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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #51 |
University of Copenhagen
Denmark |
76.7 | 83.5 | 71.5 | 99.8 | 71.8 | 41.3 | 48.6 |
| #52 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
76.6 | 95 | 95.1 | 39.8 | 98.8 | 97.6 | 52.8 |
| #53 | 76.4 | 86.4 | 91 | 97.9 | 48.1 | 63 | 34.3 | |
| #54 |
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom |
76.3 | 82.4 | 70.7 | 60.3 | 78.5 | 76.7 | 78.3 |
| #55 | 75.5 | 93.3 | 42.8 | 86.5 | 52.6 | 65.2 | 49.7 | |
| #56 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
75.5 | 97.7 | 66.7 | 23.5 | 56.2 | 68.8 | 90 |
| #57 |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
United States |
75.4 | 80.9 | 63.2 | 75.8 | 30.1 | 22.2 | 90.7 |
| #58 |
University of Warwick
United Kingdom |
73.9 | 89.4 | 100 | 52.3 | 90.3 | 98 | 37.5 |
| #59 |
University of Washington
United States |
73.7 | 93.6 | 47.4 | 46.9 | 8.8 | 21 | 99.5 |
| #60 | 72.9 | 97 | 71.9 | 33.6 | 35.7 | 50 | 75.6 | |
| #61 |
Monash University
Australia |
72.2 | 95.4 | 96.5 | 33.6 | 77 | 94.5 | 41.6 |
| #62 |
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands |
72.1 | 89.8 | 74.6 | 43.4 | 54.4 | 28.8 | 75.7 |
| #63 | 71.8 | 85.1 | 51.7 | 90 | 36.6 | 24.1 | 54 | |
| #64 |
Boston University
United States |
71.7 | 72.5 | 77 | 73.2 | 29.4 | 63.2 | 74.8 |
| #65 | 71.4 | 76.1 | 74.5 | 79.8 | 14.3 | 38 | 70.8 | |
| #66 |
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom |
71.3 | 77.7 | 75.3 | 58.8 | 79.6 | 84.5 | 60.2 |
| #67 |
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland |
71.3 | 79.6 | 75 | 54.1 | 99.1 | 80.4 | 57 |
| #68 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
71.2 | 97.4 | 81 | 21.1 | 58.3 | 27.4 | 74.7 |
| #69 |
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom |
71.1 | 88 | 100 | 58.6 | 100 | 100 | 17.4 |
| #70 |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States |
70.9 | 97.5 | 35.7 | 31.7 | 3 | 23.1 | 100 |
| #71 |
Lund University
Sweden |
70.9 | 84.7 | 82.2 | 41.9 | 33.3 | 53.7 | 76.6 |
| #72 |
University of Nottingham
United Kingdom |
70.7 | 76.6 | 96.2 | 55.2 | 85.3 | 83.5 | 51.1 |
| #73 |
University of Southampton
United Kingdom |
70.7 | 73.3 | 69.8 | 60 | 88.2 | 81 | 65.9 |
| #74 |
University of Geneva
Switzerland |
70.6 | 65.7 | 23.7 | 58.9 | 100 | 99.2 | 97.5 |
| #75 |
Leiden University
Netherlands |
70.5 | 83.8 | 47.2 | 33.3 | 80.4 | 24.1 | 98.3 |