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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #29 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland |
85.1 | 79.1 | 75.8 | 95.1 | 100 | 100 | 79.9 |
| #69 |
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom |
71.1 | 88 | 100 | 58.6 | 100 | 100 | 17.4 |
| #246 |
RMIT University
Australia |
42.8 | 46.9 | 77.2 | 21.7 | 100 | 100 | 7.7 |
| #294 | 39.1 | 39.1 | 26.5 | 49.4 | 99.8 | 100 | 2.9 | |
| #107 |
Maastricht University
Netherlands |
64.4 | 39.1 | 69.5 | 78.5 | 91.8 | 99.9 | 79.2 |
| #4 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
98.7 | 99.6 | 95.6 | 98.4 | 96.3 | 99.9 | 94 |
| #258 |
Curtin University
Australia |
41.5 | 41.5 | 65.1 | 27.3 | 100 | 99.8 | 12.6 |
| #93 |
University of St Andrews
United Kingdom |
67.6 | 64.7 | 69.2 | 60.9 | 95.3 | 99.8 | 61.1 |
| #6 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
98.3 | 99.8 | 100 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 99.6 | 87.3 |
| #321 |
University of Essex
United Kingdom |
36.6 | 34 | 16.7 | 32.2 | 98.2 | 99.5 | 23.3 |
| #74 |
University of Geneva
Switzerland |
70.6 | 65.7 | 23.7 | 58.9 | 100 | 99.2 | 97.5 |
| #23 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
87.9 | 99.3 | 83.8 | 94.2 | 100 | 99.1 | 50.5 |
| #33 | 83.5 | 92.5 | 79.7 | 83.9 | 100 | 98.9 | 54.7 | |
| #13 | 92.8 | 99.3 | 94 | 67 | 100 | 98.7 | 97.2 | |
| #233 |
Macquarie University
Australia |
44.7 | 47.4 | 71.2 | 13.5 | 98.5 | 98.2 | 28.2 |
| #25 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
87.2 | 100 | 99.4 | 81.4 | 100 | 98.2 | 51.1 |
| #276 |
Universität Innsbruck
Austria |
40.4 | 48.1 | 24.1 | 15.9 | 92.2 | 98.1 | 28.1 |
| #393 |
University of St Gallen (HSG)
Switzerland |
31.5 | 17.2 | 85.8 | 18 | 99.5 | 98 | 11.2 |
| #58 |
University of Warwick
United Kingdom |
73.9 | 89.4 | 100 | 52.3 | 90.3 | 98 | 37.5 |
| #47 |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
77.7 | 90.4 | 84.5 | 85.3 | 100 | 97.9 | 26.7 |
| #327 |
City University London
United Kingdom |
35.9 | 31.3 | 54.5 | 28.2 | 83.6 | 97.6 | 14.3 |
| #52 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
76.6 | 95 | 95.1 | 39.8 | 98.8 | 97.6 | 52.8 |
| #161 |
Wageningen University
Netherlands |
54.6 | 44.2 | 27 | 100 | 30.8 | 97.4 | 36.2 |
| #388 |
Heriot-watt University
United Kingdom |
31.9 | 17.7 | 30.4 | 29.6 | 94.1 | 97.2 | 29.7 |
| #49 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
77.4 | 86 | 81 | 55.4 | 17.7 | 97.1 | 86.5 |
