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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #344 |
Université Paris Dauphine
France |
34.6 | 33.6 | 88.6 | 22.6 | 34.3 | 92.5 | 5.3 |
| #82 |
KU Leuven
Belgium |
69.7 | 88.5 | 70.1 | 22.7 | 71 | 43.5 | 81.7 |
| #324 |
Laval University
Canada |
36 | 32.7 | 18.6 | 22.8 | 23.9 | 40.2 | 64.5 |
| #368 |
Griffith University
Australia |
33 | 29.6 | 39.8 | 23.3 | 89.9 | 90.8 | 15.8 |
| #56 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
75.5 | 97.7 | 66.7 | 23.5 | 56.2 | 68.8 | 90 |
| #331 |
Brunel University
United Kingdom |
35.6 | 25.2 | 47.6 | 24.1 | 94.6 | 87.7 | 32.4 |
| #345 |
Aston University
United Kingdom |
34.5 | 21.3 | 65.5 | 24.5 | 94.4 | 93.9 | 23.9 |
| #45 | 78.6 | 99.1 | 77.8 | 25.9 | 61.4 | 73.2 | 92.1 | |
| #155 |
University of California, Irvine
United States |
55.7 | 61.8 | 25.8 | 25.9 | 33.9 | 27.8 | 97.6 |
| #290 |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
United States |
39.4 | 48 | 27.7 | 26.2 | 12.2 | 15 | 52.3 |
| #315 |
Université Paris Descartes
France |
37.6 | 32.1 | 20.3 | 26.5 | 7.5 | 75.9 | 64.6 |
| #274 |
Vienna University of Technology
Austria |
40.6 | 43.6 | 52.7 | 26.6 | 56.6 | 89.7 | 24.1 |
| #335 |
Universidad de los Andes
Colombia |
35.4 | 49.9 | 56.3 | 26.9 | 38.3 | 5.1 | 9.3 |
| #83 |
University of Auckland
New Zealand |
69.3 | 92.8 | 78.2 | 27 | 91.1 | 91.8 | 45.5 |
| #346 | 34.5 | 38.7 | 28.9 | 27.2 | 10.1 | 41.1 | 38.7 | |
| #374 |
University of Waikato
New Zealand |
32.8 | 28.8 | 36.9 | 27.2 | 96 | 81.6 | 14.9 |
| #258 |
Curtin University
Australia |
41.5 | 41.5 | 65.1 | 27.3 | 100 | 99.8 | 12.6 |
| #226 | 46.2 | 73.6 | 62.1 | 27.3 | 4.8 | 27.6 | 15.1 | |
| #387 |
University of Georgia
United States |
31.9 | 31.9 | 31.1 | 27.3 | 2.1 | 10.1 | 48.2 |
| #291 |
North Carolina State University
United States |
39.4 | 32.4 | 40.4 | 27.9 | 10.5 | 26.8 | 72.8 |
| #175 |
Queen's University
Canada |
52.1 | 47.8 | 69.8 | 28 | 77.3 | 30.6 | 72.3 |
| #326 |
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
Malaysia |
35.9 | 52.5 | 29.7 | 28 | 26.3 | 53.1 | 10 |
| #327 |
City University London
United Kingdom |
35.9 | 31.3 | 54.5 | 28.2 | 83.6 | 97.6 | 14.3 |
| #278 | 40.3 | 44.1 | 50.6 | 28.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 57.2 | |
| #173 | 52.6 | 49.3 | 66.1 | 28.2 | 56.2 | 38 | 76.9 |













