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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #17 |
University of Michigan
United States |
91.2 | 99.8 | 96.1 | 92 | 50.6 | 46.5 | 87.3 |
| #189 |
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Belgium |
50.5 | 36 | 59 | 92.1 | 50.3 | 62.8 | 27.9 |
| #34 | 83.3 | 90.8 | 66.9 | 92.4 | 26.2 | 66.2 | 81.6 | |
| #35 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
83.3 | 99.8 | 81.1 | 92.6 | 15.5 | 21.9 | 70 |
| #309 |
University of Jyväskylä
Finland |
38.2 | 30 | 23.1 | 92.6 | 31.9 | 11.3 | 13.9 |
| #43 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
78.9 | 97.7 | 85.3 | 92.7 | 23.2 | 55.7 | 40.2 |
| #98 |
University of Pittsburgh
United States |
66.1 | 53.4 | 26.3 | 93.3 | 68.6 | 36.4 | 87.8 |
| #23 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
87.9 | 99.3 | 83.8 | 94.2 | 100 | 99.1 | 50.5 |
| #29 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland |
85.1 | 79.1 | 75.8 | 95.1 | 100 | 100 | 79.9 |
| #8 |
University of Chicago
United States |
96.3 | 99.9 | 96 | 95.6 | 68.9 | 77.8 | 96.4 |
| #222 |
Aalto University
Finland |
47 | 40 | 45.5 | 95.9 | 49.3 | 24.8 | 15.5 |
| #164 |
Case Western Reserve University
United States |
53.8 | 27.4 | 7.1 | 95.9 | 25.1 | 59.4 | 91 |
| #251 |
Universität Ulm
Germany |
42.2 | 14.4 | 27.3 | 96.2 | 29.7 | 25.9 | 56.2 |
| #75 |
Tohoku University
Japan |
70.5 | 76.4 | 66 | 96.8 | 22.3 | 25.3 | 54.4 |
| #11 |
Columbia University
United States |
94.7 | 99.9 | 100 | 97.2 | 16.2 | 84.9 | 96.3 |
| #132 |
Technical University of Denmark
Denmark |
59 | 38.6 | 36.3 | 97.3 | 93.1 | 73.4 | 57.9 |
| #241 |
Yeshiva University
United States |
43.1 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 97.4 | 1.8 | 48.7 | 89 |
| #128 |
Kyushu University
Japan |
59.6 | 59.8 | 67.3 | 97.7 | 15.3 | 22.3 | 34.6 |
| #253 | 41.9 | 43.6 | 26.7 | 97.8 | 3.2 | 18.5 | 3.5 | |
| #53 | 76.4 | 86.4 | 91 | 97.9 | 48.1 | 63 | 34.3 | |
| #196 |
University of Antwerp
Belgium |
49.5 | 35.6 | 32.5 | 98 | 64.3 | 49.7 | 31 |
| #2 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
99.8 | 100 | 100 | 98.3 | 98.2 | 96 | 97 |
| #367 | 33 | 16 | 32.3 | 98.4 | 7.3 | 56.4 | 1 | |
| #4 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
98.7 | 99.6 | 95.6 | 98.4 | 96.3 | 99.9 | 94 |
| #285 | 40 | 17.1 | 25.4 | 98.5 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 46.4 |