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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #42 |
Brown University
United States |
79.5 | 81.5 | 68.8 | 76.7 | 32 | 54.7 | 97.8 |
| #85 |
Utrecht University
Netherlands |
68.7 | 81.4 | 48.4 | 45.8 | 56.1 | 18.9 | 88.2 |
| #230 |
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina |
45.3 | 81.3 | 81.9 | 13.8 | 6.3 | 5.2 | |
| #94 |
University of Leeds
United Kingdom |
67.3 | 81.2 | 78.9 | 46.9 | 77 | 73.2 | 46.6 |
| #78 |
University of Helsinki
Finland |
70.1 | 80.9 | 43.2 | 86.2 | 46.2 | 14.2 | 62.1 |
| #57 |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
United States |
75.4 | 80.9 | 63.2 | 75.8 | 30.1 | 22.2 | 90.7 |
| #194 | 49.8 | 80.2 | 56.4 | 19.9 | 12.4 | 18.4 | 30.1 | |
| #125 | 59.9 | 80 | 82.3 | 42.4 | 20.6 | 17.5 | 43.3 | |
| #112 |
Yonsei University
South Korea |
63.5 | 80 | 65.3 | 83.7 | 12.6 | 38 | 25.5 |
| #67 |
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland |
71.3 | 79.6 | 75 | 54.1 | 99.1 | 80.4 | 57 |
| #29 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland |
85.1 | 79.1 | 75.8 | 95.1 | 100 | 100 | 79.9 |
| #201 |
Chulalongkorn University
Thailand |
49.1 | 79 | 66.3 | 36.8 | 24 | 2.8 | 8.4 |
| #160 |
Universität Wien
Austria |
54.6 | 79 | 46.1 | 15.7 | 70.5 | 91 | 33.1 |
| #216 | 47.6 | 78.8 | 42.9 | 9.4 | 5.3 | 20.7 | 40.6 | |
| #79 |
University of Western Australia (UWA)
Australia |
70 | 77.8 | 70.9 | 39.9 | 99.3 | 81.7 | 70.1 |
| #66 |
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom |
71.3 | 77.7 | 75.3 | 58.8 | 79.6 | 84.5 | 60.2 |
| #187 | 50.9 | 77.5 | 40.4 | 30.3 | 8.7 | 21.8 | 38.7 | |
| #101 |
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
United States |
65.7 | 77.3 | 83.3 | 33.8 | 17.1 | 37.3 | 81.5 |
| #77 |
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom |
70.3 | 77.3 | 80.5 | 50.1 | 82.6 | 70.6 | 64.5 |
| #116 | 61.8 | 77.1 | 71.6 | 100 | 6 | 36.1 | 5.3 | |
| #118 |
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
United States |
61.3 | 76.6 | 27.2 | 14.5 | 60.9 | 29.1 | 99.8 |
| #72 |
University of Nottingham
United Kingdom |
70.7 | 76.6 | 96.2 | 55.2 | 85.3 | 83.5 | 51.1 |
| #90 |
University of Zurich
Switzerland |
68.3 | 76.6 | 47.7 | 53.8 | 100 | 53.6 | 68.9 |
| #218 | 47.1 | 76.5 | 77.7 | 10.2 | 32.7 | 74.9 | 4.1 | |
| #137 |
Korea University
South Korea |
58.4 | 76.4 | 57.4 | 70.4 | 23.8 | 34.7 | 22.3 |
