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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #136 |
Radboud University Nijmegen
Netherlands |
58.5 | 41.2 | 39.8 | 84.9 | 68.5 | 33.6 | 76.9 |
| #38 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States |
81.4 | 97.1 | 68.6 | 85.2 | 52.4 | 32.9 | 68 |
| #47 |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
77.7 | 90.4 | 84.5 | 85.3 | 100 | 97.9 | 26.7 |
| #113 |
Dartmouth College
United States |
63.5 | 41.3 | 67.3 | 85.6 | 10.6 | 49.8 | 97.3 |
| #48 |
Tsinghua University
China |
77.5 | 98.8 | 97.6 | 86 | 50.6 | 26.3 | 32 |
| #78 |
University of Helsinki
Finland |
70.1 | 80.9 | 43.2 | 86.2 | 46.2 | 14.2 | 62.1 |
| #55 | 75.5 | 93.3 | 42.8 | 86.5 | 52.6 | 65.2 | 49.7 | |
| #122 |
Emory University
United States |
60.4 | 38.7 | 40.4 | 86.8 | 18.1 | 45.7 | 98.8 |
| #249 |
Hanyang University
South Korea |
42.5 | 37.2 | 31.2 | 88 | 24.8 | 49 | 13.7 |
| #86 |
Nagoya University
Japan |
68.6 | 69.5 | 64.2 | 88 | 17.7 | 29 | 68.6 |
| #197 |
King Saud University (KSU)
Saudi Arabia |
49.4 | 56.7 | 22.6 | 89.1 | 93.3 | 19.8 | 2.6 |
| #26 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
87.1 | 92.6 | 83.8 | 89.1 | 93.8 | 90.6 | 68.9 |
| #371 |
Novosibirsk State University
Russia |
32.9 | 26.7 | 22.6 | 89.1 | 4.1 | 16.9 | 4 |
| #203 |
University of Tsukuba
Japan |
49 | 50.1 | 22.3 | 89.2 | 14.6 | 27.2 | 31.4 |
| #30 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
85 | 100 | 97.6 | 89.3 | 11.1 | 25.8 | 73.1 |
| #213 |
Sciences Po Paris
France |
47.8 | 35.6 | 74.8 | 89.4 | 52.2 | 96.3 | 1.5 |
| #18 |
McGill University
Canada |
90.4 | 98.5 | 95.1 | 89.6 | 86 | 91.3 | 69.1 |
| #327 |
Universidad Austral
Argentina |
35.9 | 26.4 | 47.3 | 89.6 | 9.7 | 23.8 | 3.2 |
| #63 | 71.8 | 85.1 | 51.7 | 90 | 36.6 | 24.1 | 54 | |
| #208 |
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
Saudi Arabia |
48.4 | 43.1 | 36.9 | 90 | 100 | 56 | 5.8 |
| #9 |
Princeton University
United States |
95.4 | 100 | 88.5 | 90.7 | 85.5 | 63.5 | 99.8 |
| #37 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
82.2 | 98.8 | 83.4 | 90.7 | 47.8 | 61 | 49.6 |
| #231 |
University of Miami
United States |
45.1 | 26.4 | 18 | 90.9 | 28.2 | 35.8 | 54.7 |
| #262 |
University of Oulu
Finland |
41.2 | 27.9 | 19.8 | 91.2 | 41.1 | 18 | 32.3 |
| #50 |
Osaka University
Japan |
76.8 | 91.4 | 69.6 | 91.7 | 15.4 | 20.3 | 62.1 |