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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #218 | 47.1 | 76.5 | 77.7 | 10.2 | 32.7 | 74.9 | 4.1 | |
| #118 |
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
United States |
61.3 | 76.6 | 27.2 | 14.5 | 60.9 | 29.1 | 99.8 |
| #72 |
University of Nottingham
United Kingdom |
70.7 | 76.6 | 96.2 | 55.2 | 85.3 | 83.5 | 51.1 |
| #90 |
University of Zurich
Switzerland |
68.3 | 76.6 | 47.7 | 53.8 | 100 | 53.6 | 68.9 |
| #116 | 61.8 | 77.1 | 71.6 | 100 | 6 | 36.1 | 5.3 | |
| #101 |
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
United States |
65.7 | 77.3 | 83.3 | 33.8 | 17.1 | 37.3 | 81.5 |
| #77 |
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom |
70.3 | 77.3 | 80.5 | 50.1 | 82.6 | 70.6 | 64.5 |
| #187 | 50.9 | 77.5 | 40.4 | 30.3 | 8.7 | 21.8 | 38.7 | |
| #66 |
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom |
71.3 | 77.7 | 75.3 | 58.8 | 79.6 | 84.5 | 60.2 |
| #79 |
University of Western Australia (UWA)
Australia |
70 | 77.8 | 70.9 | 39.9 | 99.3 | 81.7 | 70.1 |
| #216 | 47.6 | 78.8 | 42.9 | 9.4 | 5.3 | 20.7 | 40.6 | |
| #201 |
Chulalongkorn University
Thailand |
49.1 | 79 | 66.3 | 36.8 | 24 | 2.8 | 8.4 |
| #160 |
Universität Wien
Austria |
54.6 | 79 | 46.1 | 15.7 | 70.5 | 91 | 33.1 |
| #29 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland |
85.1 | 79.1 | 75.8 | 95.1 | 100 | 100 | 79.9 |
| #67 |
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland |
71.3 | 79.6 | 75 | 54.1 | 99.1 | 80.4 | 57 |
| #125 | 59.9 | 80 | 82.3 | 42.4 | 20.6 | 17.5 | 43.3 | |
| #112 |
Yonsei University
South Korea |
63.5 | 80 | 65.3 | 83.7 | 12.6 | 38 | 25.5 |
| #194 | 49.8 | 80.2 | 56.4 | 19.9 | 12.4 | 18.4 | 30.1 | |
| #78 |
University of Helsinki
Finland |
70.1 | 80.9 | 43.2 | 86.2 | 46.2 | 14.2 | 62.1 |
| #57 |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
United States |
75.4 | 80.9 | 63.2 | 75.8 | 30.1 | 22.2 | 90.7 |
| #94 |
University of Leeds
United Kingdom |
67.3 | 81.2 | 78.9 | 46.9 | 77 | 73.2 | 46.6 |
| #230 |
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina |
45.3 | 81.3 | 81.9 | 13.8 | 6.3 | 5.2 | |
| #85 |
Utrecht University
Netherlands |
68.7 | 81.4 | 48.4 | 45.8 | 56.1 | 18.9 | 88.2 |
| #42 |
Brown University
United States |
79.5 | 81.5 | 68.8 | 76.7 | 32 | 54.7 | 97.8 |
| #54 |
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom |
76.3 | 82.4 | 70.7 | 60.3 | 78.5 | 76.7 | 78.3 |
