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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #50 |
Osaka University
Japan |
76.8 | 91.4 | 69.6 | 91.7 | 15.4 | 20.3 | 62.1 |
| #49 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
77.4 | 86 | 81 | 55.4 | 17.7 | 97.1 | 86.5 |
| #48 |
Tsinghua University
China |
77.5 | 98.8 | 97.6 | 86 | 50.6 | 26.3 | 32 |
| #47 |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
77.7 | 90.4 | 84.5 | 85.3 | 100 | 97.9 | 26.7 |
| #46 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
78.2 | 95.3 | 83.3 | 45.3 | 95.5 | 90.5 | 63.1 |
| #45 | 78.6 | 99.1 | 77.8 | 25.9 | 61.4 | 73.2 | 92.1 | |
| #44 |
Peking University
China |
78.8 | 99.7 | 96.6 | 82.6 | 55.7 | 35 | 36.8 |
| #43 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
78.9 | 97.7 | 85.3 | 92.7 | 23.2 | 55.7 | 40.2 |
| #42 |
Brown University
United States |
79.5 | 81.5 | 68.8 | 76.7 | 32 | 54.7 | 97.8 |
| #41 |
Ecole Polytechnique
France |
79.6 | 73.3 | 95.9 | 100 | 72.4 | 92.6 | 57.9 |
| #40 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong |
80.1 | 93.5 | 72.4 | 79.8 | 95.7 | 83.1 | 48.7 |
| #39 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
81.3 | 99.3 | 93.5 | 50.4 | 99.7 | 91.3 | 58.9 |
| #38 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States |
81.4 | 97.1 | 68.6 | 85.2 | 52.4 | 32.9 | 68 |
| #37 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
82.2 | 98.8 | 83.4 | 90.7 | 47.8 | 61 | 49.6 |
| #36 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
83.2 | 99.8 | 100 | 46.8 | 68.9 | 92.3 | 74.9 |
| #35 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
83.3 | 99.8 | 81.1 | 92.6 | 15.5 | 21.9 | 70 |
| #34 | 83.3 | 90.8 | 66.9 | 92.4 | 26.2 | 66.2 | 81.6 | |
| #33 | 83.5 | 92.5 | 79.7 | 83.9 | 100 | 98.9 | 54.7 | |
| #32 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
84.2 | 98.5 | 100 | 63.2 | 85.2 | 91.4 | 62.2 |
| #31 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
84.6 | 100 | 96 | 62.3 | 1.6 | 34.4 | 99.5 |
| #30 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
85 | 100 | 97.6 | 89.3 | 11.1 | 25.8 | 73.1 |
| #29 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland |
85.1 | 79.1 | 75.8 | 95.1 | 100 | 100 | 79.9 |
| #28 |
University of Bristol
United Kingdom |
85.4 | 91 | 96 | 74.8 | 85.8 | 75.6 | 77.3 |
| #27 |
Northwestern University
United States |
85.4 | 90.7 | 88.6 | 82.3 | 11.9 | 55.9 | 97.9 |
| #26 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
87.1 | 92.6 | 83.8 | 89.1 | 93.8 | 90.6 | 68.9 |