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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #75 |
Tohoku University
Japan |
70.5 | 76.4 | 66 | 96.8 | 22.3 | 25.3 | 54.4 |
| #77 |
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom |
70.3 | 77.3 | 80.5 | 50.1 | 82.6 | 70.6 | 64.5 |
| #78 |
University of Helsinki
Finland |
70.1 | 80.9 | 43.2 | 86.2 | 46.2 | 14.2 | 62.1 |
| #79 |
University of Western Australia (UWA)
Australia |
70 | 77.8 | 70.9 | 39.9 | 99.3 | 81.7 | 70.1 |
| #80 | 69.9 | 97.3 | 70.3 | 38 | 19.4 | 15.1 | 69.7 | |
| #81 |
Uppsala University
Sweden |
69.8 | 84.3 | 51.5 | 42.7 | 52.7 | 39.9 | 85 |
| #82 |
KU Leuven
Belgium |
69.7 | 88.5 | 70.1 | 22.7 | 71 | 43.5 | 81.7 |
| #83 |
University of Auckland
New Zealand |
69.3 | 92.8 | 78.2 | 27 | 91.1 | 91.8 | 45.5 |
| #84 |
Washington University in St. Louis
United States |
69.1 | 60.4 | 22 | 99.7 | 3.6 | 51.9 | 96.8 |
| #85 |
Utrecht University
Netherlands |
68.7 | 81.4 | 48.4 | 45.8 | 56.1 | 18.9 | 88.2 |
| #86 |
Nagoya University
Japan |
68.6 | 69.5 | 64.2 | 88 | 17.7 | 29 | 68.6 |
| #87 |
Freie Universität Berlin
Germany |
68.6 | 91 | 44.6 | 29.4 | 43.7 | 56 | 80.7 |
| #88 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States |
68.4 | 70.7 | 76.9 | 19.3 | 73.7 | 85.9 | 99.4 |
| #89 |
Aarhus University
Denmark |
68.4 | 70.5 | 48.6 | 69.9 | 66.5 | 56 | 72.5 |
| #90 |
Fudan University
China |
68.3 | 92.5 | 84.8 | 42.4 | 18 | 49.8 | 51.4 |
| #90 |
University of Zurich
Switzerland |
68.3 | 76.6 | 47.7 | 53.8 | 100 | 53.6 | 68.9 |
| #92 |
Durham University
United Kingdom |
67.9 | 71.1 | 96.8 | 45 | 91 | 70.4 | 60 |
| #93 |
University of St Andrews
United Kingdom |
67.6 | 64.7 | 69.2 | 60.9 | 95.3 | 99.8 | 61.1 |
| #94 |
University of Leeds
United Kingdom |
67.3 | 81.2 | 78.9 | 46.9 | 77 | 73.2 | 46.6 |
| #95 |
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong |
66.9 | 73.2 | 42.8 | 72.6 | 100 | 81.2 | 45.3 |
| #95 |
Purdue University
United States |
66.9 | 75.8 | 83.2 | 34.6 | 95 | 74.2 | 60.9 |
| #97 | 66.8 | 57.5 | 37.4 | 99.2 | 67.7 | 13.4 | 77.4 | |
| #98 |
University of Pittsburgh
United States |
66.1 | 53.4 | 26.3 | 93.3 | 68.6 | 36.4 | 87.8 |
| #99 |
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands |
65.9 | 50.5 | 82.2 | 58.9 | 69.7 | 56 | 93.6 |
| #100 |
University of California, Davis (UCD)
United States |
65.9 | 74.6 | 38 | 35.4 | 60 | 42.5 | 96.7 |