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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 in 2011. See the methodology.

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Top 400
Rank School Overall Score Academic Reputation Score Employer Reputation Score Faculty-Student Ratio Score International Faculty Score International Students Score Citations per Faculty Score
#60
Monash University

Australia

72.1 96.5 90.0 58.6 96.7 34.9
#266 40.1 57.0 63.4 39.6 35.1
#290 38.4 44.9 91.8 98.1 35.2
#132 57.1 93.2 46.3 53.6 35.9
#177 50.1 58.4 100.0 82.2 36.5
#210 45.8 80.2 18.3 37.2
#350 32.7 38.6 46.6 36.8
#186 49.0 53.8 82.8 36.7
#179 49.6 62.5 25.0 53.8 43.2 36.9
#153
Lancaster University

United Kingdom

53.4 52.9 55.9 48.8 79.6 87.0 37.8
#359 32.0 46.6 38.0 49.9 37.7
#151
University of Basel

Switzerland

53.8 54.4 66.1 100.0 85.0 38.1
#215
University of Reading

United Kingdom

45.3 43.7 49.9 83.5 83.4 37.8
#385 30.2 39.4
#110 62.0 72.2 18.7 67.7 100.0 76.6 38.6
#296 38.1 43.7 17.1 38.8
#360 32.0 48.1 38.8
#194 48.2 71.2 39.4
#336
Arizona State University

United States

34.3 49.5 39.8
#82 67.3 94.0 59.4 94.3 96.0 39.5
#168
University of Bath

United Kingdom

50.8 48.6 59.4 87.5 94.8 39.5
#261 40.4 38.3 80.4 77.7 39.8
#93
University of Leeds

United Kingdom

65.6 81.1 59.4 51.8 77.0 75.1 40.2
#133 57.0 54.6 100.0 48.0 67.1 40.5
#91 65.7 91.5 59.4 49.7 56.9 41.2