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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #329 |
Boston College
United States |
35.8 | 32 | 39.1 | 30.1 | 91.2 | 54.1 | 27.4 |
| #280 |
Hiroshima University
Japan |
40.3 | 36.5 | 21.7 | 82.4 | 6.9 | 16.1 | 27.4 |
| #385 |
University of Coimbra
Portugal |
32 | 42.2 | 19.8 | 22 | 12.8 | 44.7 | 27.6 |
| #189 |
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Belgium |
50.5 | 36 | 59 | 92.1 | 50.3 | 62.8 | 27.9 |
| #276 |
Universität Innsbruck
Austria |
40.4 | 48.1 | 24.1 | 15.9 | 92.2 | 98.1 | 28.1 |
| #233 |
Macquarie University
Australia |
44.7 | 47.4 | 71.2 | 13.5 | 98.5 | 98.2 | 28.2 |
| #268 |
University of Newcastle
Australia |
41 | 47.9 | 39.5 | 18.4 | 92.2 | 68.8 | 28.7 |
| #399 |
Universität Bayreuth
Germany |
31.3 | 51.3 | 41 | 20.5 | 28.8 | ||
| #304 |
University of Tromsø
Norway |
38.5 | 20.4 | 5.8 | 98.6 | 44.7 | 31.3 | 29.4 |
| #388 |
Heriot-watt University
United Kingdom |
31.9 | 17.7 | 30.4 | 29.6 | 94.1 | 97.2 | 29.7 |
| #363 |
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa |
33.3 | 37.2 | 30.6 | 19.3 | 74.6 | 28.9 | 29.9 |
| #194 | 49.8 | 80.2 | 56.4 | 19.9 | 12.4 | 18.4 | 30.1 | |
| #245 | 42.8 | 48.6 | 39.3 | 53.5 | 24.6 | 21 | 30.1 | |
| #232 |
Université de Strasbourg
France |
44.8 | 69.1 | 21.5 | 18.6 | 27.2 | 67.7 | 30.4 |
| #259 |
University of Surrey
United Kingdom |
41.4 | 34.4 | 48.3 | 34 | 92.2 | 96 | 30.7 |
| #377 | 32.6 | 30.1 | 8.6 | 47.6 | 67.1 | 5.7 | 31 | |
| #338 |
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Germany |
35.2 | 33.4 | 27.4 | 39.4 | 40.6 | 52.1 | 31 |
| #196 |
University of Antwerp
Belgium |
49.5 | 35.6 | 32.5 | 98 | 64.3 | 49.7 | 31 |
| #228 | 46 | 65.1 | 44.9 | 35.5 | 26.3 | 7.2 | 31.1 | |
| #379 |
Birkbeck College, University of London
United Kingdom |
32.5 | 35.4 | 15 | 20.1 | 92.5 | 32.3 | 31.2 |
| #203 |
University of Tsukuba
Japan |
49 | 50.1 | 22.3 | 89.2 | 14.6 | 27.2 | 31.4 |
| #48 |
Tsinghua University
China |
77.5 | 98.8 | 97.6 | 86 | 50.6 | 26.3 | 32 |
| #262 |
University of Oulu
Finland |
41.2 | 27.9 | 19.8 | 91.2 | 41.1 | 18 | 32.3 |
| #331 |
Brunel University
United Kingdom |
35.6 | 25.2 | 47.6 | 24.1 | 94.6 | 87.7 | 32.4 |
| #381 |
Chiba University
Japan |
32.1 | 24.7 | 9.4 | 66.1 | 6.8 | 18 | 32.6 |