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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #359 |
Universidad de Navarra
Spain |
33.6 | 22.2 | 35.3 | 60.1 | 27.5 | 51.1 | 24.7 |
| #364 |
Universität des Saarlandes
Germany |
33.3 | 22.4 | 34.7 | 45.6 | 60.8 | 58.6 | |
| #256 |
University of Utah
United States |
41.6 | 23.5 | 22.3 | 57.1 | 28.4 | 25.5 | 77 |
| #400 |
University of New Mexico
United States |
31.3 | 23.7 | 13.6 | 44.3 | 8 | 12.4 | 51.4 |
| #324 |
Dublin City University
Ireland |
36 | 23.8 | 62.9 | 41 | 86.1 | 64.2 | 20.4 |
| #369 |
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Kazakhstan |
33 | 24.3 | 17.7 | 99.3 | 15.3 | 6.9 | 1 |
| #381 |
Chiba University
Japan |
32.1 | 24.7 | 9.4 | 66.1 | 6.8 | 18 | 32.6 |
| #365 |
Colorado State University
United States |
33.2 | 24.7 | 36.8 | 11.9 | 6.4 | 9.7 | 80.7 |
| #283 |
University of Hawaii at Manoa
United States |
40.1 | 25 | 1 | 58.5 | 56.5 | 51.2 | 62.5 |
| #331 |
Brunel University
United Kingdom |
35.6 | 25.2 | 47.6 | 24.1 | 94.6 | 87.7 | 32.4 |
| #263 |
Universität Mannheim
Germany |
41.1 | 25.4 | 75 | 12.5 | 3 | 40.3 | 91.9 |
| #390 |
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Kazakhstan |
31.7 | 25.7 | 20.4 | 84.4 | 24.6 | 14.9 | 1.1 |
| #250 | 42.2 | 25.8 | 59.3 | 65.8 | 88.6 | 89.7 | 17.3 | |
| #318 |
University of Southern Denmark
Denmark |
37.3 | 25.8 | 27.5 | 57.3 | 49.4 | 61.2 | 34.2 |
| #292 | 39.3 | 26.2 | 17.1 | 51 | 35.6 | 16.7 | 69.7 | |
| #327 |
Universidad Austral
Argentina |
35.9 | 26.4 | 47.3 | 89.6 | 9.7 | 23.8 | 3.2 |
| #231 |
University of Miami
United States |
45.1 | 26.4 | 18 | 90.9 | 28.2 | 35.8 | 54.7 |
| #352 |
Aalborg University
Denmark |
34.1 | 26.6 | 43.6 | 42.1 | 73.6 | 47.3 | 21.6 |
| #371 |
Novosibirsk State University
Russia |
32.9 | 26.7 | 22.6 | 89.1 | 4.1 | 16.9 | 4 |
| #378 | 32.5 | 26.9 | 3.1 | 43.8 | 17.1 | 44.2 | 46.4 | |
| #271 |
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong |
40.9 | 27 | 36.1 | 69.4 | 88.4 | 65.2 | 22.5 |
| #395 |
University of Tampere
Finland |
31.4 | 27.1 | 27.2 | 53.3 | 21.5 | 8.6 | 27 |
| #164 |
Case Western Reserve University
United States |
53.8 | 27.4 | 7.1 | 95.9 | 25.1 | 59.4 | 91 |
| #181 |
Tufts University
United States |
51.5 | 27.4 | 23.6 | 60.5 | 92.9 | 34.9 | 96 |
| #342 |
Flinders University
Australia |
34.8 | 27.7 | 24.8 | 67.1 | 13.8 | 63.9 | 17.9 |













