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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #276 |
Universität Innsbruck
Austria |
40.4 | 48.1 | 24.1 | 15.9 | 92.2 | 98.1 | 28.1 |
| #277 | 40.3 | 12.3 | 6.6 | 100 | 6.9 | 19.7 | 65.1 | |
| #278 | 40.3 | 44.1 | 50.6 | 28.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 57.2 | |
| #279 |
Universität Konstanz
Germany |
40.3 | 42.4 | 29.7 | 48.6 | 56 | 39.8 | 27.3 |
| #280 |
Hiroshima University
Japan |
40.3 | 36.5 | 21.7 | 82.4 | 6.9 | 16.1 | 27.4 |
| #281 |
Queensland University of Technology
Australia |
40.2 | 44 | 65.6 | 21.9 | 85 | 59.8 | 20.1 |
| #282 |
Simon Fraser University
Canada |
40.1 | 37.3 | 34.1 | 11.9 | 95 | 64.4 | 55.1 |
| #283 |
University of Hawaii at Manoa
United States |
40.1 | 25 | 1 | 58.5 | 56.5 | 51.2 | 62.5 |
| #284 |
University of Technology, Sydney
Australia |
40 | 41.6 | 69.3 | 21.8 | 93.4 | 88.6 | 12.7 |
| #285 | 40 | 17.1 | 25.4 | 98.5 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 46.4 | |
| #286 |
Charles University
Czech Republic |
39.9 | 51.5 | 36.6 | 43.1 | 13.6 | 47.8 | 17.6 |
| #287 | 39.9 | 32.6 | 43.8 | 51.5 | 93.6 | 59.3 | 20.4 | |
| #288 |
Technische Universität Dresden
Germany |
39.7 | 42.8 | 39.4 | 38.7 | 29.1 | 33.7 | 36.8 |
| #289 | 39.7 | 37.8 | 29.8 | 46.4 | 61 | 29.6 | 36.8 | |
| #290 |
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
United States |
39.4 | 48 | 27.7 | 26.2 | 12.2 | 15 | 52.3 |
| #291 |
North Carolina State University
United States |
39.4 | 32.4 | 40.4 | 27.9 | 10.5 | 26.8 | 72.8 |
| #292 | 39.3 | 26.2 | 17.1 | 51 | 35.6 | 16.7 | 69.7 | |
| #293 |
University of South Australia
Australia |
39.3 | 38.3 | 49.9 | 36.3 | 100 | 75.8 | 12.5 |
| #294 | 39.1 | 39.1 | 26.5 | 49.4 | 99.8 | 100 | 2.9 | |
| #295 |
Kobe University
Japan |
39.1 | 38.2 | 43.6 | 62.2 | 8.9 | 16.5 | 26.9 |
| #296 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
United States |
39.1 | 21.4 | 25.3 | 34.4 | 11.5 | 44.1 | 89.6 |
| #297 |
Umeå University
Sweden |
39 | 32.8 | 18.4 | 51 | 69 | 6 | 48.5 |
| #298 | 39 | 53.5 | 30.3 | 17 | 3.7 | 11.1 | 50.1 | |
| #299 |
University of Victoria
Canada |
38.9 | 30.6 | 28.9 | 14.6 | 91.3 | 27.5 | 72.7 |
| #300 |
Stony Brook University
United States |
38.9 | 29.3 | 3.9 | 41.9 | 53.6 | 54.2 | 63.2 |














