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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #11 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
82.6 | 83.8 | 100.0 | 63.5 |
| #9 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
84.9 | 80.0 | 94.7 | 81.5 |
| #5 |
Harvard University
United States |
88.6 | 85.5 | 93.7 | 87.5 |
| #6 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
88.3 | 85.2 | 92.5 | 88.1 |
| #7 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
86.1 | 83.3 | 91.5 | 84.3 |
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
92.8 | 95.5 | 90.0 | 92.0 |
| #2 |
Stanford University
United States |
91.9 | 91.5 | 87.7 | 96.6 |
| #48 | 73.4 | 73.6 | 87.6 | 59.0 | |
| #26 |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
77.9 | 69.9 | 87.5 | 78.9 |
| #35 |
Peking University
China |
75.8 | 72.7 | 87.2 | 68.6 |
| #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 |
| #8 | 85.5 | 82.1 | 86.4 | 89.2 | |
| #13 | 81.4 | 74.7 | 84.9 | 86.9 | |
| #35 |
Tsinghua University
China |
75.8 | 75.7 | 84.4 | 67.3 |
| #48 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
73.4 | 66.5 | 82.5 | 73.5 |
| #40 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
74.9 | 70.4 | 81.9 | 73.8 |
| #4 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
89.1 | 90.2 | 81.5 | 95.3 |
| #16 |
Columbia University
United States |
80.1 | 70.0 | 81.4 | 92.4 |
| #10 |
Princeton University
United States |
83.7 | 78.0 | 81.4 | 93.5 |
| #41 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
74.8 | 72.5 | 81.4 | 71.1 |
| #39 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
75.0 | 67.6 | 81.4 | 78.6 |
| #25 |
Yale University
United States |
78.4 | 69.7 | 81.4 | 86.9 |
| #41 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong |
74.8 | 66.1 | 80.8 | 80.5 |













