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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #169 |
University of Florida
United States |
52.9 | 60.7 | 40.9 | 44.8 | 11.8 | 25.7 | 65.9 |
| #27 |
Northwestern University
United States |
85.4 | 90.7 | 88.6 | 82.3 | 11.9 | 55.9 | 97.9 |
| #256 | 41.6 | 55.5 | 37.8 | 16.7 | 12.2 | 10.7 | 53.4 | |
| #290 |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
United States |
39.4 | 48 | 27.7 | 26.2 | 12.2 | 15 | 52.3 |
| #285 | 40 | 17.1 | 25.4 | 98.5 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 46.4 | |
| #194 | 49.8 | 80.2 | 56.4 | 19.9 | 12.4 | 18.4 | 30.1 | |
| #112 |
Yonsei University
South Korea |
63.5 | 80 | 65.3 | 83.7 | 12.6 | 38 | 25.5 |
| #314 |
Università di Pisa
Italy |
37.8 | 52.7 | 27.4 | 7.7 | 12.7 | 10.4 | 54.7 |
| #385 |
University of Coimbra
Portugal |
32 | 42.2 | 19.8 | 22 | 12.8 | 44.7 | 27.6 |
| #255 |
Mahidol University
Thailand |
41.6 | 48.6 | 21.9 | 82 | 12.9 | 7.5 | 10.8 |
| #317 |
Wake Forest University
United States |
37.4 | 5.5 | 99.7 | 13 | 15.9 | 67 | |
| #330 |
Arizona State University
United States |
35.7 | 47.2 | 26.1 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 18.3 | 48.4 |
| #396 | 31.4 | 31.1 | 22.6 | 54.9 | 13.2 | 22.1 | 18.1 | |
| #167 |
Vanderbilt University
United States |
53.5 | 41.4 | 35.8 | 100 | 13.3 | 28.7 | 53.5 |
| #286 |
Charles University
Czech Republic |
39.9 | 51.5 | 36.6 | 43.1 | 13.6 | 47.8 | 17.6 |
| #384 |
Universität Bielefeld
Germany |
32 | 36.3 | 28.9 | 19.5 | 13.7 | 23.2 | 42.7 |
| #342 |
Flinders University
Australia |
34.8 | 27.7 | 24.8 | 67.1 | 13.8 | 63.9 | 17.9 |
| #138 |
Hokkaido University
Japan |
58.3 | 56.6 | 64.7 | 80.3 | 13.9 | 18.1 | 54.7 |
| #350 | 34.3 | 34 | 21.9 | 64.7 | 14.1 | 43.7 | 11.8 | |
| #210 |
Indiana University Bloomington
United States |
48.2 | 58.2 | 54.1 | 29.7 | 14.3 | 52.7 | 48.4 |
| #65 | 71.4 | 76.1 | 74.5 | 79.8 | 14.3 | 38 | 70.8 | |
| #320 |
Universität Leipzig
Germany |
36.7 | 37 | 19.9 | 16.4 | 14.6 | 31.9 | 69.4 |
| #203 |
University of Tsukuba
Japan |
49 | 50.1 | 22.3 | 89.2 | 14.6 | 27.2 | 31.4 |
| #200 |
Keio University
Japan |
49.1 | 61.4 | 75.1 | 59.7 | 15 | 7.7 | 17.5 |
| #128 |
Kyushu University
Japan |
59.6 | 59.8 | 67.3 | 97.7 | 15.3 | 22.3 | 34.6 |