World's Best Universities
Computer Science
Students who earn a degree in computer science typically start by learning algorithms and data structures, and then move on to more specialized areas of study, such as software engineering. These are the world's top universities for computer science. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #46 |
Brown University
United States |
73.7 | 63.8 | 72.6 | 88.1 |
| #38 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
75.4 | 64.9 | 77.6 | 87.2 |
| #41 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong |
74.8 | 66.1 | 80.8 | 80.5 |
| #48 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
73.4 | 66.5 | 82.5 | 73.5 |
| #43 |
University of Michigan
United States |
74.4 | 67.2 | 75.0 | 83.4 |
| #23 |
University of Chicago
United States |
78.6 | 67.3 | 80.0 | 92.4 |
| #37 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
75.7 | 67.4 | 73.8 | 88.5 |
| #39 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
75.0 | 67.6 | 81.4 | 78.6 |
| #45 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
74.1 | 68.9 | 76.2 | 79.0 |
| #44 |
Purdue University
United States |
74.2 | 69.6 | 71.6 | 83.0 |
| #25 |
Yale University
United States |
78.4 | 69.7 | 81.4 | 86.9 |
| #26 |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
77.9 | 69.9 | 87.5 | 78.9 |
| #16 |
Columbia University
United States |
80.1 | 70.0 | 81.4 | 92.4 |
| #32 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
76.6 | 70.0 | 76.3 | 85.6 |
| #21 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
78.7 | 70.1 | 87.2 | 81.7 |
| #31 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
76.8 | 70.4 | 86.8 | 75.2 |
| #21 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
78.7 | 70.4 | 86.7 | 81.8 |
| #40 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
74.9 | 70.4 | 81.9 | 73.8 |
| #47 |
McGill University
Canada |
73.5 | 71.2 | 79.2 | 70.9 |
| #33 |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States |
76.5 | 72.0 | 67.7 | 91.2 |
| #41 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
74.8 | 72.5 | 81.4 | 71.1 |
| #35 |
Peking University
China |
75.8 | 72.7 | 87.2 | 68.6 |
| #48 | 73.4 | 72.9 | 76.0 | 71.5 | |
| #48 | 73.4 | 73.6 | 87.6 | 59.0 | |
| #17 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland |
79.7 | 73.9 | 79.5 | 87.5 |














