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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #191 |
University of Waterloo
Canada |
50.2 | 56.1 | 71.5 | 20.8 | 80.1 | 45.6 | 48.2 |
| #59 |
University of Washington
United States |
73.7 | 93.6 | 47.4 | 46.9 | 8.8 | 21 | 99.5 |
| #58 |
University of Warwick
United Kingdom |
73.9 | 89.4 | 100 | 52.3 | 90.3 | 98 | 37.5 |
| #398 |
University of Warsaw
Poland |
31.4 | 45.4 | 39.4 | 32 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 8.8 |
| #374 |
University of Waikato
New Zealand |
32.8 | 28.8 | 36.9 | 27.2 | 96 | 81.6 | 14.9 |
| #123 |
University of Virginia
United States |
60.4 | 52.4 | 70.7 | 66.2 | 29.3 | 39.9 | 75.3 |
| #299 |
University of Victoria
Canada |
38.9 | 30.6 | 28.9 | 14.6 | 91.3 | 27.5 | 72.7 |
| #256 |
University of Utah
United States |
41.6 | 23.5 | 22.3 | 57.1 | 28.4 | 25.5 | 77 |
| #224 |
University of Twente
Netherlands |
46.5 | 40.6 | 30.4 | 45.7 | 77.5 | 74.8 | 49.7 |
| #211 |
University of Turku
Finland |
48 | 41 | 48.9 | 78.4 | 26.3 | 9.5 | 43.8 |
| #203 |
University of Tsukuba
Japan |
49 | 50.1 | 22.3 | 89.2 | 14.6 | 27.2 | 31.4 |
| #304 |
University of Tromsø
Norway |
38.5 | 20.4 | 5.8 | 98.6 | 44.7 | 31.3 | 29.4 |
| #19 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
89.6 | 99.9 | 94.3 | 73.8 | 96.1 | 74.8 | 80.2 |
| #363 |
University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa |
33.3 | 37.2 | 30.6 | 19.3 | 74.6 | 28.9 | 29.9 |
| #348 |
University of the Philippines
Philippines |
34.5 | 49.2 | 63.2 | 37.3 | 1 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| #68 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
71.2 | 97.4 | 81 | 21.1 | 58.3 | 27.4 | 74.7 |
| #284 |
University of Technology, Sydney
Australia |
40 | 41.6 | 69.3 | 21.8 | 93.4 | 88.6 | 12.7 |
| #357 |
University of Tasmania
Australia |
33.8 | 27.7 | 27.4 | 38.3 | 51.9 | 87.8 | 24.7 |
| #395 |
University of Tampere
Finland |
31.4 | 27.1 | 27.2 | 53.3 | 21.5 | 8.6 | 27 |
| #39 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
81.3 | 99.3 | 93.5 | 50.4 | 99.7 | 91.3 | 58.9 |
| #188 |
University of Sussex
United Kingdom |
50.6 | 51.9 | 25.5 | 31.6 | 92.4 | 85.2 | 57.9 |
| #259 |
University of Surrey
United Kingdom |
41.4 | 34.4 | 48.3 | 34 | 92.2 | 96 | 30.7 |
| #254 |
University of Strathclyde
United Kingdom |
41.8 | 43.1 | 53.2 | 35.8 | 81.3 | 50.4 | 25.4 |
| #393 |
University of St Gallen (HSG)
Switzerland |
31.5 | 17.2 | 85.8 | 18 | 99.5 | 98 | 11.2 |
| #93 |
University of St Andrews
United Kingdom |
67.6 | 64.7 | 69.2 | 60.9 | 95.3 | 99.8 | 61.1 |













