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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #160 |
Universität Wien
Austria |
54.6 | 79 | 46.1 | 15.7 | 70.5 | 91 | 33.1 |
| #368 |
Griffith University
Australia |
33 | 29.6 | 39.8 | 23.3 | 89.9 | 90.8 | 15.8 |
| #26 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
87.1 | 92.6 | 83.8 | 89.1 | 93.8 | 90.6 | 68.9 |
| #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 |
| #185 |
University of Leicester
United Kingdom |
51.1 | 37.9 | 26.4 | 47.2 | 84 | 90.2 | 73.1 |
| #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 |
| #182 |
University of Exeter
United Kingdom |
51.4 | 47.2 | 65.9 | 32.4 | 88.3 | 89 | 50.2 |
| #147 |
Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL)
United Kingdom |
56.7 | 57 | 38.8 | 67.4 | 98.5 | 88.8 | 33.2 |
| #284 |
University of Technology, Sydney
Australia |
40 | 41.6 | 69.3 | 21.8 | 93.4 | 88.6 | 12.7 |
| #159 |
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong |
54.6 | 60.9 | 39.2 | 48.4 | 99.9 | 88.2 | 33.5 |
| #357 |
University of Tasmania
Australia |
33.8 | 27.7 | 27.4 | 38.3 | 51.9 | 87.8 | 24.7 |
| #331 |
Brunel University
United Kingdom |
35.6 | 25.2 | 47.6 | 24.1 | 94.6 | 87.7 | 32.4 |
| #115 |
University of Lausanne
Switzerland |
62.4 | 48 | 26.8 | 64.3 | 92.4 | 87.2 | 90 |
| #370 |
United Arab Emirates University
United Arab Emirates |
33 | 29.1 | 23.8 | 35.9 | 100 | 87 | 10.4 |
| #88 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States |
68.4 | 70.7 | 76.9 | 19.3 | 73.7 | 85.9 | 99.4 |
| #188 |
University of Sussex
United Kingdom |
50.6 | 51.9 | 25.5 | 31.6 | 92.4 | 85.2 | 57.9 |
| #11 |
Columbia University
United States |
94.7 | 99.9 | 100 | 97.2 | 16.2 | 84.9 | 96.3 |
| #66 |
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom |
71.3 | 77.7 | 75.3 | 58.8 | 79.6 | 84.5 | 60.2 |
| #114 |
Université de Montréal
Canada |
63.5 | 69.3 | 37.9 | 38.5 | 83.4 | 84.1 | 76.2 |
| #163 |
Lancaster University
United Kingdom |
54 | 55.4 | 63.8 | 40 | 77.3 | 84 | 44.1 |
| #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 |
| #40 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong |
80.1 | 93.5 | 72.4 | 79.8 | 95.7 | 83.1 | 48.7 |













