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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #173 | 52.6 | 49.3 | 66.1 | 28.2 | 56.2 | 38 | 76.9 | |
| #71 |
Lund University
Sweden |
70.9 | 84.7 | 82.2 | 41.9 | 33.3 | 53.7 | 76.6 |
| #149 |
University of Bern
Switzerland |
56.5 | 37.5 | 29.5 | 77.6 | 98.4 | 45.1 | 76.4 |
| #114 |
Université de Montréal
Canada |
63.5 | 69.3 | 37.9 | 38.5 | 83.4 | 84.1 | 76.2 |
| #240 |
University of Ottawa
Canada |
43.5 | 41 | 23.6 | 14.3 | 87.1 | 36.8 | 76 |
| #183 |
University of Arizona
United States |
51.2 | 58.3 | 20.5 | 39.3 | 25.3 | 19.2 | 75.9 |
| #62 |
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands |
72.1 | 89.8 | 74.6 | 43.4 | 54.4 | 28.8 | 75.7 |
| #60 | 72.9 | 97 | 71.9 | 33.6 | 35.7 | 50 | 75.6 | |
| #199 |
University of Iowa
United States |
49.2 | 44.3 | 20.9 | 53.9 | 28.3 | 31.5 | 75.5 |
| #123 |
University of Virginia
United States |
60.4 | 52.4 | 70.7 | 66.2 | 29.3 | 39.9 | 75.3 |
| #36 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
83.2 | 99.8 | 100 | 46.8 | 68.9 | 92.3 | 74.9 |
| #64 |
Boston University
United States |
71.7 | 72.5 | 77 | 73.2 | 29.4 | 63.2 | 74.8 |
| #68 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
71.2 | 97.4 | 81 | 21.1 | 58.3 | 27.4 | 74.7 |
| #105 |
Ohio State University
United States |
64.7 | 73.7 | 66.9 | 35.1 | 78.6 | 39.9 | 74.4 |
| #135 |
University of Rochester
United States |
58.7 | 40.1 | 12.5 | 100 | 43.1 | 78.5 | 73.7 |
| #117 |
University of Maryland, College Park
United States |
61.5 | 66.4 | 39.5 | 60.9 | 37.7 | 31.7 | 73.4 |
| #30 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
85 | 100 | 97.6 | 89.3 | 11.1 | 25.8 | 73.1 |
| #185 |
University of Leicester
United Kingdom |
51.1 | 37.9 | 26.4 | 47.2 | 84 | 90.2 | 73.1 |
| #291 |
North Carolina State University
United States |
39.4 | 32.4 | 40.4 | 27.9 | 10.5 | 26.8 | 72.8 |
| #165 |
Texas A&M University
United States |
53.7 | 64.9 | 62.3 | 19.6 | 20.2 | 29.6 | 72.8 |
| #299 |
University of Victoria
Canada |
38.9 | 30.6 | 28.9 | 14.6 | 91.3 | 27.5 | 72.7 |
| #89 |
Aarhus University
Denmark |
68.4 | 70.5 | 48.6 | 69.9 | 66.5 | 56 | 72.5 |
| #175 |
Queen's University
Canada |
52.1 | 47.8 | 69.8 | 28 | 77.3 | 30.6 | 72.3 |
| #192 | 50.2 | 58.1 | 27 | 30.8 | 53.7 | 11.9 | 71.3 | |
| #316 | 37.6 | 37.4 | 18 | 13 | 34.6 | 39 | 70.8 |