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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #45 | 78.6 | 99.1 | 77.8 | 25.9 | 61.4 | 73.2 | 92.1 | |
| #21 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
89.2 | 99.1 | 96.8 | 72.1 | 89.6 | 93.8 | 77.1 |
| #10 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
95.1 | 99 | 51.3 | 100 | 96 | 91.1 | 100 |
| #37 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
82.2 | 98.8 | 83.4 | 90.7 | 47.8 | 61 | 49.6 |
| #48 |
Tsinghua University
China |
77.5 | 98.8 | 97.6 | 86 | 50.6 | 26.3 | 32 |
| #18 |
McGill University
Canada |
90.4 | 98.5 | 95.1 | 89.6 | 86 | 91.3 | 69.1 |
| #32 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
84.2 | 98.5 | 100 | 63.2 | 85.2 | 91.4 | 62.2 |
| #12 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
94.5 | 98.5 | 96.2 | 99.6 | 55.7 | 66.8 | 92.4 |
| #43 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
78.9 | 97.7 | 85.3 | 92.7 | 23.2 | 55.7 | 40.2 |
| #56 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
75.5 | 97.7 | 66.7 | 23.5 | 56.2 | 68.8 | 90 |
| #70 |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States |
70.9 | 97.5 | 35.7 | 31.7 | 3 | 23.1 | 100 |
| #68 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
71.2 | 97.4 | 81 | 21.1 | 58.3 | 27.4 | 74.7 |
| #80 | 69.9 | 97.3 | 70.3 | 38 | 19.4 | 15.1 | 69.7 | |
| #38 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States |
81.4 | 97.1 | 68.6 | 85.2 | 52.4 | 32.9 | 68 |
| #60 | 72.9 | 97 | 71.9 | 33.6 | 35.7 | 50 | 75.6 | |
| #61 |
Monash University
Australia |
72.2 | 95.4 | 96.5 | 33.6 | 77 | 94.5 | 41.6 |
| #46 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
78.2 | 95.3 | 83.3 | 45.3 | 95.5 | 90.5 | 63.1 |
| #20 |
Duke University
United States |
89.5 | 95.1 | 81.9 | 99.7 | 16.4 | 44.5 | 96.9 |
| #52 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
76.6 | 95 | 95.1 | 39.8 | 98.8 | 97.6 | 52.8 |
| #16 |
Johns Hopkins University
United States |
91.2 | 94.6 | 60.2 | 100 | 56.8 | 74.7 | 99.1 |
| #130 |
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany |
59.4 | 94.3 | 37.1 | 29.2 | 46.4 | 47.1 | 34.2 |
| #59 |
University of Washington
United States |
73.7 | 93.6 | 47.4 | 46.9 | 8.8 | 21 | 99.5 |
| #40 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong |
80.1 | 93.5 | 72.4 | 79.8 | 95.7 | 83.1 | 48.7 |
| #55 | 75.5 | 93.3 | 42.8 | 86.5 | 52.6 | 65.2 | 49.7 | |
| #83 |
University of Auckland
New Zealand |
69.3 | 92.8 | 78.2 | 27 | 91.1 | 91.8 | 45.5 |
