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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #326 |
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
Malaysia |
35.9 | 52.5 | 29.7 | 28 | 26.3 | 53.1 | 10 |
| #327 |
City University London
United Kingdom |
35.9 | 31.3 | 54.5 | 28.2 | 83.6 | 97.6 | 14.3 |
| #327 |
Universidad Austral
Argentina |
35.9 | 26.4 | 47.3 | 89.6 | 9.7 | 23.8 | 3.2 |
| #329 |
Boston College
United States |
35.8 | 32 | 39.1 | 30.1 | 91.2 | 54.1 | 27.4 |
| #330 |
Arizona State University
United States |
35.7 | 47.2 | 26.1 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 18.3 | 48.4 |
| #331 |
Brunel University
United Kingdom |
35.6 | 25.2 | 47.6 | 24.1 | 94.6 | 87.7 | 32.4 |
| #332 |
Brandeis University
United States |
35.5 | 20.5 | 13.4 | 38 | 20.8 | 74.9 | 66.2 |
| #333 | 35.4 | 52.4 | 22.9 | 40.4 | 7.8 | 3.9 | 15.6 | |
| #334 |
King Abdul Aziz University (KAU)
Saudi Arabia |
35.4 | 38.6 | 19.8 | 57.1 | 72.7 | 44.2 | 1.7 |
| #335 |
Universidad de los Andes
Colombia |
35.4 | 49.9 | 56.3 | 26.9 | 38.3 | 5.1 | 9.3 |
| #336 | 35.3 | 49.7 | 23 | 9.3 | 3.2 | 13.8 | 50.3 | |
| #337 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech)
United States |
35.2 | 37.5 | 40.2 | 34.1 | 25.8 | 21.9 | 33.1 |
| #338 |
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Germany |
35.2 | 33.4 | 27.4 | 39.4 | 40.6 | 52.1 | 31 |
| #339 |
George Washington University
United States |
35.1 | 37.1 | 34.6 | 36.2 | 2.5 | 35.1 | 36.8 |
| #340 |
Linköping University
Sweden |
35 | 34 | 36.6 | 38 | 38.4 | 10.6 | 36.8 |
| #341 |
Ewha Womans University
South Korea |
34.9 | 40.1 | 29.2 | 50 | 21.6 | 33.8 | 14.3 |
| #342 |
Flinders University
Australia |
34.8 | 27.7 | 24.8 | 67.1 | 13.8 | 63.9 | 17.9 |
| #343 | 34.6 | 38.1 | 44.1 | 49.1 | 47.4 | 27 | 5.2 | |
| #344 |
Université Paris Dauphine
France |
34.6 | 33.6 | 88.6 | 22.6 | 34.3 | 92.5 | 5.3 |
| #345 |
Aston University
United Kingdom |
34.5 | 21.3 | 65.5 | 24.5 | 94.4 | 93.9 | 23.9 |
| #346 |
Universität Bremen
Germany |
34.5 | 37.8 | 22.9 | 43.6 | 20.5 | 39.6 | 24.9 |
| #346 | 34.5 | 38.7 | 28.9 | 27.2 | 10.1 | 41.1 | 38.7 | |
| #348 |
University of the Philippines
Philippines |
34.5 | 49.2 | 63.2 | 37.3 | 1 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| #349 | 34.4 | 34.6 | 42.3 | 32.7 | 1.1 | 47.1 | ||
| #350 | 34.3 | 34 | 21.9 | 64.7 | 14.1 | 43.7 | 11.8 |