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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #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 | |
| #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 |
| #291 |
North Carolina State University
United States |
39.4 | 32.4 | 40.4 | 27.9 | 10.5 | 26.8 | 72.8 |
| #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 |
| #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 |
| #83 |
University of Auckland
New Zealand |
69.3 | 92.8 | 78.2 | 27 | 91.1 | 91.8 | 45.5 |
| #335 |
Universidad de los Andes
Colombia |
35.4 | 49.9 | 56.3 | 26.9 | 38.3 | 5.1 | 9.3 |
| #274 |
Vienna University of Technology
Austria |
40.6 | 43.6 | 52.7 | 26.6 | 56.6 | 89.7 | 24.1 |
| #315 |
Université Paris Descartes
France |
37.6 | 32.1 | 20.3 | 26.5 | 7.5 | 75.9 | 64.6 |
| #290 |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
United States |
39.4 | 48 | 27.7 | 26.2 | 12.2 | 15 | 52.3 |
| #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 |
| #345 |
Aston University
United Kingdom |
34.5 | 21.3 | 65.5 | 24.5 | 94.4 | 93.9 | 23.9 |
| #331 |
Brunel University
United Kingdom |
35.6 | 25.2 | 47.6 | 24.1 | 94.6 | 87.7 | 32.4 |
| #56 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
75.5 | 97.7 | 66.7 | 23.5 | 56.2 | 68.8 | 90 |
| #368 |
Griffith University
Australia |
33 | 29.6 | 39.8 | 23.3 | 89.9 | 90.8 | 15.8 |
| #324 |
Laval University
Canada |
36 | 32.7 | 18.6 | 22.8 | 23.9 | 40.2 | 64.5 |
| #82 |
KU Leuven
Belgium |
69.7 | 88.5 | 70.1 | 22.7 | 71 | 43.5 | 81.7 |
| #344 |
Université Paris Dauphine
France |
34.6 | 33.6 | 88.6 | 22.6 | 34.3 | 92.5 | 5.3 |













