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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #15 |
Stanford University
United States |
91.7 | 100 | 100 | 72.4 | 41.9 | 83.5 | 100 |
| #72 |
University of Nottingham
United Kingdom |
70.7 | 76.6 | 96.2 | 55.2 | 85.3 | 83.5 | 51.1 |
| #163 |
Lancaster University
United Kingdom |
54 | 55.4 | 63.8 | 40 | 77.3 | 84 | 44.1 |
| #114 |
Université de Montréal
Canada |
63.5 | 69.3 | 37.9 | 38.5 | 83.4 | 84.1 | 76.2 |
| #66 |
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom |
71.3 | 77.7 | 75.3 | 58.8 | 79.6 | 84.5 | 60.2 |
| #11 |
Columbia University
United States |
94.7 | 99.9 | 100 | 97.2 | 16.2 | 84.9 | 96.3 |
| #188 |
University of Sussex
United Kingdom |
50.6 | 51.9 | 25.5 | 31.6 | 92.4 | 85.2 | 57.9 |
| #88 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States |
68.4 | 70.7 | 76.9 | 19.3 | 73.7 | 85.9 | 99.4 |
| #370 |
United Arab Emirates University
United Arab Emirates |
33 | 29.1 | 23.8 | 35.9 | 100 | 87 | 10.4 |
| #115 |
University of Lausanne
Switzerland |
62.4 | 48 | 26.8 | 64.3 | 92.4 | 87.2 | 90 |
| #331 |
Brunel University
United Kingdom |
35.6 | 25.2 | 47.6 | 24.1 | 94.6 | 87.7 | 32.4 |
| #357 |
University of Tasmania
Australia |
33.8 | 27.7 | 27.4 | 38.3 | 51.9 | 87.8 | 24.7 |
| #159 |
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong |
54.6 | 60.9 | 39.2 | 48.4 | 99.9 | 88.2 | 33.5 |
| #284 |
University of Technology, Sydney
Australia |
40 | 41.6 | 69.3 | 21.8 | 93.4 | 88.6 | 12.7 |
| #147 |
Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL)
United Kingdom |
56.7 | 57 | 38.8 | 67.4 | 98.5 | 88.8 | 33.2 |
| #182 |
University of Exeter
United Kingdom |
51.4 | 47.2 | 65.9 | 32.4 | 88.3 | 89 | 50.2 |
| #250 | 42.2 | 25.8 | 59.3 | 65.8 | 88.6 | 89.7 | 17.3 | |
| #274 |
Vienna University of Technology
Austria |
40.6 | 43.6 | 52.7 | 26.6 | 56.6 | 89.7 | 24.1 |
| #185 |
University of Leicester
United Kingdom |
51.1 | 37.9 | 26.4 | 47.2 | 84 | 90.2 | 73.1 |
| #126 |
Newcastle University
United Kingdom |
59.7 | 45.8 | 73.8 | 61.8 | 82.3 | 90.5 | 62.1 |
| #46 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
78.2 | 95.3 | 83.3 | 45.3 | 95.5 | 90.5 | 63.1 |
| #26 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
87.1 | 92.6 | 83.8 | 89.1 | 93.8 | 90.6 | 68.9 |
| #368 |
Griffith University
Australia |
33 | 29.6 | 39.8 | 23.3 | 89.9 | 90.8 | 15.8 |
| #142 | 57.7 | 55.3 | 63.5 | 63.7 | 74.4 | 91 | 38.1 | |
| #160 |
Universität Wien
Austria |
54.6 | 79 | 46.1 | 15.7 | 70.5 | 91 | 33.1 |