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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 in 2011. See the methodology.

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Top 400
Rank School Overall Score Academic Reputation Score Employer Reputation Score Faculty-Student Ratio Score International Faculty Score International Students Score Citations per Faculty Score
#400 29.2 88.8
#399 29.3 61.6
#398 29.5 53.1 55.9
#397 29.5 43.0
#396 29.6 56.0 42.9
#395 29.7 31.5 82.9
#393 29.8 52.7
#392
Sogang University

South Korea

29.8 55.3
#394 29.8 41.5
#390 29.9
#391
University of Tennessee

United States

29.9 54.5
#389 30.0 14.7 99.5 50.5
#388 30.0 38.5 52.1
#387 30.1 36.5 42.6
#385 30.2 39.4
#386
University of Georgia

United States

30.2 50.0
#384 30.2 58.4
#383
University of Kentucky

United States

30.4 73.7
#379 30.5 20.9 100.0
#381 30.5 45.1
#380 30.5 44.1 43.3
#382 30.5 20.4 62.1
#378 30.7 47.8 35.5 100.0
#377 30.7 92.3 92.2
#376 30.8 49.7