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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #283 |
University of Hawaii at Manoa
United States |
40.1 | 25 | 1 | 58.5 | 56.5 | 51.2 | 62.5 |
| #378 | 32.5 | 26.9 | 3.1 | 43.8 | 17.1 | 44.2 | 46.4 | |
| #300 |
Stony Brook University
United States |
38.9 | 29.3 | 3.9 | 41.9 | 53.6 | 54.2 | 63.2 |
| #241 |
Yeshiva University
United States |
43.1 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 97.4 | 1.8 | 48.7 | 89 |
| #304 |
University of Tromsø
Norway |
38.5 | 20.4 | 5.8 | 98.6 | 44.7 | 31.3 | 29.4 |
| #277 | 40.3 | 12.3 | 6.6 | 100 | 6.9 | 19.7 | 65.1 | |
| #164 |
Case Western Reserve University
United States |
53.8 | 27.4 | 7.1 | 95.9 | 25.1 | 59.4 | 91 |
| #313 |
University at Buffalo SUNY
United States |
38.1 | 29.9 | 8.2 | 18.7 | 9.2 | 68.3 | 86.4 |
| #377 | 32.6 | 30.1 | 8.6 | 47.6 | 67.1 | 5.7 | 31 | |
| #381 |
Chiba University
Japan |
32.1 | 24.7 | 9.4 | 66.1 | 6.8 | 18 | 32.6 |
| #153 | 56.1 | 55.7 | 9.9 | 100 | 55.1 | 47.1 | 35.7 | |
| #135 |
University of Rochester
United States |
58.7 | 40.1 | 12.5 | 100 | 43.1 | 78.5 | 73.7 |
| #303 |
University of California, Riverside
United States |
38.6 | 30 | 12.9 | 19.1 | 52.6 | 35.2 | 83.6 |
| #332 |
Brandeis University
United States |
35.5 | 20.5 | 13.4 | 38 | 20.8 | 74.9 | 66.2 |
| #400 |
University of New Mexico
United States |
31.3 | 23.7 | 13.6 | 44.3 | 8 | 12.4 | 51.4 |
| #379 |
Birkbeck College, University of London
United Kingdom |
32.5 | 35.4 | 15 | 20.1 | 92.5 | 32.3 | 31.2 |
| #321 |
University of Essex
United Kingdom |
36.6 | 34 | 16.7 | 32.2 | 98.2 | 99.5 | 23.3 |
| #372 |
Universität Regensburg
Germany |
32.9 | 19.1 | 16.9 | 60.2 | 34.6 | 14.4 | 43.8 |
| #376 | 32.6 | 29.1 | 17.1 | 42.6 | 17.9 | 18.4 | 43 | |
| #292 | 39.3 | 26.2 | 17.1 | 51 | 35.6 | 16.7 | 69.7 | |
| #369 |
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Kazakhstan |
33 | 24.3 | 17.7 | 99.3 | 15.3 | 6.9 | 1 |
| #316 | 37.6 | 37.4 | 18 | 13 | 34.6 | 39 | 70.8 | |
| #231 |
University of Miami
United States |
45.1 | 26.4 | 18 | 90.9 | 28.2 | 35.8 | 54.7 |
| #373 |
Karl-Franzens-Universitaet Graz
Austria |
32.9 | 40.2 | 18.1 | 16.2 | 59 | 32.8 | 34.1 |
| #218 |
Université Paris 11, Sud
France |
47.1 | 41.6 | 18.3 | 58.9 | 41.9 | 64.9 | 55.1 |