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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #264 |
University of Wollongong
Australia |
41.1 | 29.5 | 73.4 | 35.7 | 99.5 | 82.8 | 26.5 |
| #121 |
University of Basel
Switzerland |
60.5 | 51.6 | 31.2 | 75 | 100 | 82.5 | 60.2 |
| #79 |
University of Western Australia (UWA)
Australia |
70 | 77.8 | 70.9 | 39.9 | 99.3 | 81.7 | 70.1 |
| #374 |
University of Waikato
New Zealand |
32.8 | 28.8 | 36.9 | 27.2 | 96 | 81.6 | 14.9 |
| #110 |
University of York
United Kingdom |
63.8 | 69.2 | 69.5 | 48.7 | 84.5 | 81.4 | 52.2 |
| #95 |
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong |
66.9 | 73.2 | 42.8 | 72.6 | 100 | 81.2 | 45.3 |
| #73 |
University of Southampton
United Kingdom |
70.7 | 73.3 | 69.8 | 60 | 88.2 | 81 | 65.9 |
| #67 |
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland |
71.3 | 79.6 | 75 | 54.1 | 99.1 | 80.4 | 57 |
| #215 |
University of Reading
United Kingdom |
47.6 | 44.1 | 34.4 | 50.9 | 84.3 | 80.1 | 38.4 |
| #133 |
University of Otago
New Zealand |
58.9 | 65.8 | 60.2 | 31 | 100 | 79.8 | 54 |
| #396 | 31.4 | 28.3 | 31.5 | 35.6 | 30.6 | 79.6 | 19.8 | |
| #109 |
University of Groningen
Netherlands |
64.2 | 62.4 | 43.2 | 72.4 | 89.9 | 79.1 | 56.6 |
| #22 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
88.1 | 100 | 100 | 47 | 86.1 | 78.8 | 97.9 |
| #237 |
Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand |
44.2 | 52.9 | 63 | 18.8 | 100 | 78.6 | 18 |
| #135 |
University of Rochester
United States |
58.7 | 40.1 | 12.5 | 100 | 43.1 | 78.5 | 73.7 |
| #3 |
Harvard University
United States |
99.2 | 100 | 100 | 98.6 | 90 | 78.4 | 100 |
| #166 |
Queen's University of Belfast
United Kingdom |
53.5 | 45.4 | 73 | 53.5 | 97.7 | 78.1 | 40.2 |
| #236 |
University of East Anglia (UEA)
United Kingdom |
44.4 | 40.2 | 26.7 | 41.2 | 81.4 | 78.1 | 44.7 |
| #8 |
University of Chicago
United States |
96.3 | 99.9 | 96 | 95.6 | 68.9 | 77.8 | 96.4 |
| #375 |
La Trobe University
Australia |
32.8 | 35.6 | 26.8 | 21.6 | 83.9 | 77.1 | 15.8 |
| #301 |
École des Ponts, ParisTech
France |
38.9 | 17.6 | 51.3 | 100 | 30.9 | 76.7 | 4.8 |
| #54 |
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom |
76.3 | 82.4 | 70.7 | 60.3 | 78.5 | 76.7 | 78.3 |
| #315 |
Université Paris Descartes
France |
37.6 | 32.1 | 20.3 | 26.5 | 7.5 | 75.9 | 64.6 |
| #293 |
University of South Australia
Australia |
39.3 | 38.3 | 49.9 | 36.3 | 100 | 75.8 | 12.5 |
| #28 |
University of Bristol
United Kingdom |
85.4 | 91 | 96 | 74.8 | 85.8 | 75.6 | 77.3 |