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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #201 |
Universität Frankfurt am Main
Germany |
49.1 | 57.2 | 45.5 | 40 | 23.1 | 55.8 | 46.2 |
| #172 | 52.6 | 55.8 | 44.2 | 40.1 | 89.4 | 96.3 | 40.1 | |
| #333 | 35.4 | 52.4 | 22.9 | 40.4 | 7.8 | 3.9 | 15.6 | |
| #324 |
Dublin City University
Ireland |
36 | 23.8 | 62.9 | 41 | 86.1 | 64.2 | 20.4 |
| #102 |
University of Adelaide
Australia |
65.3 | 73.8 | 69.5 | 41 | 86.9 | 92.6 | 54.8 |
| #236 |
University of East Anglia (UEA)
United Kingdom |
44.4 | 40.2 | 26.7 | 41.2 | 81.4 | 78.1 | 44.7 |
| #71 |
Lund University
Sweden |
70.9 | 84.7 | 82.2 | 41.9 | 33.3 | 53.7 | 76.6 |
| #300 |
Stony Brook University
United States |
38.9 | 29.3 | 3.9 | 41.9 | 53.6 | 54.2 | 63.2 |
| #195 | 49.7 | 71.4 | 75.9 | 42 | 17.8 | 7.8 | 16.6 | |
| #352 |
Aalborg University
Denmark |
34.1 | 26.6 | 43.6 | 42.1 | 73.6 | 47.3 | 21.6 |
| #248 | 42.7 | 44.9 | 24.2 | 42.3 | 18.6 | 46.5 | 50.9 | |
| #190 |
University College Cork (UCC)
Ireland |
50.2 | 51.9 | 62 | 42.3 | 90.5 | 45.8 | 37.5 |
| #90 |
Fudan University
China |
68.3 | 92.5 | 84.8 | 42.4 | 18 | 49.8 | 51.4 |
| #125 | 59.9 | 80 | 82.3 | 42.4 | 20.6 | 17.5 | 43.3 | |
| #376 | 32.6 | 29.1 | 17.1 | 42.6 | 17.9 | 18.4 | 43 | |
| #271 | 40.9 | 45.5 | 27.3 | 42.6 | 35.9 | 21.2 | 40.8 | |
| #81 |
Uppsala University
Sweden |
69.8 | 84.3 | 51.5 | 42.7 | 52.7 | 39.9 | 85 |
| #286 |
Charles University
Czech Republic |
39.9 | 51.5 | 36.6 | 43.1 | 13.6 | 47.8 | 17.6 |
| #62 |
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands |
72.1 | 89.8 | 74.6 | 43.4 | 54.4 | 28.8 | 75.7 |
| #392 | 31.6 | 30.3 | 49.4 | 43.6 | 97.5 | 3.2 | ||
| #346 |
Universität Bremen
Germany |
34.5 | 37.8 | 22.9 | 43.6 | 20.5 | 39.6 | 24.9 |
| #378 | 32.5 | 26.9 | 3.1 | 43.8 | 17.1 | 44.2 | 46.4 | |
| #400 |
University of New Mexico
United States |
31.3 | 23.7 | 13.6 | 44.3 | 8 | 12.4 | 51.4 |
| #235 |
University of Notre Dame
United States |
44.4 | 35.9 | 66.8 | 44.3 | 10.5 | 17.1 | 63.3 |
| #177 |
VU University Amsterdam
Netherlands |
51.8 | 65 | 49.3 | 44.5 | 45.2 | 16.9 | 41.9 |













