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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #357 |
University of Tasmania
Australia |
33.8 | 27.7 | 27.4 | 38.3 | 51.9 | 87.8 | 24.7 |
| #262 |
University of Oulu
Finland |
41.2 | 27.9 | 19.8 | 91.2 | 41.1 | 18 | 32.3 |
| #396 | 31.4 | 28.3 | 31.5 | 35.6 | 30.6 | 79.6 | 19.8 | |
| #374 |
University of Waikato
New Zealand |
32.8 | 28.8 | 36.9 | 27.2 | 96 | 81.6 | 14.9 |
| #323 |
Taipei Medical University
Taiwan |
36.3 | 28.9 | 23.5 | 47.9 | 30.5 | 17.5 | 50.1 |
| #376 | 32.6 | 29.1 | 17.1 | 42.6 | 17.9 | 18.4 | 43 | |
| #370 |
United Arab Emirates University
United Arab Emirates |
33 | 29.1 | 23.8 | 35.9 | 100 | 87 | 10.4 |
| #300 |
Stony Brook University
United States |
38.9 | 29.3 | 3.9 | 41.9 | 53.6 | 54.2 | 63.2 |
| #264 |
University of Wollongong
Australia |
41.1 | 29.5 | 73.4 | 35.7 | 99.5 | 82.8 | 26.5 |
| #368 |
Griffith University
Australia |
33 | 29.6 | 39.8 | 23.3 | 89.9 | 90.8 | 15.8 |
| #313 |
University at Buffalo SUNY
United States |
38.1 | 29.9 | 8.2 | 18.7 | 9.2 | 68.3 | 86.4 |
| #361 | 33.5 | 29.9 | 40.6 | 69.8 | 6.9 | 10.2 | 11.7 | |
| #303 |
University of California, Riverside
United States |
38.6 | 30 | 12.9 | 19.1 | 52.6 | 35.2 | 83.6 |
| #309 |
University of Jyväskylä
Finland |
38.2 | 30 | 23.1 | 92.6 | 31.9 | 11.3 | 13.9 |
| #377 | 32.6 | 30.1 | 8.6 | 47.6 | 67.1 | 5.7 | 31 | |
| #319 |
Iowa State University
United States |
37.2 | 30.2 | 28.4 | 29.6 | 42.4 | 37.3 | 60.2 |
| #392 | 31.6 | 30.3 | 49.4 | 43.6 | 97.5 | 3.2 | ||
| #275 |
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Germany |
40.4 | 30.4 | 66.2 | 48.5 | 59.9 | 66.1 | 26 |
| #383 |
University of Kent
United Kingdom |
32.1 | 30.6 | 21.4 | 33.1 | 90.9 | 72.8 | 12.7 |
| #299 |
University of Victoria
Canada |
38.9 | 30.6 | 28.9 | 14.6 | 91.3 | 27.5 | 72.7 |
| #396 | 31.4 | 31.1 | 22.6 | 54.9 | 13.2 | 22.1 | 18.1 | |
| #327 |
City University London
United Kingdom |
35.9 | 31.3 | 54.5 | 28.2 | 83.6 | 97.6 | 14.3 |
| #387 |
University of Georgia
United States |
31.9 | 31.9 | 31.1 | 27.3 | 2.1 | 10.1 | 48.2 |
| #329 |
Boston College
United States |
35.8 | 32 | 39.1 | 30.1 | 91.2 | 54.1 | 27.4 |
| #306 | 38.5 | 32 | 27.7 | 52.7 | 36 | 54.6 | 37.4 |