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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #244 |
Politecnico di Milano
Italy |
42.9 | 56.8 | 83 | 18.2 | 22.2 | 41.1 | 23.1 |
| #311 |
University of California, Santa Cruz
United States |
38.1 | 39.1 | 18.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 90.1 | |
| #247 |
Universität zu Köln
Germany |
42.8 | 51.4 | 52.9 | 18.3 | 29.8 | 37.3 | 47.4 |
| #268 |
University of Newcastle
Australia |
41 | 47.9 | 39.5 | 18.4 | 92.2 | 68.8 | 28.7 |
| #232 |
Université de Strasbourg
France |
44.8 | 69.1 | 21.5 | 18.6 | 27.2 | 67.7 | 30.4 |
| #313 |
University at Buffalo SUNY
United States |
38.1 | 29.9 | 8.2 | 18.7 | 9.2 | 68.3 | 86.4 |
| #237 |
Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand |
44.2 | 52.9 | 63 | 18.8 | 100 | 78.6 | 18 |
| #303 |
University of California, Riverside
United States |
38.6 | 30 | 12.9 | 19.1 | 52.6 | 35.2 | 83.6 |
| #381 |
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Colombia |
32.1 | 52.3 | 55.4 | 19.2 | 11.4 | 1.5 | 4.3 |
| #88 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States |
68.4 | 70.7 | 76.9 | 19.3 | 73.7 | 85.9 | 99.4 |
| #363 |
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa |
33.3 | 37.2 | 30.6 | 19.3 | 74.6 | 28.9 | 29.9 |
| #384 |
Universität Bielefeld
Germany |
32 | 36.3 | 28.9 | 19.5 | 13.7 | 23.2 | 42.7 |
| #165 |
Texas A&M University
United States |
53.7 | 64.9 | 62.3 | 19.6 | 20.2 | 29.6 | 72.8 |
| #194 | 49.8 | 80.2 | 56.4 | 19.9 | 12.4 | 18.4 | 30.1 | |
| #379 |
Birkbeck College, University of London
United Kingdom |
32.5 | 35.4 | 15 | 20.1 | 92.5 | 32.3 | 31.2 |
| #191 |
University of Waterloo
Canada |
50.2 | 56.1 | 71.5 | 20.8 | 80.1 | 45.6 | 48.2 |
| #221 |
University of Canterbury
New Zealand |
47 | 52 | 63.4 | 20.9 | 100 | 70.8 | 33.4 |
| #265 | 41.1 | 34.8 | 24.2 | 21 | 56.6 | 22.3 | 81 | |
| #225 |
Universidad de Chile
Chile |
46.3 | 75.1 | 66.1 | 21 | 11.1 | 6.3 | 20.7 |
| #68 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
71.2 | 97.4 | 81 | 21.1 | 58.3 | 27.4 | 74.7 |
| #375 |
La Trobe University
Australia |
32.8 | 35.6 | 26.8 | 21.6 | 83.9 | 77.1 | 15.8 |
| #246 |
RMIT University
Australia |
42.8 | 46.9 | 77.2 | 21.7 | 100 | 100 | 7.7 |
| #284 |
University of Technology, Sydney
Australia |
40 | 41.6 | 69.3 | 21.8 | 93.4 | 88.6 | 12.7 |
| #281 |
Queensland University of Technology
Australia |
40.2 | 44 | 65.6 | 21.9 | 85 | 59.8 | 20.1 |
| #385 |
University of Coimbra
Portugal |
32 | 42.2 | 19.8 | 22 | 12.8 | 44.7 | 27.6 |
