World's Best Universities
Top 400
The U.S. News World's Best Universities rankings, based on the QS World University Rankings, evaluated schools in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, China, and more, and identified these to be the world's top universities. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Faculty-Student Ratio Score | International Faculty Score | International Students Score | Citations per Faculty Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #317 |
Wake Forest University
United States |
37.4 | 5.5 | 99.7 | 13 | 15.9 | 67 | |
| #241 |
Yeshiva University
United States |
43.1 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 97.4 | 1.8 | 48.7 | 89 |
| #380 |
Bond University
Australia |
32.4 | 11.9 | 43.5 | 63.7 | 86 | 93.8 | 6.3 |
| #277 | 40.3 | 12.3 | 6.6 | 100 | 6.9 | 19.7 | 65.1 | |
| #251 |
Universität Ulm
Germany |
42.2 | 14.4 | 27.3 | 96.2 | 29.7 | 25.9 | 56.2 |
| #367 | 33 | 16 | 32.3 | 98.4 | 7.3 | 56.4 | 1 | |
| #389 |
University of Cincinnati
United States |
31.8 | 16.7 | 19.6 | 46.3 | 20.7 | 16.1 | 58.7 |
| #285 | 40 | 17.1 | 25.4 | 98.5 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 46.4 | |
| #393 |
University of St Gallen (HSG)
Switzerland |
31.5 | 17.2 | 85.8 | 18 | 99.5 | 98 | 11.2 |
| #301 |
École des Ponts, ParisTech
France |
38.9 | 17.6 | 51.3 | 100 | 30.9 | 76.7 | 4.8 |
| #388 |
Heriot-watt University
United Kingdom |
31.9 | 17.7 | 30.4 | 29.6 | 94.1 | 97.2 | 29.7 |
| #372 |
Universität Regensburg
Germany |
32.9 | 19.1 | 16.9 | 60.2 | 34.6 | 14.4 | 43.8 |
| #309 |
Tulane University
United States |
38.2 | 19.3 | 21.5 | 66.2 | 23.4 | 33.8 | 59 |
| #354 |
Hankuk (Korea) University of Foreign Studies
Korea, South |
34.1 | 19.6 | 70.3 | 71 | 51 | 36.2 | 1.7 |
| #302 |
University of Eastern Finland
Finland |
38.9 | 19.8 | 26.5 | 79.4 | 31.9 | 12.3 | 49.1 |
| #355 |
Universität Düsseldorf
Germany |
34.1 | 20 | 22.7 | 39.8 | 8.5 | 39.3 | 65.7 |
| #304 |
University of Tromsø
Norway |
38.5 | 20.4 | 5.8 | 98.6 | 44.7 | 31.3 | 29.4 |
| #332 |
Brandeis University
United States |
35.5 | 20.5 | 13.4 | 38 | 20.8 | 74.9 | 66.2 |
| #366 |
University of Connecticut
United States |
33.1 | 20.5 | 20.3 | 31.5 | 59.3 | 18.2 | 62 |
| #345 |
Aston University
United Kingdom |
34.5 | 21.3 | 65.5 | 24.5 | 94.4 | 93.9 | 23.9 |
| #296 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
United States |
39.1 | 21.4 | 25.3 | 34.4 | 11.5 | 44.1 | 89.6 |
| #385 |
University of Missouri, Columbia
United States |
32 | 21.5 | 23.9 | 46.7 | 48.3 | 13.5 | 41.2 |
| #362 |
James Cook University
Australia |
33.5 | 21.7 | 23.4 | 30.4 | 93.8 | 50.4 | 44.2 |
| #393 |
University of Saskatchewan
Canada |
31.5 | 21.9 | 43.4 | 38.9 | 26.1 | 45.4 | 33.6 |
| #352 | 34.1 | 22.2 | 42.7 | 99.9 | 1 | 8.1 | 1 |