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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #93 |
University of St Andrews
United Kingdom |
67.6 | 64.7 | 69.2 | 60.9 | 95.3 | 99.8 | 61.1 |
| #308 |
Massey University
New Zealand |
38.2 | 41.8 | 36.4 | 32.5 | 95.5 | 41 | 20.6 |
| #46 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
78.2 | 95.3 | 83.3 | 45.3 | 95.5 | 90.5 | 63.1 |
| #40 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong |
80.1 | 93.5 | 72.4 | 79.8 | 95.7 | 83.1 | 48.7 |
| #10 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
95.1 | 99 | 51.3 | 100 | 96 | 91.1 | 100 |
| #374 |
University of Waikato
New Zealand |
32.8 | 28.8 | 36.9 | 27.2 | 96 | 81.6 | 14.9 |
| #19 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
89.6 | 99.9 | 94.3 | 73.8 | 96.1 | 74.8 | 80.2 |
| #4 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
98.7 | 99.6 | 95.6 | 98.4 | 96.3 | 99.9 | 94 |
| #392 | 31.6 | 30.3 | 49.4 | 43.6 | 97.5 | 3.2 | ||
| #166 |
Queen's University of Belfast
United Kingdom |
53.5 | 45.4 | 73 | 53.5 | 97.7 | 78.1 | 40.2 |
| #158 | 54.9 | 44.1 | 38.2 | 99.6 | 98 | 28.7 | 33 | |
| #5 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
98.6 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 95.8 | 89.4 |
| #2 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
99.8 | 100 | 100 | 98.3 | 98.2 | 96 | 97 |
| #321 |
University of Essex
United Kingdom |
36.6 | 34 | 16.7 | 32.2 | 98.2 | 99.5 | 23.3 |
| #149 |
University of Bern
Switzerland |
56.5 | 37.5 | 29.5 | 77.6 | 98.4 | 45.1 | 76.4 |
| #233 |
Macquarie University
Australia |
44.7 | 47.4 | 71.2 | 13.5 | 98.5 | 98.2 | 28.2 |
| #147 |
Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL)
United Kingdom |
56.7 | 57 | 38.8 | 67.4 | 98.5 | 88.8 | 33.2 |
| #52 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
76.6 | 95 | 95.1 | 39.8 | 98.8 | 97.6 | 52.8 |
| #67 |
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland |
71.3 | 79.6 | 75 | 54.1 | 99.1 | 80.4 | 57 |
| #79 |
University of Western Australia (UWA)
Australia |
70 | 77.8 | 70.9 | 39.9 | 99.3 | 81.7 | 70.1 |
| #393 |
University of St Gallen (HSG)
Switzerland |
31.5 | 17.2 | 85.8 | 18 | 99.5 | 98 | 11.2 |
| #264 |
University of Wollongong
Australia |
41.1 | 29.5 | 73.4 | 35.7 | 99.5 | 82.8 | 26.5 |
| #39 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
81.3 | 99.3 | 93.5 | 50.4 | 99.7 | 91.3 | 58.9 |
| #6 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
98.3 | 99.8 | 100 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 99.6 | 87.3 |
| #294 | 39.1 | 39.1 | 26.5 | 49.4 | 99.8 | 100 | 2.9 |













