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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #217 | 47.4 | 83.6 | 60.7 | 15.7 | 6.9 | 72.2 | 1.4 | |
| #361 | 33.5 | 29.9 | 40.6 | 69.8 | 6.9 | 10.2 | 11.7 | |
| #104 |
University of Minnesota
United States |
64.9 | 82.9 | 41.8 | 29.9 | 7.2 | 20.5 | 97.5 |
| #367 | 33 | 16 | 32.3 | 98.4 | 7.3 | 56.4 | 1 | |
| #315 |
Université Paris Descartes
France |
37.6 | 32.1 | 20.3 | 26.5 | 7.5 | 75.9 | 64.6 |
| #333 | 35.4 | 52.4 | 22.9 | 40.4 | 7.8 | 3.9 | 15.6 | |
| #400 |
University of New Mexico
United States |
31.3 | 23.7 | 13.6 | 44.3 | 8 | 12.4 | 51.4 |
| #398 |
University of Warsaw
Poland |
31.4 | 45.4 | 39.4 | 32 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 8.8 |
| #355 |
Universität Düsseldorf
Germany |
34.1 | 20 | 22.7 | 39.8 | 8.5 | 39.3 | 65.7 |
| #187 | 50.9 | 77.5 | 40.4 | 30.3 | 8.7 | 21.8 | 38.7 | |
| #59 |
University of Washington
United States |
73.7 | 93.6 | 47.4 | 46.9 | 8.8 | 21 | 99.5 |
| #295 |
Kobe University
Japan |
39.1 | 38.2 | 43.6 | 62.2 | 8.9 | 16.5 | 26.9 |
| #313 |
University at Buffalo SUNY
United States |
38.1 | 29.9 | 8.2 | 18.7 | 9.2 | 68.3 | 86.4 |
| #186 | 51 | 57.9 | 32.1 | 56.3 | 9.3 | 1.6 | 61.5 | |
| #327 |
Universidad Austral
Argentina |
35.9 | 26.4 | 47.3 | 89.6 | 9.7 | 23.8 | 3.2 |
| #346 | 34.5 | 38.7 | 28.9 | 27.2 | 10.1 | 41.1 | 38.7 | |
| #291 |
North Carolina State University
United States |
39.4 | 32.4 | 40.4 | 27.9 | 10.5 | 26.8 | 72.8 |
| #235 |
University of Notre Dame
United States |
44.4 | 35.9 | 66.8 | 44.3 | 10.5 | 17.1 | 63.3 |
| #113 |
Dartmouth College
United States |
63.5 | 41.3 | 67.3 | 85.6 | 10.6 | 49.8 | 97.3 |
| #30 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
85 | 100 | 97.6 | 89.3 | 11.1 | 25.8 | 73.1 |
| #206 | 48.8 | 68.8 | 47.7 | 29.2 | 11.1 | 17 | 43.8 | |
| #225 |
Universidad de Chile
Chile |
46.3 | 75.1 | 66.1 | 21 | 11.1 | 6.3 | 20.7 |
| #139 |
Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil |
58.1 | 86.8 | 76.2 | 37.9 | 11.3 | 5.3 | 33.6 |
| #381 |
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Colombia |
32.1 | 52.3 | 55.4 | 19.2 | 11.4 | 1.5 | 4.3 |
| #296 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
United States |
39.1 | 21.4 | 25.3 | 34.4 | 11.5 | 44.1 | 89.6 |













