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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #126 |
Newcastle University
United Kingdom |
59.7 | 45.8 | 73.8 | 61.8 | 82.3 | 90.5 | 62.1 |
| #127 | 59.7 | 70.4 | 55.8 | 30.1 | 74.2 | 67.8 | 60.9 | |
| #128 |
Kyushu University
Japan |
59.6 | 59.8 | 67.3 | 97.7 | 15.3 | 22.3 | 34.6 |
| #129 | 59.6 | 63.6 | 27.7 | 58.7 | 32.8 | 67 | 70.2 | |
| #130 |
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany |
59.4 | 94.3 | 37.1 | 29.2 | 46.4 | 47.1 | 34.2 |
| #131 |
University College Dublin (UCD)
Ireland |
59.1 | 59.8 | 68.6 | 53.1 | 92.4 | 94.6 | 38.5 |
| #132 |
Technical University of Denmark
Denmark |
59 | 38.6 | 36.3 | 97.3 | 93.1 | 73.4 | 57.9 |
| #133 |
University of Otago
New Zealand |
58.9 | 65.8 | 60.2 | 31 | 100 | 79.8 | 54 |
| #134 |
University of Southern California (USC)
United States |
58.8 | 59.2 | 45.5 | 64 | 20.4 | 71.4 | 62.9 |
| #135 |
University of Rochester
United States |
58.7 | 40.1 | 12.5 | 100 | 43.1 | 78.5 | 73.7 |
| #136 |
Radboud University Nijmegen
Netherlands |
58.5 | 41.2 | 39.8 | 84.9 | 68.5 | 33.6 | 76.9 |
| #137 |
Korea University
South Korea |
58.4 | 76.4 | 57.4 | 70.4 | 23.8 | 34.7 | 22.3 |
| #138 |
Hokkaido University
Japan |
58.3 | 56.6 | 64.7 | 80.3 | 13.9 | 18.1 | 54.7 |
| #139 |
Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil |
58.1 | 86.8 | 76.2 | 37.9 | 11.3 | 5.3 | 33.6 |
| #140 | 58 | 60.9 | 25 | 76.2 | 26.2 | 9.6 | 67.6 | |
| #141 | 57.9 | 55.4 | 76.5 | 83.1 | 55.8 | 58.6 | 25.6 | |
| #142 | 57.7 | 55.3 | 63.5 | 63.7 | 74.4 | 91 | 38.1 | |
| #143 |
Cardiff University
United Kingdom |
57.5 | 54.5 | 64.4 | 56.1 | 71.7 | 71 | 51.6 |
| #144 | 57.4 | 57 | 40.6 | 80.7 | 49.9 | 40.2 | 46.3 | |
| #145 |
University of Bergen
Norway |
57 | 47.7 | 29.1 | 59.7 | 87.9 | 36.4 | 81.5 |
| #146 | 56.8 | 89.6 | 67 | 56.3 | 23.2 | 5 | 4.9 | |
| #147 |
Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL)
United Kingdom |
56.7 | 57 | 38.8 | 67.4 | 98.5 | 88.8 | 33.2 |
| #148 |
University of Ghent
Belgium |
56.6 | 59.3 | 47.6 | 77.2 | 39.8 | 28.1 | 43.3 |
| #149 |
University of Bern
Switzerland |
56.5 | 37.5 | 29.5 | 77.6 | 98.4 | 45.1 | 76.4 |
| #150 | 56.3 | 66.9 | 86.7 | 47 | 32.1 | 54.8 | 32.9 |














