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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #31 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
84.6 | 100 | 96 | 62.3 | 1.6 | 34.4 | 99.5 |
| #8 |
University of Chicago
United States |
96.3 | 99.9 | 96 | 95.6 | 68.9 | 77.8 | 96.4 |
| #41 |
Ecole Polytechnique
France |
79.6 | 73.3 | 95.9 | 100 | 72.4 | 92.6 | 57.9 |
| #4 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
98.7 | 99.6 | 95.6 | 98.4 | 96.3 | 99.9 | 94 |
| #18 |
McGill University
Canada |
90.4 | 98.5 | 95.1 | 89.6 | 86 | 91.3 | 69.1 |
| #52 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
76.6 | 95 | 95.1 | 39.8 | 98.8 | 97.6 | 52.8 |
| #19 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
89.6 | 99.9 | 94.3 | 73.8 | 96.1 | 74.8 | 80.2 |
| #13 | 92.8 | 99.3 | 94 | 67 | 100 | 98.7 | 97.2 | |
| #39 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
81.3 | 99.3 | 93.5 | 50.4 | 99.7 | 91.3 | 58.9 |
| #53 | 76.4 | 86.4 | 91 | 97.9 | 48.1 | 63 | 34.3 | |
| #27 |
Northwestern University
United States |
85.4 | 90.7 | 88.6 | 82.3 | 11.9 | 55.9 | 97.9 |
| #344 |
Université Paris Dauphine
France |
34.6 | 33.6 | 88.6 | 22.6 | 34.3 | 92.5 | 5.3 |
| #9 |
Princeton University
United States |
95.4 | 100 | 88.5 | 90.7 | 85.5 | 63.5 | 99.8 |
| #150 | 56.3 | 66.9 | 86.7 | 47 | 32.1 | 54.8 | 32.9 | |
| #393 |
University of St Gallen (HSG)
Switzerland |
31.5 | 17.2 | 85.8 | 18 | 99.5 | 98 | 11.2 |
| #43 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
78.9 | 97.7 | 85.3 | 92.7 | 23.2 | 55.7 | 40.2 |
| #90 |
Fudan University
China |
68.3 | 92.5 | 84.8 | 42.4 | 18 | 49.8 | 51.4 |
| #47 |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
77.7 | 90.4 | 84.5 | 85.3 | 100 | 97.9 | 26.7 |
| #26 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
87.1 | 92.6 | 83.8 | 89.1 | 93.8 | 90.6 | 68.9 |
| #23 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
87.9 | 99.3 | 83.8 | 94.2 | 100 | 99.1 | 50.5 |
| #37 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
82.2 | 98.8 | 83.4 | 90.7 | 47.8 | 61 | 49.6 |
| #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 |
| #95 |
Purdue University
United States |
66.9 | 75.8 | 83.2 | 34.6 | 95 | 74.2 | 60.9 |
| #244 |
Politecnico di Milano
Italy |
42.9 | 56.8 | 83 | 18.2 | 22.2 | 41.1 | 23.1 |