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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #301 |
École des Ponts, ParisTech
France |
38.9 | 17.6 | 51.3 | 100 | 30.9 | 76.7 | 4.8 |
| #302 |
University of Eastern Finland
Finland |
38.9 | 19.8 | 26.5 | 79.4 | 31.9 | 12.3 | 49.1 |
| #303 |
University of California, Riverside
United States |
38.6 | 30 | 12.9 | 19.1 | 52.6 | 35.2 | 83.6 |
| #304 |
University of Tromsø
Norway |
38.5 | 20.4 | 5.8 | 98.6 | 44.7 | 31.3 | 29.4 |
| #305 | 38.5 | 48.2 | 58.8 | 56.6 | 28.2 | 1.2 | ||
| #306 | 38.5 | 41 | 74.9 | 52.1 | 34.8 | 29.7 | 2.9 | |
| #306 | 38.5 | 32 | 27.7 | 52.7 | 36 | 54.6 | 37.4 | |
| #308 |
Massey University
New Zealand |
38.2 | 41.8 | 36.4 | 32.5 | 95.5 | 41 | 20.6 |
| #309 |
Tulane University
United States |
38.2 | 19.3 | 21.5 | 66.2 | 23.4 | 33.8 | 59 |
| #309 |
University of Jyväskylä
Finland |
38.2 | 30 | 23.1 | 92.6 | 31.9 | 11.3 | 13.9 |
| #311 |
University of California, Santa Cruz
United States |
38.1 | 39.1 | 18.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 90.1 | |
| #312 | 38.1 | 40 | 73 | 30.9 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 40.3 | |
| #313 |
University at Buffalo SUNY
United States |
38.1 | 29.9 | 8.2 | 18.7 | 9.2 | 68.3 | 86.4 |
| #314 |
Università di Pisa
Italy |
37.8 | 52.7 | 27.4 | 7.7 | 12.7 | 10.4 | 54.7 |
| #315 |
Université Paris Descartes
France |
37.6 | 32.1 | 20.3 | 26.5 | 7.5 | 75.9 | 64.6 |
| #316 | 37.6 | 37.4 | 18 | 13 | 34.6 | 39 | 70.8 | |
| #317 |
Wake Forest University
United States |
37.4 | 5.5 | 99.7 | 13 | 15.9 | 67 | |
| #318 |
University of Southern Denmark
Denmark |
37.3 | 25.8 | 27.5 | 57.3 | 49.4 | 61.2 | 34.2 |
| #319 |
Iowa State University
United States |
37.2 | 30.2 | 28.4 | 29.6 | 42.4 | 37.3 | 60.2 |
| #320 |
Universität Leipzig
Germany |
36.7 | 37 | 19.9 | 16.4 | 14.6 | 31.9 | 69.4 |
| #321 |
University of Essex
United Kingdom |
36.6 | 34 | 16.7 | 32.2 | 98.2 | 99.5 | 23.3 |
| #322 | 36.3 | 40.5 | 27.5 | 6.7 | 2.5 | 77.6 | ||
| #323 |
Taipei Medical University
Taiwan |
36.3 | 28.9 | 23.5 | 47.9 | 30.5 | 17.5 | 50.1 |
| #324 |
Dublin City University
Ireland |
36 | 23.8 | 62.9 | 41 | 86.1 | 64.2 | 20.4 |
| #324 |
Laval University
Canada |
36 | 32.7 | 18.6 | 22.8 | 23.9 | 40.2 | 64.5 |
