific, Samsung
320	Vrije Universiteit Brussel	Belgium	6.0	21	4	MED-EL, Icometrix, Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group
321	Florida College	United States	5.7	22	2	WW International, Merck & Co. (MSD), NIRx Medizintechnik
322	Queen's University	Canada	3.2	20	2	Nobel Biocare Services, LabCorp, Logike
323	Universität Innsbruck	Austria	3.1	20	3	Munich Leukemia Laboratory, MED-EL, Caris Life Sciences

Leading partners: up to three company groups with the most joint works in the sector. State-owned enterprises are marked; a partner whose name is withheld is not listed.

Funded partnerships (reported, not scored). 630 UK and EU projects starting 2021 to 2025 (306 UKRI, 324 Horizon) involve a cohort university and a company group whose main sector, by its verified joint works, is this one (349 universities): most often Siemens [group I1325886976], Siemens Healthineers, Philips Japan, GE HealthCare, Cambridge Consultants. Sources: UKRI Gateway to Research harvested 4 Oct 2026; CORDIS bulk files of 2026-10-12 (latest record update 2026-06-10). Funded partnerships cover UK (UKRI Gateway to Research) and EU (Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, CORDIS) projects starting 2021 to 2025 only. They are reported, never scored, and a funder record outside these two sources is not visible here.

The 77 research topics in this sector

3D Printing in Biomedical Research; Abdominal Surgery and Complications; Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications; Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques; Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy; Aortic aneurysm repair treatments; Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes; Biosensors and Analytical Detection; Body Contouring and Surgery; Breast Implant and Reconstruction; Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics; Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics; Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques; Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies; Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes; Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis; Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments; Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery; Corneal Surgery and Treatments; Corneal surgery and disorders; Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics; Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes; Dental Radiography and Imaging; Dental materials and restorations; Dialysis and Renal Disease Management; Digital Imaging for Blood Diseases; Digital Imaging in Medicine; Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging; ECG Monitoring and Analysis; EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces; Ear Surgery and Otitis Media; Electrochemical sensors and biosensors; Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies; Electronic Health Records Systems; Enhanced Recovery After Surgery; Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques; Foot and Ankle Surgery; Head and Neck Surgical Oncology; Healthcare Technology and Patient Monitoring; Hematological disorders and diagnostics; Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy; Hemostasis and retained surgical items; Hip disorders and treatments; Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications; Intraocular Surgery and Lenses; MRI in cancer diagnosis; Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications; Medical Imaging and Analysis; Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies; Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques; Mobile Health and mHealth Applications; Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies; Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction Treatments; Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring; Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques; Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics; Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty; Orthopedic Infections and Treatments; Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation; Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment; Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics; Radiation Dose and Imaging; Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry; Radiology practices and education; Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques; Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques; Retinal Imaging and Analysis; Retinal and Macular Surgery; Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment; Surgical Simulation and Training; Surgical Sutures and Adhesives; Surgical site infection prevention; Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation; Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery; Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography; Ultrasound in Clinical Applications; Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research