When choosing a college/university to attend, the institutions that often come to mind are those within ones nation. Sometimes students are unaware of the many great schools located beyond the borders of their city, state and/or country.
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 them to be the world's top universities in 2011.
Six indicators are drawn together to form an international ranking of universities:
- Academic reputation from Global Survey (40%)
- Employer Reputation from Global Survey (10%)
- Citations per Faculty from Sciverse Scopus (20%)
- Faculty Student Ratio (20%)
- Proportion of International Students (5%)
- Proportion of International Faculty (5%)
U.S. News ranked 400 institutions as the world's best, but the list below names the top 20:
#1: University of Cambridge
Location: United Kingdom
Overall Score: 100.0
Academic Score: 100.0
Employer Reputation Score: 100.0
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 98.9
International Faculty Score: 98.4
International Students Score: 96.6
Citations per Faculty Score: 92.7
Location: United States
Overall Score: 99.3
Academic Score: 100.0
Employer Reputation Score: 100.0
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 96.4
International Faculty Score: 76.9
International Students Score: 86.0
Citations per Faculty Score: 100.0
#3: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Location: United States
Overall Score: 99.2
Academic Score: 100.0
Employer Reputation Score: 100.0
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 99.9
International Faculty Score: 50.0
International Students Score: 97.9
Citations per Faculty Score: 99.6
#4: Yale University
Location: United States
Overall Score: 98.8
Academic Score: 100.0
Employer Reputation Score: 100.0
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 100.0
International Faculty Score: 84.3
International Students Score: 65.6
Citations per Faculty Score: 97.2
Location: United Kingdom
Overall Score: 98.0
Academic Score: 100.0
Employer Reputation Score: 100.0
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 100.0
International Faculty Score: 98.2
International Students Score: 95.9
Citations per Faculty Score: 82.0
#6: Imperial College London
Location: United Kingdom
Overall Score: 97.6
Academic Score: 99.8
Employer Reputation Score: 100.0
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 99.7
International Faculty Score: 99.7
International Students Score: 99.9
Citations per Faculty Score: 79.6
#7: UCL (University College London)
Location: United Kingdom
Overall Score: 97.3
Academic Score: 99.4
Employer Reputation Score: 82.0
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 99.0
International Faculty Score: 96.2
International Students Score: 99.7
Citations per Faculty Score: 89.5
#8: University of Chicago
Location: United States
Overall Score: 96.1
Academic Score: 99.9
Employer Reputation Score: 90.0
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 95.8
International Faculty Score: 71.5
International Students Score: 81.4
Citations per Faculty Score: 92.3
#9: University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
Location: United States
Overall Score: 95.7
Academic Score: 98.7
Employer Reputation Score: 90.0
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 99.5
International Faculty Score: 64.1
International Students Score: 66.3
Citations per Faculty Score: 94.9
#10: Columbia University
Location: United States
Overall Score: 95.3
Academic Score: 99.9
Employer Reputation Score: 100.0
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 95.8
International Faculty Score: --
International Students Score: 86.2
Citations per Faculty Score: 95.8
#11: Stanford University
Location: United States
Overall Score: 93.4
Academic Score: 100.0
Employer Reputation Score: 100.0
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 74.9
International Faculty Score: 36.6
International Students Score: 96.5
Citations per Faculty Score: 100.0
#12: California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Location: United States
Overall Score: 93.0
Academic Score: 99.0
Employer Reputation Score: 25.8
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 97.0
International Faculty Score: 99.0
International Students Score: 93.9
Citations per Faculty Score: 100.0
#13: Princeton University
Location: United States
Overall Score: 91.9
Academic Score: 100.0
Employer Reputation Score: 67.9
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 75.3
International Faculty Score: 96.5
International Students Score: 69.3
Citations per Faculty Score: 100.0
#14: University of Michigan
Location: United States
Overall Score: 91.3
Academic Score: 99.8
Employer Reputation Score: 90.0
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 91.5
International Faculty Score: 53.6
International Students Score: 51.2
Citations per Faculty Score: 85.3
#15: Cornell University
Location: United States
Overall Score: 90.7
Academic Score: 99.8
Employer Reputation90.0 Score:
Faculty-Student Ratio Sco74.7re:
International Faculty Score: 44.7
International Students Score: 70.2
Citations per Faculty Score: 96.8
Location: United States
Overall Score: 90.0
Academic Score: 95.9
Employer Reputation Score: 55.9
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 99.3
International Faculty Score: --
International Students Score: 70.9
Citations per Faculty Score: 99.8
#17: McGill University
Location: Canada
Overall Score: 89.6
Academic Score: 98.8
Employer Reputation Score: 89.9
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 82.0
International Faculty Score: 94.2
International Students Score: 62.6
Citations per Faculty Score:
#18: ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Location: Switzerland
Overall Score: 89.5
Academic Score: 99.2
Employer Reputation Score: 74.6
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 54.4
International Faculty Score: 100.0
International Students Score: 99.1
Citations per Faculty Score: 99.0
#19: Duke University
Location: United States
Overall Score: 89.2
Academic Score: 95.4
Employer Reputation Score: 65.0
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 99.8
International Faculty Score: --
International Students Score: 55.5
Citations per Faculty Score: 96.3
Location: United Kingdom
Overall Score: 87.8
Academic Score: 98.9
Employer Reputation Score: 90.0
Faculty-Student Ratio Score: 73.7
International Faculty Score: 88.8
International Students Score: 92.7
Citations per Faculty Score: 68.8
Following the Top 20 are:
#21: University of California Berkeley (UCB)
Location: United States
#22: University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Location: Hong Kong
#23: University of Toronto
Location: Canada
#24: Northwestern University
Location: United States
#25: The University of Tokyo
Location: Japan
#26: Australian National University (ANU)
Location: Australia
#27: King's College London (KCL)
Location: United Kingdom
#28: National University of Singapore (NUS)
Location: Singapore
#29: University of Manchester
Location: United Kingdom
#30: University of Bristol
Location: United Kingdom
