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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #302 |
University of Eastern Finland
Finland |
38.9 | 19.8 | 26.5 | 79.4 | 31.9 | 12.3 | 49.1 |
| #299 |
University of Victoria
Canada |
38.9 | 30.6 | 28.9 | 14.6 | 91.3 | 27.5 | 72.7 |
| #297 |
Umeå University
Sweden |
39 | 32.8 | 18.4 | 51 | 69 | 6 | 48.5 |
| #298 | 39 | 53.5 | 30.3 | 17 | 3.7 | 11.1 | 50.1 | |
| #295 |
Kobe University
Japan |
39.1 | 38.2 | 43.6 | 62.2 | 8.9 | 16.5 | 26.9 |
| #296 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
United States |
39.1 | 21.4 | 25.3 | 34.4 | 11.5 | 44.1 | 89.6 |
| #294 | 39.1 | 39.1 | 26.5 | 49.4 | 99.8 | 100 | 2.9 | |
| #292 | 39.3 | 26.2 | 17.1 | 51 | 35.6 | 16.7 | 69.7 | |
| #293 |
University of South Australia
Australia |
39.3 | 38.3 | 49.9 | 36.3 | 100 | 75.8 | 12.5 |
| #291 |
North Carolina State University
United States |
39.4 | 32.4 | 40.4 | 27.9 | 10.5 | 26.8 | 72.8 |
| #290 |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
United States |
39.4 | 48 | 27.7 | 26.2 | 12.2 | 15 | 52.3 |
| #289 | 39.7 | 37.8 | 29.8 | 46.4 | 61 | 29.6 | 36.8 | |
| #288 |
Technische Universität Dresden
Germany |
39.7 | 42.8 | 39.4 | 38.7 | 29.1 | 33.7 | 36.8 |
| #286 |
Charles University
Czech Republic |
39.9 | 51.5 | 36.6 | 43.1 | 13.6 | 47.8 | 17.6 |
| #287 | 39.9 | 32.6 | 43.8 | 51.5 | 93.6 | 59.3 | 20.4 | |
| #285 | 40 | 17.1 | 25.4 | 98.5 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 46.4 | |
| #284 |
University of Technology, Sydney
Australia |
40 | 41.6 | 69.3 | 21.8 | 93.4 | 88.6 | 12.7 |
| #282 |
Simon Fraser University
Canada |
40.1 | 37.3 | 34.1 | 11.9 | 95 | 64.4 | 55.1 |
| #283 |
University of Hawaii at Manoa
United States |
40.1 | 25 | 1 | 58.5 | 56.5 | 51.2 | 62.5 |
| #281 |
Queensland University of Technology
Australia |
40.2 | 44 | 65.6 | 21.9 | 85 | 59.8 | 20.1 |
| #280 |
Hiroshima University
Japan |
40.3 | 36.5 | 21.7 | 82.4 | 6.9 | 16.1 | 27.4 |
| #278 | 40.3 | 44.1 | 50.6 | 28.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 57.2 | |
| #277 | 40.3 | 12.3 | 6.6 | 100 | 6.9 | 19.7 | 65.1 | |
| #279 |
Universität Konstanz
Germany |
40.3 | 42.4 | 29.7 | 48.6 | 56 | 39.8 | 27.3 |
| #275 |
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Germany |
40.4 | 30.4 | 66.2 | 48.5 | 59.9 | 66.1 | 26 |













