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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #381 |
Chiba University
Japan |
32.1 | 24.7 | 9.4 | 66.1 | 6.8 | 18 | 32.6 |
| #40 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong |
80.1 | 93.5 | 72.4 | 79.8 | 95.7 | 83.1 | 48.7 |
| #265 | 41.1 | 34.8 | 24.2 | 21 | 56.6 | 22.3 | 81 | |
| #201 |
Chulalongkorn University
Thailand |
49.1 | 79 | 66.3 | 36.8 | 24 | 2.8 | 8.4 |
| #327 |
City University London
United Kingdom |
35.9 | 31.3 | 54.5 | 28.2 | 83.6 | 97.6 | 14.3 |
| #95 |
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong |
66.9 | 73.2 | 42.8 | 72.6 | 100 | 81.2 | 45.3 |
| #365 |
Colorado State University
United States |
33.2 | 24.7 | 36.8 | 11.9 | 6.4 | 9.7 | 80.7 |
| #11 |
Columbia University
United States |
94.7 | 99.9 | 100 | 97.2 | 16.2 | 84.9 | 96.3 |
| #14 |
Cornell University
United States |
92.1 | 99.7 | 96.4 | 73.9 | 74.3 | 67.4 | 98.8 |
| #258 |
Curtin University
Australia |
41.5 | 41.5 | 65.1 | 27.3 | 100 | 99.8 | 12.6 |
| #243 |
Dalhousie University
Canada |
42.9 | 35 | 24.7 | 33.1 | 77.9 | 35.1 | 68.6 |
| #113 |
Dartmouth College
United States |
63.5 | 41.3 | 67.3 | 85.6 | 10.6 | 49.8 | 97.3 |
| #103 |
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
Netherlands |
65.1 | 74.8 | 72.3 | 39.6 | 89.9 | 75.4 | 55.7 |
| #324 |
Dublin City University
Ireland |
36 | 23.8 | 62.9 | 41 | 86.1 | 64.2 | 20.4 |
| #20 |
Duke University
United States |
89.5 | 95.1 | 81.9 | 99.7 | 16.4 | 44.5 | 96.9 |
| #92 |
Durham University
United Kingdom |
67.9 | 71.1 | 96.8 | 45 | 91 | 70.4 | 60 |
| #144 | 57.4 | 57 | 40.6 | 80.7 | 49.9 | 40.2 | 46.3 | |
| #301 |
École des Ponts, ParisTech
France |
38.9 | 17.6 | 51.3 | 100 | 30.9 | 76.7 | 4.8 |
| #153 | 56.1 | 55.7 | 9.9 | 100 | 55.1 | 47.1 | 35.7 | |
| #34 | 83.3 | 90.8 | 66.9 | 92.4 | 26.2 | 66.2 | 81.6 | |
| #41 |
Ecole Polytechnique
France |
79.6 | 73.3 | 95.9 | 100 | 72.4 | 92.6 | 57.9 |
| #29 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland |
85.1 | 79.1 | 75.8 | 95.1 | 100 | 100 | 79.9 |
| #158 | 54.9 | 44.1 | 38.2 | 99.6 | 98 | 28.7 | 33 | |
| #122 |
Emory University
United States |
60.4 | 38.7 | 40.4 | 86.8 | 18.1 | 45.7 | 98.8 |
| #99 |
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands |
65.9 | 50.5 | 82.2 | 58.9 | 69.7 | 56 | 93.6 |













