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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #264 |
University of Wollongong
Australia |
41.1 | 29.5 | 73.4 | 35.7 | 99.5 | 82.8 | 26.5 |
| #79 |
University of Western Australia (UWA)
Australia |
70 | 77.8 | 70.9 | 39.9 | 99.3 | 81.7 | 70.1 |
| #67 |
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland |
71.3 | 79.6 | 75 | 54.1 | 99.1 | 80.4 | 57 |
| #52 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
76.6 | 95 | 95.1 | 39.8 | 98.8 | 97.6 | 52.8 |
| #233 |
Macquarie University
Australia |
44.7 | 47.4 | 71.2 | 13.5 | 98.5 | 98.2 | 28.2 |
| #147 |
Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL)
United Kingdom |
56.7 | 57 | 38.8 | 67.4 | 98.5 | 88.8 | 33.2 |
| #149 |
University of Bern
Switzerland |
56.5 | 37.5 | 29.5 | 77.6 | 98.4 | 45.1 | 76.4 |
| #2 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
99.8 | 100 | 100 | 98.3 | 98.2 | 96 | 97 |
| #321 |
University of Essex
United Kingdom |
36.6 | 34 | 16.7 | 32.2 | 98.2 | 99.5 | 23.3 |
| #158 | 54.9 | 44.1 | 38.2 | 99.6 | 98 | 28.7 | 33 | |
| #5 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
98.6 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 98 | 95.8 | 89.4 |
| #166 |
Queen's University of Belfast
United Kingdom |
53.5 | 45.4 | 73 | 53.5 | 97.7 | 78.1 | 40.2 |
| #392 | 31.6 | 30.3 | 49.4 | 43.6 | 97.5 | 3.2 | ||
| #4 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
98.7 | 99.6 | 95.6 | 98.4 | 96.3 | 99.9 | 94 |
| #19 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
89.6 | 99.9 | 94.3 | 73.8 | 96.1 | 74.8 | 80.2 |
| #10 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
95.1 | 99 | 51.3 | 100 | 96 | 91.1 | 100 |
| #374 |
University of Waikato
New Zealand |
32.8 | 28.8 | 36.9 | 27.2 | 96 | 81.6 | 14.9 |
| #40 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong |
80.1 | 93.5 | 72.4 | 79.8 | 95.7 | 83.1 | 48.7 |
| #308 |
Massey University
New Zealand |
38.2 | 41.8 | 36.4 | 32.5 | 95.5 | 41 | 20.6 |
| #46 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
78.2 | 95.3 | 83.3 | 45.3 | 95.5 | 90.5 | 63.1 |
| #93 |
University of St Andrews
United Kingdom |
67.6 | 64.7 | 69.2 | 60.9 | 95.3 | 99.8 | 61.1 |
| #95 |
Purdue University
United States |
66.9 | 75.8 | 83.2 | 34.6 | 95 | 74.2 | 60.9 |
| #282 |
Simon Fraser University
Canada |
40.1 | 37.3 | 34.1 | 11.9 | 95 | 64.4 | 55.1 |
| #267 |
Royal Holloway University of London
United Kingdom |
41.1 | 33.9 | 30.8 | 36.5 | 94.8 | 95.8 | 35.9 |
| #331 |
Brunel University
United Kingdom |
35.6 | 25.2 | 47.6 | 24.1 | 94.6 | 87.7 | 32.4 |