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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #196 |
University of Antwerp
Belgium |
49.5 | 35.6 | 32.5 | 98 | 64.3 | 49.7 | 31 |
| #235 |
University of Notre Dame
United States |
44.4 | 35.9 | 66.8 | 44.3 | 10.5 | 17.1 | 63.3 |
| #189 |
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Belgium |
50.5 | 36 | 59 | 92.1 | 50.3 | 62.8 | 27.9 |
| #384 |
Universität Bielefeld
Germany |
32 | 36.3 | 28.9 | 19.5 | 13.7 | 23.2 | 42.7 |
| #269 |
Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Germany |
41 | 36.4 | 21.6 | 48.7 | 39.7 | 23.1 | 54.7 |
| #280 |
Hiroshima University
Japan |
40.3 | 36.5 | 21.7 | 82.4 | 6.9 | 16.1 | 27.4 |
| #320 |
Universität Leipzig
Germany |
36.7 | 37 | 19.9 | 16.4 | 14.6 | 31.9 | 69.4 |
| #339 |
George Washington University
United States |
35.1 | 37.1 | 34.6 | 36.2 | 2.5 | 35.1 | 36.8 |
| #249 |
Hanyang University
South Korea |
42.5 | 37.2 | 31.2 | 88 | 24.8 | 49 | 13.7 |
| #363 |
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa |
33.3 | 37.2 | 30.6 | 19.3 | 74.6 | 28.9 | 29.9 |
| #282 |
Simon Fraser University
Canada |
40.1 | 37.3 | 34.1 | 11.9 | 95 | 64.4 | 55.1 |
| #316 | 37.6 | 37.4 | 18 | 13 | 34.6 | 39 | 70.8 | |
| #242 |
Loughborough University
United Kingdom |
43 | 37.5 | 71.8 | 39.2 | 88.3 | 71.9 | 22.4 |
| #149 |
University of Bern
Switzerland |
56.5 | 37.5 | 29.5 | 77.6 | 98.4 | 45.1 | 76.4 |
| #337 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech)
United States |
35.2 | 37.5 | 40.2 | 34.1 | 25.8 | 21.9 | 33.1 |
| #289 | 39.7 | 37.8 | 29.8 | 46.4 | 61 | 29.6 | 36.8 | |
| #346 |
Universität Bremen
Germany |
34.5 | 37.8 | 22.9 | 43.6 | 20.5 | 39.6 | 24.9 |
| #185 |
University of Leicester
United Kingdom |
51.1 | 37.9 | 26.4 | 47.2 | 84 | 90.2 | 73.1 |
| #343 | 34.6 | 38.1 | 44.1 | 49.1 | 47.4 | 27 | 5.2 | |
| #295 |
Kobe University
Japan |
39.1 | 38.2 | 43.6 | 62.2 | 8.9 | 16.5 | 26.9 |
| #293 |
University of South Australia
Australia |
39.3 | 38.3 | 49.9 | 36.3 | 100 | 75.8 | 12.5 |
| #334 |
King Abdul Aziz University (KAU)
Saudi Arabia |
35.4 | 38.6 | 19.8 | 57.1 | 72.7 | 44.2 | 1.7 |
| #132 |
Technical University of Denmark
Denmark |
59 | 38.6 | 36.3 | 97.3 | 93.1 | 73.4 | 57.9 |
| #122 |
Emory University
United States |
60.4 | 38.7 | 40.4 | 86.8 | 18.1 | 45.7 | 98.8 |
| #346 | 34.5 | 38.7 | 28.9 | 27.2 | 10.1 | 41.1 | 38.7 |
