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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #13 | 92.8 | 99.3 | 94 | 67 | 100 | 98.7 | 97.2 | |
| #341 |
Ewha Womans University
South Korea |
34.9 | 40.1 | 29.2 | 50 | 21.6 | 33.8 | 14.3 |
| #342 |
Flinders University
Australia |
34.8 | 27.7 | 24.8 | 67.1 | 13.8 | 63.9 | 17.9 |
| #87 |
Freie Universität Berlin
Germany |
68.6 | 91 | 44.6 | 29.4 | 43.7 | 56 | 80.7 |
| #376 | 32.6 | 29.1 | 17.1 | 42.6 | 17.9 | 18.4 | 43 | |
| #90 |
Fudan University
China |
68.3 | 92.5 | 84.8 | 42.4 | 18 | 49.8 | 51.4 |
| #119 | 60.9 | 70.6 | 27.3 | 77.9 | 42.4 | 37.6 | 48.6 | |
| #183 |
Georgetown University
United States |
51.2 | 48.1 | 67.9 | 53.3 | 47.6 | 46.8 | 46.1 |
| #339 |
George Washington University
United States |
35.1 | 37.1 | 34.6 | 36.2 | 2.5 | 35.1 | 36.8 |
| #88 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States |
68.4 | 70.7 | 76.9 | 19.3 | 73.7 | 85.9 | 99.4 |
| #368 |
Griffith University
Australia |
33 | 29.6 | 39.8 | 23.3 | 89.9 | 90.8 | 15.8 |
| #354 |
Hankuk (Korea) University of Foreign Studies
Korea, South |
34.1 | 19.6 | 70.3 | 71 | 51 | 36.2 | 1.7 |
| #249 |
Hanyang University
South Korea |
42.5 | 37.2 | 31.2 | 88 | 24.8 | 49 | 13.7 |
| #3 |
Harvard University
United States |
99.2 | 100 | 100 | 98.6 | 90 | 78.4 | 100 |
| #140 | 58 | 60.9 | 25 | 76.2 | 26.2 | 9.6 | 67.6 | |
| #388 |
Heriot-watt University
United Kingdom |
31.9 | 17.7 | 30.4 | 29.6 | 94.1 | 97.2 | 29.7 |
| #280 |
Hiroshima University
Japan |
40.3 | 36.5 | 21.7 | 82.4 | 6.9 | 16.1 | 27.4 |
| #138 |
Hokkaido University
Japan |
58.3 | 56.6 | 64.7 | 80.3 | 13.9 | 18.1 | 54.7 |
| #271 |
Hong Kong Baptist University
Hong Kong |
40.9 | 27 | 36.1 | 69.4 | 88.4 | 65.2 | 22.5 |
| #159 |
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong |
54.6 | 60.9 | 39.2 | 48.4 | 99.9 | 88.2 | 33.5 |
| #33 | 83.5 | 92.5 | 79.7 | 83.9 | 100 | 98.9 | 54.7 | |
| #130 |
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany |
59.4 | 94.3 | 37.1 | 29.2 | 46.4 | 47.1 | 34.2 |
| #6 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
98.3 | 99.8 | 100 | 99.8 | 99.8 | 99.6 | 87.3 |
| #210 |
Indiana University Bloomington
United States |
48.2 | 58.2 | 54.1 | 29.7 | 14.3 | 52.7 | 48.4 |
| #227 | 46.2 | 59.5 | 82.7 | 28.9 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 38.2 |