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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #399 |
Universität Bayreuth
Germany |
31.3 | 51.3 | 41 | 20.5 | 28.8 | ||
| #400 |
University of New Mexico
United States |
31.3 | 23.7 | 13.6 | 44.3 | 8 | 12.4 | 51.4 |
| #396 | 31.4 | 31.1 | 22.6 | 54.9 | 13.2 | 22.1 | 18.1 | |
| #396 | 31.4 | 28.3 | 31.5 | 35.6 | 30.6 | 79.6 | 19.8 | |
| #395 |
University of Tampere
Finland |
31.4 | 27.1 | 27.2 | 53.3 | 21.5 | 8.6 | 27 |
| #398 |
University of Warsaw
Poland |
31.4 | 45.4 | 39.4 | 32 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 8.8 |
| #393 |
University of Saskatchewan
Canada |
31.5 | 21.9 | 43.4 | 38.9 | 26.1 | 45.4 | 33.6 |
| #393 |
University of St Gallen (HSG)
Switzerland |
31.5 | 17.2 | 85.8 | 18 | 99.5 | 98 | 11.2 |
| #392 | 31.6 | 30.3 | 49.4 | 43.6 | 97.5 | 3.2 | ||
| #391 |
Sogang University
South Korea |
31.6 | 33.3 | 32.9 | 53.6 | 20.2 | 24.7 | 8.7 |
| #390 |
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Kazakhstan |
31.7 | 25.7 | 20.4 | 84.4 | 24.6 | 14.9 | 1.1 |
| #389 |
University of Cincinnati
United States |
31.8 | 16.7 | 19.6 | 46.3 | 20.7 | 16.1 | 58.7 |
| #388 |
Heriot-watt University
United Kingdom |
31.9 | 17.7 | 30.4 | 29.6 | 94.1 | 97.2 | 29.7 |
| #387 |
University of Georgia
United States |
31.9 | 31.9 | 31.1 | 27.3 | 2.1 | 10.1 | 48.2 |
| #384 |
Universität Bielefeld
Germany |
32 | 36.3 | 28.9 | 19.5 | 13.7 | 23.2 | 42.7 |
| #385 |
University of Coimbra
Portugal |
32 | 42.2 | 19.8 | 22 | 12.8 | 44.7 | 27.6 |
| #385 |
University of Missouri, Columbia
United States |
32 | 21.5 | 23.9 | 46.7 | 48.3 | 13.5 | 41.2 |
| #381 |
Chiba University
Japan |
32.1 | 24.7 | 9.4 | 66.1 | 6.8 | 18 | 32.6 |
| #381 |
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Colombia |
32.1 | 52.3 | 55.4 | 19.2 | 11.4 | 1.5 | 4.3 |
| #383 |
University of Kent
United Kingdom |
32.1 | 30.6 | 21.4 | 33.1 | 90.9 | 72.8 | 12.7 |
| #380 |
Bond University
Australia |
32.4 | 11.9 | 43.5 | 63.7 | 86 | 93.8 | 6.3 |
| #379 |
Birkbeck College, University of London
United Kingdom |
32.5 | 35.4 | 15 | 20.1 | 92.5 | 32.3 | 31.2 |
| #378 | 32.5 | 26.9 | 3.1 | 43.8 | 17.1 | 44.2 | 46.4 | |
| #377 | 32.6 | 30.1 | 8.6 | 47.6 | 67.1 | 5.7 | 31 | |
| #376 | 32.6 | 29.1 | 17.1 | 42.6 | 17.9 | 18.4 | 43 |













