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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #369 |
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Kazakhstan |
33 | 24.3 | 17.7 | 99.3 | 15.3 | 6.9 | 1 |
| #50 |
Osaka University
Japan |
76.8 | 91.4 | 69.6 | 91.7 | 15.4 | 20.3 | 62.1 |
| #35 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
83.3 | 99.8 | 81.1 | 92.6 | 15.5 | 21.9 | 70 |
| #11 |
Columbia University
United States |
94.7 | 99.9 | 100 | 97.2 | 16.2 | 84.9 | 96.3 |
| #170 |
Zhejiang University
China |
52.8 | 70.5 | 59.5 | 29.5 | 16.3 | 6.9 | 55.1 |
| #20 |
Duke University
United States |
89.5 | 95.1 | 81.9 | 99.7 | 16.4 | 44.5 | 96.9 |
| #101 |
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
United States |
65.7 | 77.3 | 83.3 | 33.8 | 17.1 | 37.3 | 81.5 |
| #378 | 32.5 | 26.9 | 3.1 | 43.8 | 17.1 | 44.2 | 46.4 | |
| #358 |
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)
Malaysia |
33.7 | 34.1 | 29.7 | 58.7 | 17.1 | 72.1 | 2.5 |
| #360 |
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Malaysia |
33.6 | 41.4 | 29.3 | 50.4 | 17.4 | 40 | 4.2 |
| #49 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
77.4 | 86 | 81 | 55.4 | 17.7 | 97.1 | 86.5 |
| #86 |
Nagoya University
Japan |
68.6 | 69.5 | 64.2 | 88 | 17.7 | 29 | 68.6 |
| #195 | 49.7 | 71.4 | 75.9 | 42 | 17.8 | 7.8 | 16.6 | |
| #376 | 32.6 | 29.1 | 17.1 | 42.6 | 17.9 | 18.4 | 43 | |
| #90 |
Fudan University
China |
68.3 | 92.5 | 84.8 | 42.4 | 18 | 49.8 | 51.4 |
| #122 |
Emory University
United States |
60.4 | 38.7 | 40.4 | 86.8 | 18.1 | 45.7 | 98.8 |
| #151 | 56.3 | 66.7 | 24.3 | 72.8 | 18.2 | 55.7 | 41.9 | |
| #248 | 42.7 | 44.9 | 24.2 | 42.3 | 18.6 | 46.5 | 50.9 | |
| #179 |
Sungkyunkwan University
South Korea |
51.7 | 55.1 | 53.7 | 84.5 | 18.9 | 38.8 | 20.1 |
| #270 |
Kyung Hee University
South Korea |
40.9 | 32.4 | 60.1 | 82.5 | 19.2 | 46.3 | 8.9 |
| #80 | 69.9 | 97.3 | 70.3 | 38 | 19.4 | 15.1 | 69.7 | |
| #391 |
Sogang University
South Korea |
31.6 | 33.3 | 32.9 | 53.6 | 20.2 | 24.7 | 8.7 |
| #165 |
Texas A&M University
United States |
53.7 | 64.9 | 62.3 | 19.6 | 20.2 | 29.6 | 72.8 |
| #134 |
University of Southern California (USC)
United States |
58.8 | 59.2 | 45.5 | 64 | 20.4 | 71.4 | 62.9 |
| #346 |
Universität Bremen
Germany |
34.5 | 37.8 | 22.9 | 43.6 | 20.5 | 39.6 | 24.9 |