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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #170 |
Zhejiang University
China |
52.8 | 70.5 | 59.5 | 29.5 | 16.3 | 6.9 | 55.1 |
| #112 |
Yonsei University
South Korea |
63.5 | 80 | 65.3 | 83.7 | 12.6 | 38 | 25.5 |
| #241 |
Yeshiva University
United States |
43.1 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 97.4 | 1.8 | 48.7 | 89 |
| #7 |
Yale University
United States |
97.5 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 92.7 | 63.9 | 93.3 |
| #361 | 33.5 | 29.9 | 40.6 | 69.8 | 6.9 | 10.2 | 11.7 | |
| #245 | 42.8 | 48.6 | 39.3 | 53.5 | 24.6 | 21 | 30.1 | |
| #84 |
Washington University in St. Louis
United States |
69.1 | 60.4 | 22 | 99.7 | 3.6 | 51.9 | 96.8 |
| #356 |
Washington State University
United States |
34 | 32 | 28 | 32.2 | 72.6 | 20.3 | 34.6 |
| #198 |
Waseda University
Japan |
49.2 | 73.9 | 78.8 | 34.5 | 32.5 | 22.7 | 8.1 |
| #317 |
Wake Forest University
United States |
37.4 | 5.5 | 99.7 | 13 | 15.9 | 67 | |
| #161 |
Wageningen University
Netherlands |
54.6 | 44.2 | 27 | 100 | 30.8 | 97.4 | 36.2 |
| #177 |
VU University Amsterdam
Netherlands |
51.8 | 65 | 49.3 | 44.5 | 45.2 | 16.9 | 41.9 |
| #189 |
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Belgium |
50.5 | 36 | 59 | 92.1 | 50.3 | 62.8 | 27.9 |
| #337 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech)
United States |
35.2 | 37.5 | 40.2 | 34.1 | 25.8 | 21.9 | 33.1 |
| #274 |
Vienna University of Technology
Austria |
40.6 | 43.6 | 52.7 | 26.6 | 56.6 | 89.7 | 24.1 |
| #237 |
Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand |
44.2 | 52.9 | 63 | 18.8 | 100 | 78.6 | 18 |
| #167 |
Vanderbilt University
United States |
53.5 | 41.4 | 35.8 | 100 | 13.3 | 28.7 | 53.5 |
| #85 |
Utrecht University
Netherlands |
68.7 | 81.4 | 48.4 | 45.8 | 56.1 | 18.9 | 88.2 |
| #81 |
Uppsala University
Sweden |
69.8 | 84.3 | 51.5 | 42.7 | 52.7 | 39.9 | 85 |
| #90 |
University of Zurich
Switzerland |
68.3 | 76.6 | 47.7 | 53.8 | 100 | 53.6 | 68.9 |
| #110 |
University of York
United Kingdom |
63.8 | 69.2 | 69.5 | 48.7 | 84.5 | 81.4 | 52.2 |
| #264 |
University of Wollongong
Australia |
41.1 | 29.5 | 73.4 | 35.7 | 99.5 | 82.8 | 26.5 |
| #38 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States |
81.4 | 97.1 | 68.6 | 85.2 | 52.4 | 32.9 | 68 |
| #173 | 52.6 | 49.3 | 66.1 | 28.2 | 56.2 | 38 | 76.9 | |
| #79 |
University of Western Australia (UWA)
Australia |
70 | 77.8 | 70.9 | 39.9 | 99.3 | 81.7 | 70.1 |













