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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #345 |
Aston University
United Kingdom |
34.5 | 21.3 | 65.5 | 24.5 | 94.4 | 93.9 | 23.9 |
| #388 |
Heriot-watt University
United Kingdom |
31.9 | 17.7 | 30.4 | 29.6 | 94.1 | 97.2 | 29.7 |
| #362 |
James Cook University
Australia |
33.5 | 21.7 | 23.4 | 30.4 | 93.8 | 50.4 | 44.2 |
| #26 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
87.1 | 92.6 | 83.8 | 89.1 | 93.8 | 90.6 | 68.9 |
| #287 | 39.9 | 32.6 | 43.8 | 51.5 | 93.6 | 59.3 | 20.4 | |
| #284 |
University of Technology, Sydney
Australia |
40 | 41.6 | 69.3 | 21.8 | 93.4 | 88.6 | 12.7 |
| #197 |
King Saud University (KSU)
Saudi Arabia |
49.4 | 56.7 | 22.6 | 89.1 | 93.3 | 19.8 | 2.6 |
| #132 |
Technical University of Denmark
Denmark |
59 | 38.6 | 36.3 | 97.3 | 93.1 | 73.4 | 57.9 |
| #181 |
Tufts University
United States |
51.5 | 27.4 | 23.6 | 60.5 | 92.9 | 34.9 | 96 |
| #7 |
Yale University
United States |
97.5 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 92.7 | 63.9 | 93.3 |
| #379 |
Birkbeck College, University of London
United Kingdom |
32.5 | 35.4 | 15 | 20.1 | 92.5 | 32.3 | 31.2 |
| #131 |
University College Dublin (UCD)
Ireland |
59.1 | 59.8 | 68.6 | 53.1 | 92.4 | 94.6 | 38.5 |
| #115 |
University of Lausanne
Switzerland |
62.4 | 48 | 26.8 | 64.3 | 92.4 | 87.2 | 90 |
| #188 |
University of Sussex
United Kingdom |
50.6 | 51.9 | 25.5 | 31.6 | 92.4 | 85.2 | 57.9 |
| #276 |
Universität Innsbruck
Austria |
40.4 | 48.1 | 24.1 | 15.9 | 92.2 | 98.1 | 28.1 |
| #268 |
University of Newcastle
Australia |
41 | 47.9 | 39.5 | 18.4 | 92.2 | 68.8 | 28.7 |
| #259 |
University of Surrey
United Kingdom |
41.4 | 34.4 | 48.3 | 34 | 92.2 | 96 | 30.7 |
| #107 |
Maastricht University
Netherlands |
64.4 | 39.1 | 69.5 | 78.5 | 91.8 | 99.9 | 79.2 |
| #266 |
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Spain |
41.1 | 39.6 | 28.2 | 51.2 | 91.6 | 40.5 | 25.8 |
| #299 |
University of Victoria
Canada |
38.9 | 30.6 | 28.9 | 14.6 | 91.3 | 27.5 | 72.7 |
| #329 |
Boston College
United States |
35.8 | 32 | 39.1 | 30.1 | 91.2 | 54.1 | 27.4 |
| #83 |
University of Auckland
New Zealand |
69.3 | 92.8 | 78.2 | 27 | 91.1 | 91.8 | 45.5 |
| #92 |
Durham University
United Kingdom |
67.9 | 71.1 | 96.8 | 45 | 91 | 70.4 | 60 |
| #383 |
University of Kent
United Kingdom |
32.1 | 30.6 | 21.4 | 33.1 | 90.9 | 72.8 | 12.7 |
| #108 |
University of Alberta
Canada |
64.2 | 71.6 | 46.6 | 58.1 | 90.8 | 71 | 52.8 |













