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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #324 |
Dublin City University
Ireland |
36 | 23.8 | 62.9 | 41 | 86.1 | 64.2 | 20.4 |
| #324 |
Laval University
Canada |
36 | 32.7 | 18.6 | 22.8 | 23.9 | 40.2 | 64.5 |
| #323 |
Taipei Medical University
Taiwan |
36.3 | 28.9 | 23.5 | 47.9 | 30.5 | 17.5 | 50.1 |
| #322 | 36.3 | 40.5 | 27.5 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 77.6 | ||
| #321 |
University of Essex
United Kingdom |
36.6 | 34 | 16.7 | 32.2 | 98.2 | 99.5 | 23.3 |
| #320 |
Universität Leipzig
Germany |
36.7 | 37 | 19.9 | 16.4 | 14.6 | 31.9 | 69.4 |
| #319 |
Iowa State University
United States |
37.2 | 30.2 | 28.4 | 29.6 | 42.4 | 37.3 | 60.2 |
| #318 |
University of Southern Denmark
Denmark |
37.3 | 25.8 | 27.5 | 57.3 | 49.4 | 61.2 | 34.2 |
| #317 |
Wake Forest University
United States |
37.4 | 5.5 | 99.7 | 13 | 15.9 | 67 | |
| #316 | 37.6 | 37.4 | 18 | 13 | 34.6 | 39 | 70.8 | |
| #315 |
Université Paris Descartes
France |
37.6 | 32.1 | 20.3 | 26.5 | 7.5 | 75.9 | 64.6 |
| #314 |
Università di Pisa
Italy |
37.8 | 52.7 | 27.4 | 7.7 | 12.7 | 10.4 | 54.7 |
| #313 |
University at Buffalo SUNY
United States |
38.1 | 29.9 | 8.2 | 18.7 | 9.2 | 68.3 | 86.4 |
| #312 | 38.1 | 40 | 73 | 30.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 40.3 | |
| #311 |
University of California, Santa Cruz
United States |
38.1 | 39.1 | 18.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 90.1 | |
| #309 |
Tulane University
United States |
38.2 | 19.3 | 21.5 | 66.2 | 23.4 | 33.8 | 59 |
| #309 |
University of Jyväskylä
Finland |
38.2 | 30 | 23.1 | 92.6 | 31.9 | 11.3 | 13.9 |
| #308 |
Massey University
New Zealand |
38.2 | 41.8 | 36.4 | 32.5 | 95.5 | 41 | 20.6 |
| #306 | 38.5 | 41 | 74.9 | 52.1 | 34.8 | 29.7 | 2.9 | |
| #306 | 38.5 | 32 | 27.7 | 52.7 | 36 | 54.6 | 37.4 | |
| #305 | 38.5 | 48.2 | 58.8 | 56.6 | 28.2 | 1.2 | ||
| #304 |
University of Tromsø
Norway |
38.5 | 20.4 | 5.8 | 98.6 | 44.7 | 31.3 | 29.4 |
| #303 |
University of California, Riverside
United States |
38.6 | 30 | 12.9 | 19.1 | 52.6 | 35.2 | 83.6 |
| #302 |
University of Eastern Finland
Finland |
38.9 | 19.8 | 26.5 | 79.4 | 31.9 | 12.3 | 49.1 |
| #301 |
École des Ponts, ParisTech
France |
38.9 | 17.6 | 51.3 | 100 | 30.9 | 76.7 | 4.8 |