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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #227 | 46.2 | 59.5 | 82.7 | 28.9 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 38.2 | |
| #24 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
87.6 | 99.7 | 82.5 | 79.6 | 100 | 96.3 | 64.3 |
| #125 | 59.9 | 80 | 82.3 | 42.4 | 20.6 | 17.5 | 43.3 | |
| #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 |
| #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 | |
| #35 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
83.3 | 99.8 | 81.1 | 92.6 | 15.5 | 21.9 | 70 |
| #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 |
| #77 |
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom |
70.3 | 77.3 | 80.5 | 50.1 | 82.6 | 70.6 | 64.5 |
| #33 | 83.5 | 92.5 | 79.7 | 83.9 | 100 | 98.9 | 54.7 | |
| #212 | 47.8 | 53.4 | 79.4 | 35.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 54.1 | |
| #94 |
University of Leeds
United Kingdom |
67.3 | 81.2 | 78.9 | 46.9 | 77 | 73.2 | 46.6 |
| #198 |
Waseda University
Japan |
49.2 | 73.9 | 78.8 | 34.5 | 32.5 | 22.7 | 8.1 |
| #83 |
University of Auckland
New Zealand |
69.3 | 92.8 | 78.2 | 27 | 91.1 | 91.8 | 45.5 |
| #45 | 78.6 | 99.1 | 77.8 | 25.9 | 61.4 | 73.2 | 92.1 | |
| #218 | 47.1 | 76.5 | 77.7 | 10.2 | 32.7 | 74.9 | 4.1 | |
| #178 |
University of Bath
United Kingdom |
51.8 | 47 | 77.5 | 31.8 | 88.9 | 93.5 | 46.3 |
| #246 |
RMIT University
Australia |
42.8 | 46.9 | 77.2 | 21.7 | 100 | 100 | 7.7 |
| #64 |
Boston University
United States |
71.7 | 72.5 | 77 | 73.2 | 29.4 | 63.2 | 74.8 |
| #88 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States |
68.4 | 70.7 | 76.9 | 19.3 | 73.7 | 85.9 | 99.4 |
| #141 | 57.9 | 55.4 | 76.5 | 83.1 | 55.8 | 58.6 | 25.6 | |
| #139 |
Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil |
58.1 | 86.8 | 76.2 | 37.9 | 11.3 | 5.3 | 33.6 |
| #195 | 49.7 | 71.4 | 75.9 | 42 | 17.8 | 7.8 | 16.6 |