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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #171 |
Stockholm University
Sweden |
52.6 | 74.2 | 48.8 | 36.3 | 39.2 | 23.8 | 35.6 |
| #327 |
Universidad Austral
Argentina |
35.9 | 26.4 | 47.3 | 89.6 | 9.7 | 23.8 | 3.2 |
| #63 | 71.8 | 85.1 | 51.7 | 90 | 36.6 | 24.1 | 54 | |
| #75 |
Leiden University
Netherlands |
70.5 | 83.8 | 47.2 | 33.3 | 80.4 | 24.1 | 98.3 |
| #391 |
Sogang University
South Korea |
31.6 | 33.3 | 32.9 | 53.6 | 20.2 | 24.7 | 8.7 |
| #222 |
Aalto University
Finland |
47 | 40 | 45.5 | 95.9 | 49.3 | 24.8 | 15.5 |
| #75 |
Tohoku University
Japan |
70.5 | 76.4 | 66 | 96.8 | 22.3 | 25.3 | 54.4 |
| #256 |
University of Utah
United States |
41.6 | 23.5 | 22.3 | 57.1 | 28.4 | 25.5 | 77 |
| #169 |
University of Florida
United States |
52.9 | 60.7 | 40.9 | 44.8 | 11.8 | 25.7 | 65.9 |
| #30 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
85 | 100 | 97.6 | 89.3 | 11.1 | 25.8 | 73.1 |
| #251 |
Universität Ulm
Germany |
42.2 | 14.4 | 27.3 | 96.2 | 29.7 | 25.9 | 56.2 |
| #48 |
Tsinghua University
China |
77.5 | 98.8 | 97.6 | 86 | 50.6 | 26.3 | 32 |
| #291 |
North Carolina State University
United States |
39.4 | 32.4 | 40.4 | 27.9 | 10.5 | 26.8 | 72.8 |
| #343 | 34.6 | 38.1 | 44.1 | 49.1 | 47.4 | 27 | 5.2 | |
| #203 |
University of Tsukuba
Japan |
49 | 50.1 | 22.3 | 89.2 | 14.6 | 27.2 | 31.4 |
| #68 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
71.2 | 97.4 | 81 | 21.1 | 58.3 | 27.4 | 74.7 |
| #299 |
University of Victoria
Canada |
38.9 | 30.6 | 28.9 | 14.6 | 91.3 | 27.5 | 72.7 |
| #226 | 46.2 | 73.6 | 62.1 | 27.3 | 4.8 | 27.6 | 15.1 | |
| #155 |
University of California, Irvine
United States |
55.7 | 61.8 | 25.8 | 25.9 | 33.9 | 27.8 | 97.6 |
| #148 |
University of Ghent
Belgium |
56.6 | 59.3 | 47.6 | 77.2 | 39.8 | 28.1 | 43.3 |
| #305 | 38.5 | 48.2 | 58.8 | 56.6 | 28.2 | 1.2 | ||
| #158 | 54.9 | 44.1 | 38.2 | 99.6 | 98 | 28.7 | 33 | |
| #167 |
Vanderbilt University
United States |
53.5 | 41.4 | 35.8 | 100 | 13.3 | 28.7 | 53.5 |
| #62 |
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands |
72.1 | 89.8 | 74.6 | 43.4 | 54.4 | 28.8 | 75.7 |
| #363 |
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa |
33.3 | 37.2 | 30.6 | 19.3 | 74.6 | 28.9 | 29.9 |