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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #104 |
University of Minnesota
United States |
64.9 | 82.9 | 41.8 | 29.9 | 7.2 | 20.5 | 97.5 |
| #51 |
University of Copenhagen
Denmark |
76.7 | 83.5 | 71.5 | 99.8 | 71.8 | 41.3 | 48.6 |
| #217 | 47.4 | 83.6 | 60.7 | 15.7 | 6.9 | 72.2 | 1.4 | |
| #75 |
Leiden University
Netherlands |
70.5 | 83.8 | 47.2 | 33.3 | 80.4 | 24.1 | 98.3 |
| #81 |
Uppsala University
Sweden |
69.8 | 84.3 | 51.5 | 42.7 | 52.7 | 39.9 | 85 |
| #71 |
Lund University
Sweden |
70.9 | 84.7 | 82.2 | 41.9 | 33.3 | 53.7 | 76.6 |
| #63 | 71.8 | 85.1 | 51.7 | 90 | 36.6 | 24.1 | 54 | |
| #49 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
77.4 | 86 | 81 | 55.4 | 17.7 | 97.1 | 86.5 |
| #53 | 76.4 | 86.4 | 91 | 97.9 | 48.1 | 63 | 34.3 | |
| #139 |
Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil |
58.1 | 86.8 | 76.2 | 37.9 | 11.3 | 5.3 | 33.6 |
| #69 |
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom |
71.1 | 88 | 100 | 58.6 | 100 | 100 | 17.4 |
| #82 |
KU Leuven
Belgium |
69.7 | 88.5 | 70.1 | 22.7 | 71 | 43.5 | 81.7 |
| #58 |
University of Warwick
United Kingdom |
73.9 | 89.4 | 100 | 52.3 | 90.3 | 98 | 37.5 |
| #146 | 56.8 | 89.6 | 67 | 56.3 | 23.2 | 5 | 4.9 | |
| #62 |
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands |
72.1 | 89.8 | 74.6 | 43.4 | 54.4 | 28.8 | 75.7 |
| #47 |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
77.7 | 90.4 | 84.5 | 85.3 | 100 | 97.9 | 26.7 |
| #27 |
Northwestern University
United States |
85.4 | 90.7 | 88.6 | 82.3 | 11.9 | 55.9 | 97.9 |
| #34 | 83.3 | 90.8 | 66.9 | 92.4 | 26.2 | 66.2 | 81.6 | |
| #87 |
Freie Universität Berlin
Germany |
68.6 | 91 | 44.6 | 29.4 | 43.7 | 56 | 80.7 |
| #28 |
University of Bristol
United Kingdom |
85.4 | 91 | 96 | 74.8 | 85.8 | 75.6 | 77.3 |
| #50 |
Osaka University
Japan |
76.8 | 91.4 | 69.6 | 91.7 | 15.4 | 20.3 | 62.1 |
| #90 |
Fudan University
China |
68.3 | 92.5 | 84.8 | 42.4 | 18 | 49.8 | 51.4 |
| #33 | 83.5 | 92.5 | 79.7 | 83.9 | 100 | 98.9 | 54.7 | |
| #26 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
87.1 | 92.6 | 83.8 | 89.1 | 93.8 | 90.6 | 68.9 |
| #83 |
University of Auckland
New Zealand |
69.3 | 92.8 | 78.2 | 27 | 91.1 | 91.8 | 45.5 |
