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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #239 |
University of Liege
Belgium |
43.6 | 34.8 | 30.7 | 46.2 | 31.2 | 67.7 | 59.8 |
| #302 |
University of Eastern Finland
Finland |
38.9 | 19.8 | 26.5 | 79.4 | 31.9 | 12.3 | 49.1 |
| #309 |
University of Jyväskylä
Finland |
38.2 | 30 | 23.1 | 92.6 | 31.9 | 11.3 | 13.9 |
| #42 |
Brown University
United States |
79.5 | 81.5 | 68.8 | 76.7 | 32 | 54.7 | 97.8 |
| #150 | 56.3 | 66.9 | 86.7 | 47 | 32.1 | 54.8 | 32.9 | |
| #198 |
Waseda University
Japan |
49.2 | 73.9 | 78.8 | 34.5 | 32.5 | 22.7 | 8.1 |
| #218 | 47.1 | 76.5 | 77.7 | 10.2 | 32.7 | 74.9 | 4.1 | |
| #129 | 59.6 | 63.6 | 27.7 | 58.7 | 32.8 | 67 | 70.2 | |
| #214 |
University of Calgary
Canada |
47.8 | 49.9 | 40.7 | 15.2 | 33 | 48.3 | 80.9 |
| #71 |
Lund University
Sweden |
70.9 | 84.7 | 82.2 | 41.9 | 33.3 | 53.7 | 76.6 |
| #155 |
University of California, Irvine
United States |
55.7 | 61.8 | 25.8 | 25.9 | 33.9 | 27.8 | 97.6 |
| #344 |
Université Paris Dauphine
France |
34.6 | 33.6 | 88.6 | 22.6 | 34.3 | 92.5 | 5.3 |
| #316 | 37.6 | 37.4 | 18 | 13 | 34.6 | 39 | 70.8 | |
| #372 |
Universität Regensburg
Germany |
32.9 | 19.1 | 16.9 | 60.2 | 34.6 | 14.4 | 43.8 |
| #306 | 38.5 | 41 | 74.9 | 52.1 | 34.8 | 29.7 | 2.9 | |
| #207 |
Technische Universität Berlin
Germany |
48.4 | 63.1 | 52.4 | 46.7 | 35.5 | 68.6 | 14.5 |
| #292 | 39.3 | 26.2 | 17.1 | 51 | 35.6 | 16.7 | 69.7 | |
| #60 | 72.9 | 97 | 71.9 | 33.6 | 35.7 | 50 | 75.6 | |
| #271 | 40.9 | 45.5 | 27.3 | 42.6 | 35.9 | 21.2 | 40.8 | |
| #306 | 38.5 | 32 | 27.7 | 52.7 | 36 | 54.6 | 37.4 | |
| #63 | 71.8 | 85.1 | 51.7 | 90 | 36.6 | 24.1 | 54 | |
| #229 |
Universität Stuttgart
Germany |
45.4 | 43.1 | 50.5 | 72 | 37.2 | 71.3 | 13.9 |
| #117 |
University of Maryland, College Park
United States |
61.5 | 66.4 | 39.5 | 60.9 | 37.7 | 31.7 | 73.4 |
| #335 |
Universidad de los Andes
Colombia |
35.4 | 49.9 | 56.3 | 26.9 | 38.3 | 5.1 | 9.3 |
| #340 |
Linköping University
Sweden |
35 | 34 | 36.6 | 38 | 38.4 | 10.6 | 36.8 |