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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #50 |
Osaka University
Japan |
76.8 | 91.4 | 69.6 | 91.7 | 15.4 | 20.3 | 62.1 |
| #262 |
University of Oulu
Finland |
41.2 | 27.9 | 19.8 | 91.2 | 41.1 | 18 | 32.3 |
| #231 |
University of Miami
United States |
45.1 | 26.4 | 18 | 90.9 | 28.2 | 35.8 | 54.7 |
| #9 |
Princeton University
United States |
95.4 | 100 | 88.5 | 90.7 | 85.5 | 63.5 | 99.8 |
| #37 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
82.2 | 98.8 | 83.4 | 90.7 | 47.8 | 61 | 49.6 |
| #63 | 71.8 | 85.1 | 51.7 | 90 | 36.6 | 24.1 | 54 | |
| #208 |
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM)
Saudi Arabia |
48.4 | 43.1 | 36.9 | 90 | 100 | 56 | 5.8 |
| #18 |
McGill University
Canada |
90.4 | 98.5 | 95.1 | 89.6 | 86 | 91.3 | 69.1 |
| #327 |
Universidad Austral
Argentina |
35.9 | 26.4 | 47.3 | 89.6 | 9.7 | 23.8 | 3.2 |
| #213 |
Sciences Po Paris
France |
47.8 | 35.6 | 74.8 | 89.4 | 52.2 | 96.3 | 1.5 |
| #30 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
85 | 100 | 97.6 | 89.3 | 11.1 | 25.8 | 73.1 |
| #203 |
University of Tsukuba
Japan |
49 | 50.1 | 22.3 | 89.2 | 14.6 | 27.2 | 31.4 |
| #197 |
King Saud University (KSU)
Saudi Arabia |
49.4 | 56.7 | 22.6 | 89.1 | 93.3 | 19.8 | 2.6 |
| #26 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
87.1 | 92.6 | 83.8 | 89.1 | 93.8 | 90.6 | 68.9 |
| #371 |
Novosibirsk State University
Russia |
32.9 | 26.7 | 22.6 | 89.1 | 4.1 | 16.9 | 4 |
| #249 |
Hanyang University
South Korea |
42.5 | 37.2 | 31.2 | 88 | 24.8 | 49 | 13.7 |
| #86 |
Nagoya University
Japan |
68.6 | 69.5 | 64.2 | 88 | 17.7 | 29 | 68.6 |
| #122 |
Emory University
United States |
60.4 | 38.7 | 40.4 | 86.8 | 18.1 | 45.7 | 98.8 |
| #55 | 75.5 | 93.3 | 42.8 | 86.5 | 52.6 | 65.2 | 49.7 | |
| #78 |
University of Helsinki
Finland |
70.1 | 80.9 | 43.2 | 86.2 | 46.2 | 14.2 | 62.1 |
| #48 |
Tsinghua University
China |
77.5 | 98.8 | 97.6 | 86 | 50.6 | 26.3 | 32 |
| #113 |
Dartmouth College
United States |
63.5 | 41.3 | 67.3 | 85.6 | 10.6 | 49.8 | 97.3 |
| #47 |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
77.7 | 90.4 | 84.5 | 85.3 | 100 | 97.9 | 26.7 |
| #38 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States |
81.4 | 97.1 | 68.6 | 85.2 | 52.4 | 32.9 | 68 |
| #136 |
Radboud University Nijmegen
Netherlands |
58.5 | 41.2 | 39.8 | 84.9 | 68.5 | 33.6 | 76.9 |