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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #329 |
Boston College
United States |
35.8 | 32 | 39.1 | 30.1 | 91.2 | 54.1 | 27.4 |
| #299 |
University of Victoria
Canada |
38.9 | 30.6 | 28.9 | 14.6 | 91.3 | 27.5 | 72.7 |
| #266 |
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Spain |
41.1 | 39.6 | 28.2 | 51.2 | 91.6 | 40.5 | 25.8 |
| #107 |
Maastricht University
Netherlands |
64.4 | 39.1 | 69.5 | 78.5 | 91.8 | 99.9 | 79.2 |
| #276 |
Universität Innsbruck
Austria |
40.4 | 48.1 | 24.1 | 15.9 | 92.2 | 98.1 | 28.1 |
| #268 |
University of Newcastle
Australia |
41 | 47.9 | 39.5 | 18.4 | 92.2 | 68.8 | 28.7 |
| #259 |
University of Surrey
United Kingdom |
41.4 | 34.4 | 48.3 | 34 | 92.2 | 96 | 30.7 |
| #131 |
University College Dublin (UCD)
Ireland |
59.1 | 59.8 | 68.6 | 53.1 | 92.4 | 94.6 | 38.5 |
| #115 |
University of Lausanne
Switzerland |
62.4 | 48 | 26.8 | 64.3 | 92.4 | 87.2 | 90 |
| #188 |
University of Sussex
United Kingdom |
50.6 | 51.9 | 25.5 | 31.6 | 92.4 | 85.2 | 57.9 |
| #379 |
Birkbeck College, University of London
United Kingdom |
32.5 | 35.4 | 15 | 20.1 | 92.5 | 32.3 | 31.2 |
| #7 |
Yale University
United States |
97.5 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 92.7 | 63.9 | 93.3 |
| #181 |
Tufts University
United States |
51.5 | 27.4 | 23.6 | 60.5 | 92.9 | 34.9 | 96 |
| #132 |
Technical University of Denmark
Denmark |
59 | 38.6 | 36.3 | 97.3 | 93.1 | 73.4 | 57.9 |
| #197 |
King Saud University (KSU)
Saudi Arabia |
49.4 | 56.7 | 22.6 | 89.1 | 93.3 | 19.8 | 2.6 |
| #284 |
University of Technology, Sydney
Australia |
40 | 41.6 | 69.3 | 21.8 | 93.4 | 88.6 | 12.7 |
| #287 | 39.9 | 32.6 | 43.8 | 51.5 | 93.6 | 59.3 | 20.4 | |
| #362 |
James Cook University
Australia |
33.5 | 21.7 | 23.4 | 30.4 | 93.8 | 50.4 | 44.2 |
| #26 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
87.1 | 92.6 | 83.8 | 89.1 | 93.8 | 90.6 | 68.9 |
| #388 |
Heriot-watt University
United Kingdom |
31.9 | 17.7 | 30.4 | 29.6 | 94.1 | 97.2 | 29.7 |
| #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 |
| #267 |
Royal Holloway University of London
United Kingdom |
41.1 | 33.9 | 30.8 | 36.5 | 94.8 | 95.8 | 35.9 |
| #95 |
Purdue University
United States |
66.9 | 75.8 | 83.2 | 34.6 | 95 | 74.2 | 60.9 |
| #282 |
Simon Fraser University
Canada |
40.1 | 37.3 | 34.1 | 11.9 | 95 | 64.4 | 55.1 |