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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #375 |
La Trobe University
Australia |
32.8 | 35.6 | 26.8 | 21.6 | 83.9 | 77.1 | 15.8 |
| #324 |
Laval University
Canada |
36 | 32.7 | 18.6 | 22.8 | 23.9 | 40.2 | 64.5 |
| #75 |
Leiden University
Netherlands |
70.5 | 83.8 | 47.2 | 33.3 | 80.4 | 24.1 | 98.3 |
| #340 |
Linköping University
Sweden |
35 | 34 | 36.6 | 38 | 38.4 | 10.6 | 36.8 |
| #369 |
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Kazakhstan |
33 | 24.3 | 17.7 | 99.3 | 15.3 | 6.9 | 1 |
| #116 | 61.8 | 77.1 | 71.6 | 100 | 6 | 36.1 | 5.3 | |
| #69 |
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom |
71.1 | 88 | 100 | 58.6 | 100 | 100 | 17.4 |
| #242 |
Loughborough University
United Kingdom |
43 | 37.5 | 71.8 | 39.2 | 88.3 | 71.9 | 22.4 |
| #60 | 72.9 | 97 | 71.9 | 33.6 | 35.7 | 50 | 75.6 | |
| #71 |
Lund University
Sweden |
70.9 | 84.7 | 82.2 | 41.9 | 33.3 | 53.7 | 76.6 |
| #107 |
Maastricht University
Netherlands |
64.4 | 39.1 | 69.5 | 78.5 | 91.8 | 99.9 | 79.2 |
| #233 |
Macquarie University
Australia |
44.7 | 47.4 | 71.2 | 13.5 | 98.5 | 98.2 | 28.2 |
| #255 |
Mahidol University
Thailand |
41.6 | 48.6 | 21.9 | 82 | 12.9 | 7.5 | 10.8 |
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
100 | 100 | 100 | 99.9 | 86.4 | 96.5 | 99.3 |
| #308 |
Massey University
New Zealand |
38.2 | 41.8 | 36.4 | 32.5 | 95.5 | 41 | 20.6 |
| #18 |
McGill University
Canada |
90.4 | 98.5 | 95.1 | 89.6 | 86 | 91.3 | 69.1 |
| #152 |
McMaster University
Canada |
56.1 | 57.2 | 35.4 | 30.5 | 67.2 | 54.2 | 84.7 |
| #174 |
Michigan State University (MSU)
United States |
52.3 | 58.1 | 67.3 | 28.9 | 60 | 43.9 | 54.1 |
| #61 |
Monash University
Australia |
72.2 | 95.4 | 96.5 | 33.6 | 77 | 94.5 | 41.6 |
| #367 | 33 | 16 | 32.3 | 98.4 | 7.3 | 56.4 | 1 | |
| #86 |
Nagoya University
Japan |
68.6 | 69.5 | 64.2 | 88 | 17.7 | 29 | 68.6 |
| #168 |
Nanjing University
China |
53.2 | 70.8 | 39.4 | 49.3 | 41.8 | 5.8 | 40.9 |
| #47 |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
77.7 | 90.4 | 84.5 | 85.3 | 100 | 97.9 | 26.7 |
| #271 | 40.9 | 45.5 | 27.3 | 42.6 | 35.9 | 21.2 | 40.8 | |
| #238 | 43.8 | 35.4 | 23 | 49.6 | 58.9 | 47.8 | 58.2 |














