Top universities for computer science

Top universities for computer science

 

Top universities for computer science in the US & Canada

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US) tops the list of the world’s best computer science universities, followed by second-ranked Stanford University. Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley all make the global top ten, while Princeton University follows close behind at 11^th, the University of California, Los Angeles at 14^th, and the University of Toronto (Canada) at 16^th. Overall, the US and Canada have a strong showing among the top universities for computer science, with 40 US universities and eight Canadian featured in the top 200.

Top universities for computer science in Europe

The University of Oxford (UK) is Europe’s highest ranking university for computer science, coming in at 3^rd in the world. Its historic rival, the University of Cambridge, is ranked 5^th while Switzerland’s ETH Zurich makes it into the top ten at 9^th. The University of Edinburgh (UK) is ranked 15^th and Switzerland features again ranked in 17^th place with the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The UK capital’s Imperial College London at UCL follow at 18^th and 23^rd respectively. At total of 82 European universities feature among the top 200 computer sciences institutes.

Top universities for computer science in Asia-Pacific

The highest Asian entry in the top universities for computer science is the National University of Singapore (NUS), which is ranked 8^th. The University of Hong Kong rounds off the top ten in 10^th place, and Hong Kong features again with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) ranked 12^th. Australia’s University of Melbourne follows in 13^th place, and the Asia-Pacific region dominates the latter half of the top 25: the Chinese University of Hong Kong is ranked 19^th, the University of Tokyo 20^th, Australian National University 21^st, Nanyang Technological University 22^nd, the University of Sydney 24^th and the University of Queensland 25^th. A total of 63 Asia-Pacific universities feature in the top 200.