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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #178 |
University of Bath
United Kingdom |
51.8 | 47 | 77.5 | 31.8 | 88.9 | 93.5 | 46.3 |
| #218 | 47.1 | 76.5 | 77.7 | 10.2 | 32.7 | 74.9 | 4.1 | |
| #45 | 78.6 | 99.1 | 77.8 | 25.9 | 61.4 | 73.2 | 92.1 | |
| #83 |
University of Auckland
New Zealand |
69.3 | 92.8 | 78.2 | 27 | 91.1 | 91.8 | 45.5 |
| #198 |
Waseda University
Japan |
49.2 | 73.9 | 78.8 | 34.5 | 32.5 | 22.7 | 8.1 |
| #94 |
University of Leeds
United Kingdom |
67.3 | 81.2 | 78.9 | 46.9 | 77 | 73.2 | 46.6 |
| #212 | 47.8 | 53.4 | 79.4 | 35.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 54.1 | |
| #33 | 83.5 | 92.5 | 79.7 | 83.9 | 100 | 98.9 | 54.7 | |
| #77 |
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom |
70.3 | 77.3 | 80.5 | 50.1 | 82.6 | 70.6 | 64.5 |
| #49 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
77.4 | 86 | 81 | 55.4 | 17.7 | 97.1 | 86.5 |
| #68 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
71.2 | 97.4 | 81 | 21.1 | 58.3 | 27.4 | 74.7 |
| #35 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
83.3 | 99.8 | 81.1 | 92.6 | 15.5 | 21.9 | 70 |
| #20 |
Duke University
United States |
89.5 | 95.1 | 81.9 | 99.7 | 16.4 | 44.5 | 96.9 |
| #230 |
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina |
45.3 | 81.3 | 81.9 | 13.8 | 6.3 | 5.2 | |
| #99 |
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands |
65.9 | 50.5 | 82.2 | 58.9 | 69.7 | 56 | 93.6 |
| #71 |
Lund University
Sweden |
70.9 | 84.7 | 82.2 | 41.9 | 33.3 | 53.7 | 76.6 |
| #125 | 59.9 | 80 | 82.3 | 42.4 | 20.6 | 17.5 | 43.3 | |
| #24 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
87.6 | 99.7 | 82.5 | 79.6 | 100 | 96.3 | 64.3 |
| #227 | 46.2 | 59.5 | 82.7 | 28.9 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 38.2 | |
| #244 |
Politecnico di Milano
Italy |
42.9 | 56.8 | 83 | 18.2 | 22.2 | 41.1 | 23.1 |
| #95 |
Purdue University
United States |
66.9 | 75.8 | 83.2 | 34.6 | 95 | 74.2 | 60.9 |
| #101 |
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
United States |
65.7 | 77.3 | 83.3 | 33.8 | 17.1 | 37.3 | 81.5 |
| #46 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
78.2 | 95.3 | 83.3 | 45.3 | 95.5 | 90.5 | 63.1 |
| #37 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
82.2 | 98.8 | 83.4 | 90.7 | 47.8 | 61 | 49.6 |
| #26 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
87.1 | 92.6 | 83.8 | 89.1 | 93.8 | 90.6 | 68.9 |
