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The drafters of the rating of the best universities in the world QS World University Rankings assess universities on six metrics: research, teaching, opinion of employers and career potential, the number of foreign students and teachers. In order to participate in the ranking the University has to offer undergraduate and graduate programs, at least two broad subject areas (e.g., arts and social Sciences, engineering and technology, the right and business).
The QS focuses on the reputation of the universities in the academic environment.
Leaders of the QS for many years consistently are the universities of the USA and the UK. Read more about the U.S. education system and how to enroll in American universities can be found here. About British higher education and applying to British universities here.
| Criteria | Indicator | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Academic reputation | Academic reputation is measured using a global survey, in which academics are asked to identify the institutions where they believe the best work is currently taking place within their own field of expertise. | 40% |
| Employer reputation | The employer reputation indicator is also based on a global survey, this time asking employers to identify the universities they perceive to be producing the best graduates. | 10% |
| Student-to-faculty ratio | This is a simple measure of the number of academic staff employed relative to the number of students enrolled. | 20% |
| Citations per faculty | This indicator aims to assess universities’ research impact. | 20% |
| International faculty ratio & international student ratio | This indicator aims to assess universities’ research impact. | 10% |
| World Rank |
Institution |
Country
|
Score
|
Academic Rep.
|
Citations per Fac.
|
Employer Rep.
|
Faculty Student
|
Int'l Faculty
|
Int'l Students
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101= | Pennsylvania State University | 58.4 | 74.9 | 59.7 | 75.3 | 29.9 | 15.9 | 36.9 | |
| 101= | Trinity College Dublin (TCD) | 58.4 | 66.6 | 51.3 | 49.7 | 32.4 | 99.6 | 93.7 | |
| 103 | Technical University of Denmark | 57.9 | 31.3 | 66 | 29.7 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 78.6 | |
| 104 | University of Helsinki | 57.6 | 65.3 | 48.4 | 45.9 | 67.5 | 61.4 | 5.7 | |
| 105 | Washington University in St. Louis | 56.9 | 43.3 | 53.3 | 15.5 | 99.8 | 80 | 61.8 | |
| 106= | The University of Adelaide | 56.8 | 55.5 | 77.8 | 37 | 25.5 | 99.8 | 99.1 | |
| 106= | University of Geneva | 56.8 | 50.9 | 71.2 | 23.4 | 48.5 | 100 | 97.4 | |
| 108 | Ohio State University | 56.4 | 63.5 | 37.8 | 63.2 | 57.6 | 81.3 | 23.5 | |
| 109 | Purdue University | 55.9 | 63.6 | 62.7 | 69.4 | 19.2 | 83.9 | 51.4 | |
| 110= | Boston University | 55.8 | 62 | 54.3 | 53.4 | 42.4 | 30.9 | 88 | |
| 110= | Nagoya University | 55.8 | 58.7 | 35 | 52.3 | 90 | 14.8 | 20.4 | |
| 112 | University of California, Davis (UCD) | 55.3 | 68.7 | 56.1 | 33.9 | 28.7 | 75.1 | 68.4 | |
| 113 | University of Oslo | 55.2 | 54.5 | 46.8 | 15.7 | 82.1 | 88.3 | 26.7 | |
| 114 | Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) | 55.1 | 52.6 | 40.4 | 40.9 | 58.4 | 99.7 | 99 | |
| 114 | University of Bern | 54.9 | 30.2 | 86.7 | 38.7 | 70.9 | 100 | 42.7 | |
| 115= | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) | 54.8 | 88.6 | 38.1 | 67.4 | 20.5 | 8.2 | 3.1 | |
| 115= | Wageningen University and Research Centre | 54.8 | 40 | 53.1 | 22.2 | 96.9 | 45.5 | 79.8 | |
| 117 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | 54.5 | 89.8 | 32.2 | 57.5 | 10 | 50 | 31.1 | |
| 118 | Université de Montréal | 54.3 | 55.1 | 29.1 | 53.6 | 66.8 | 88.8 | 59.7 | |
| 119 | University of Alberta | 54 | 54.6 | 47.2 | 37.7 | 50.5 | 91.2 | 79.9 | |
| 120 | TU/e | 53.9 | 30.4 | 76.6 | 78.1 | 55.2 | 99.7 | 44.9 | |
| 121= | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | 53.8 | 87.7 | 14.1 | 96.4 | 24.2 | 18.6 | 3.9 | |
| 121= | University of Southern California | 53.8 | 58.1 | 60.5 | 55.1 | 34.1 | 32 | 84.3 | |
| 121= | UU | 53.8 | 66 | 58.3 | 34 | 38.9 | 59.9 | 25 | |
| 124= | Kyushu University | 53.7 | 54.6 | 31.2 | 62.5 | 86.7 | 14.4 | 20.4 | |
| 124= | Nanjing University | 53.7 | 59.7 | 87.6 | 23.4 | 28 | 71.4 | 9.5 | |
| 124= | Uppsala University | 53.7 | 66.3 | 52.5 | 27.7 | 42.8 | 66.3 | 35.3 | |
| 127 | Aalto University | 53.6 | 43.4 | 72.5 | 43 | 53.6 | 93.2 | 35.4 | |
| 128= | LU | 53.4 | 69.2 | 52.6 | 32.2 | 25.8 | 82.2 | 48.1 | |
| 128= | University of Groningen | 53.4 | 50.6 | 43.2 | 28.1 | 62.6 | 92 | 86.5 | |
| 130 | Freie Universität Berlin | 53.2 | 80.9 | 46.7 | 48.4 | 4.2 | 63.6 | 46.6 | |
| 131 | KIT, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie | 52.9 | 46.2 | 70.3 | 85 | 27.4 | 60.1 | 60.5 | |
| 132 | Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) | 52.7 | 50.5 | 22.3 | 52.8 | 76.1 | 58.1 | 86.5 | |
| 133= | University of Technology Sydney (UTS) | 52.6 | 45.3 | 74.4 | 78.8 | 8.8 | 98.1 | 94.9 | |
| 135= | Lancaster University | 52.5 | 40.6 | 71.3 | 31 | 45.6 | 93.7 | 95.4 | |
| 135= | University of Ghent | 52.5 | 53.7 | 37.1 | 23.5 | 83 | 68.4 | 19.1 | |
| 137 | Politecnico di Milano | 52.4 | 67 | 55.9 | 82.6 | 5.3 | 46.4 | 49.6 | |
| 138 | CentraleSupélec | 52.3 | 15.6 | 51.9 | 99.9 | 89.1 | 65.6 | 86.1 | |
| 139= | Chalmers University of Technology | 52.2 | 28.3 | 65.6 | 58.6 | 68.2 | 98.8 | 60.3 | |
| 139= | Hokkaido University | 52.2 | 54 | 32.7 | 60 | 80 | 17.9 | 16.2 | |
| 141 | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) | 52 | 53.8 | 11.9 | 55.7 | 93.3 | 31.2 | 40.8 | |
| 142 | Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) | 51.9 | 56 | 17.6 | 60.5 | 76.2 | 37.6 | 49.9 | |
| 143 | King Abdul Aziz University (KAU) | 51.7 | 36.3 | 50.2 | 52.4 | 69 | 99 | 57 | |
| 144 | McMaster University | 51.5 | 40.7 | 32.4 | 47.6 | 81.4 | 99.3 | 48.1 | |
| 145 | Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen | 51.4 | 51.9 | 68.1 | 95.8 | 7.4 | 43.7 | 70.3 | |
| 146 | Hanyang University | 51.3 | 46.5 | 31.9 | 78.3 | 77.1 | 23.1 | 31.9 | |
| 147 | Aarhus University | 51 | 54.6 | 65.6 | 40.9 | 32.6 | 84.9 | 17 | |
| 148 | Technische Universität Berlin | 50.8 | 54.1 | 28.2 | 75 | 50.3 | 38.2 | 74.4 | |
| 149 | University of Basel | 50.6 | 28.4 | 88.3 | 28.5 | 45.3 | 100 | 87.1 | |
| 150= | Universität Wien | 50.3 | 69.2 | 18.7 | 42.7 | 24.3 | 98.1 | 90.3 | |
| 150= | University of York | 50.3 | 42.6 | 45.7 | 41.4 | 58.4 | 89.5 | 69.9 | |
| 152= | Newcastle University | 50.2 | 43.7 | 41.8 | 76.8 | 39.6 | 87.6 | 81.2 | |
| 152= | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) | 50.2 | 60 | 87.1 | 19.3 | 11.4 | 55.3 | 29.4 | |
| 152= | University of Maryland, College Park | 50.2 | 53.1 | 65 | 31.5 | 49.9 | 27.5 | 22.5 | |
| 155 | Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) | 49.9 | 41.7 | 5.2 | 88.3 | 87.3 | 96.7 | 16.1 | |
| 156 | University of Pittsburgh | 49.7 | 43.9 | 45.6 | 19.6 | 96.7 | 8.6 | 19.4 | |
| 157 | Michigan State University | 49.6 | 61.5 | 52.9 | 65.6 | 15.4 | 62 | 26.9 | |
| 158 | Emory University | 49.1 | 25.8 | 63.9 | 14.5 | 98.5 | 50.1 | 41.1 | |
| 159 | Cardiff University | 48.5 | 47.4 | 38.9 | 39.4 | 48 | 81.7 | 77 | |
| 160 | Università di Bologna (UNIBO) | 48.2 | 79.6 | 46.3 | 46.4 | 4.7 | 12.1 | 11.9 | |
| 161 | Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon | 48.1 | 33.3 | 54.7 | 10.1 | 94.6 | 53.7 | 18.9 | |
| 162= | Case Western Reserve University | 47.4 | 19.7 | 67.8 | 18.7 | 86.5 | 55.3 | 74.5 | |
| 162= | University of Florida | 47.4 | 49.7 | 26.8 | 51.9 | 75.3 | 20.6 | 12.9 | |
| 164 | University of Exeter | 47.2 | 39.7 | 40.2 | 60.3 | 42.6 | 90.6 | 79.4 | |
| 165 | Al-Farabi Kazakh National University | 46.9 | 42 | 1.4 | 63.1 | 98.2 | 42 | 30.7 | |
| 165 | University of Rochester | 46.9 | 25.5 | 37.4 | 11.3 | 99.9 | 63.5 | 92.9 | |
| 166= | University of Waterloo | 46.8 | 39.6 | 67 | 77.5 | 7.9 | 76.4 | 83.4 | |
| 168 | National Tsing Hua University | 46.4 | 49.5 | 58.3 | 58.1 | 34.8 | 19.4 | 18 | |
| 169= | Texas A&M University | 46.2 | 60.7 | 59.2 | 59.9 | 8.1 | 25.2 | 19.1 | |
| 169= | University of Lausanne | 46.2 | 35.1 | 51.7 | 21.5 | 56.7 | 99.5 | 62 | |
| 171 | Sapienza - Università di Roma | 46.1 | 78.4 | 46.3 | 33.8 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 10.5 | |
| 172 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) | 46 | 50.4 | 53.1 | 74.2 | 36.2 | 3.9 | 1.6 | |
| 173= | Technische Universität Dresden | 45.9 | 37.6 | 21.5 | 61.1 | 83.7 | 35.7 | 34.1 | |
| 173= | University of Bath | 45.9 | 36.1 | 50 | 67.7 | 24.8 | 98.1 | 90.4 | |
| 175= | Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen | 45.8 | 45.6 | 17.8 | 22.6 | 89.5 | 45.8 | 26 | |
| 175= | Universität Freiburg | 45.8 | 52 | 51.8 | 18.7 | 35.7 | 62.4 | 43.9 | |
| 177= | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | 45.7 | 37.4 | 39.2 | 29.5 | 79.8 | 65.4 | 9.9 | |
| 177= | University College Dublin (UCD) | 45.7 | 49.2 | 39 | 41.6 | 28.8 | 97.6 | 63.2 | |
| 177= | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 45.7 | 64.3 | 48.1 | 26.2 | 31.9 | 7.1 | 15 | |
| 180 | Universidad de Chile | 45.6 | 73.9 | 15 | 91.2 | 13.8 | 9.5 | 7.4 | |
| 181= | Stockholm University | 45.5 | 55.1 | 46.9 | 15.6 | 29 | 87.5 | 41.5 | |
| 181= | Liverpool, University of | 45.5 | 42.9 | 30.9 | 31 | 48.6 | 86.7 | 93.8 | |
| 183 | Universitat de Barcelona (UB) | 45.4 | 70.2 | 35.5 | 38.1 | 20.9 | 6.6 | 32.1 | |
| 184 | University of Otago | 45.3 | 53 | 43.5 | 36.5 | 17.6 | 100 | 59 | |
| 185 | Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore | 44.9 | 31.8 | 100 | 18.3 | 49.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | |
| 186 | King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) | 44.7 | 27.7 | 46.1 | 21.1 | 80.7 | 100 | 18.1 | |
| 187= | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) | 44.2 | 39.4 | 27.8 | 51.6 | 64.4 | 27.6 | 63.9 | |
| 187= | Vanderbilt University | 44.2 | 26.9 | 39.7 | 24.7 | 100 | 23.5 | 31.5 | |
| 189= | Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) | 44.1 | 50.2 | 60.9 | 37.2 | 7.6 | 87.2 | 39.9 | |
| 189= | Waseda University | 44.1 | 58.6 | 7.6 | 93.6 | 30.6 | 31 | 36.7 | |
| 191= | Keio University | 44 | 49.5 | 9.6 | 87 | 60.8 | 12.2 | 11.7 | |
| 191= | Technische Universität Wien | 44 | 32.3 | 77.5 | 52.7 | 10.2 | 75.2 | 86 | |
| 193 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) | 43.9 | 44.3 | 67.8 | 64.5 | 28.4 | 2.3 | 1.5 | |
| 194 | University of Bergen | 43.4 | 33.6 | 42.4 | 8.2 | 77.9 | 87.3 | 8.8 | |
| 195 | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | 43.3 | 49 | 24.3 | 17.9 | 65.5 | 49.9 | 25 | |
| 196 | University of Wollongong | 43.2 | 31.3 | 71 | 34.5 | 19.2 | 91.8 | 86 | |
| 197= | EUR | 43.1 | 34 | 46.7 | 63.7 | 32.4 | 82.2 | 59 | |
| 197= | University of Newcastle | 43.1 | 33.5 | 64.7 | 27.9 | 32.4 | 99.9 | 44.6 | |
| 197= | University of Twente | 43.1 | 20.8 | 69.8 | 40.4 | 36.8 | 96.1 | 86.5 | |
| 200= | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | 42.8 | 57.1 | 23.3 | 55.4 | 42.3 | 8.8 | 12 |
Differences in criteria and methods of evaluation of universities that use the leading compilers of the ratings affect the result largely depends on the final position of the universities in the League table. Please specify what first of all pay attention to the compilers of QS.
An important feature of the QS – considerable attention to the reputation of the universities in the academic environment. The experts weigh 40 %.
The following important factors - the contribution to global scientific research activities and teaching quality - weight 20 %. Contribution to research activities is defined as the citation index of scientific discoveries of the University, designed for every individual. The quality of teaching is evidenced by the number of teachers per student.
Finally, 5% in the world ranking of universities QS weigh ratios of foreign and local students, as well as foreign and local teachers, in the aggregate, showing the degree of internationalization of the University.
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