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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #125 | 59.9 | 80 | 82.3 | 42.4 | 20.6 | 17.5 | 43.3 | |
| #389 |
University of Cincinnati
United States |
31.8 | 16.7 | 19.6 | 46.3 | 20.7 | 16.1 | 58.7 |
| #332 |
Brandeis University
United States |
35.5 | 20.5 | 13.4 | 38 | 20.8 | 74.9 | 66.2 |
| #157 |
University of Colorado at Boulder
United States |
55.5 | 48.7 | 61.4 | 60 | 21.3 | 10.8 | 78.5 |
| #395 |
University of Tampere
Finland |
31.4 | 27.1 | 27.2 | 53.3 | 21.5 | 8.6 | 27 |
| #341 |
Ewha Womans University
South Korea |
34.9 | 40.1 | 29.2 | 50 | 21.6 | 33.8 | 14.3 |
| #244 |
Politecnico di Milano
Italy |
42.9 | 56.8 | 83 | 18.2 | 22.2 | 41.1 | 23.1 |
| #75 |
Tohoku University
Japan |
70.5 | 76.4 | 66 | 96.8 | 22.3 | 25.3 | 54.4 |
| #176 | 52 | 75.1 | 30.1 | 37.1 | 22.8 | 31.9 | 41.2 | |
| #201 |
Universität Frankfurt am Main
Germany |
49.1 | 57.2 | 45.5 | 40 | 23.1 | 55.8 | 46.2 |
| #43 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
78.9 | 97.7 | 85.3 | 92.7 | 23.2 | 55.7 | 40.2 |
| #146 | 56.8 | 89.6 | 67 | 56.3 | 23.2 | 5 | 4.9 | |
| #309 |
Tulane University
United States |
38.2 | 19.3 | 21.5 | 66.2 | 23.4 | 33.8 | 59 |
| #137 |
Korea University
South Korea |
58.4 | 76.4 | 57.4 | 70.4 | 23.8 | 34.7 | 22.3 |
| #324 |
Laval University
Canada |
36 | 32.7 | 18.6 | 22.8 | 23.9 | 40.2 | 64.5 |
| #201 |
Chulalongkorn University
Thailand |
49.1 | 79 | 66.3 | 36.8 | 24 | 2.8 | 8.4 |
| #390 |
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Kazakhstan |
31.7 | 25.7 | 20.4 | 84.4 | 24.6 | 14.9 | 1.1 |
| #245 | 42.8 | 48.6 | 39.3 | 53.5 | 24.6 | 21 | 30.1 | |
| #249 |
Hanyang University
South Korea |
42.5 | 37.2 | 31.2 | 88 | 24.8 | 49 | 13.7 |
| #164 |
Case Western Reserve University
United States |
53.8 | 27.4 | 7.1 | 95.9 | 25.1 | 59.4 | 91 |
| #183 |
University of Arizona
United States |
51.2 | 58.3 | 20.5 | 39.3 | 25.3 | 19.2 | 75.9 |
| #337 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech)
United States |
35.2 | 37.5 | 40.2 | 34.1 | 25.8 | 21.9 | 33.1 |
| #205 |
Universität Hamburg
Germany |
48.9 | 65.4 | 27.6 | 54.4 | 26.1 | 43.3 | 25.6 |
| #393 |
University of Saskatchewan
Canada |
31.5 | 21.9 | 43.4 | 38.9 | 26.1 | 45.4 | 33.6 |
| #34 | 83.3 | 90.8 | 66.9 | 92.4 | 26.2 | 66.2 | 81.6 |