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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #48 | 73.4 | 72.9 | 76.0 | 71.5 | |
| #48 | 73.4 | 73.6 | 87.6 | 59.0 | |
| #48 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
73.4 | 66.5 | 82.5 | 73.5 |
| #47 |
McGill University
Canada |
73.5 | 71.2 | 79.2 | 70.9 |
| #46 |
Brown University
United States |
73.7 | 63.8 | 72.6 | 88.1 |
| #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 |
| #43 |
University of Michigan
United States |
74.4 | 67.2 | 75.0 | 83.4 |
| #41 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong |
74.8 | 66.1 | 80.8 | 80.5 |
| #41 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
74.8 | 72.5 | 81.4 | 71.1 |
| #40 |
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Australia |
74.9 | 70.4 | 81.9 | 73.8 |
| #39 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
75.0 | 67.6 | 81.4 | 78.6 |
| #38 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
75.4 | 64.9 | 77.6 | 87.2 |
| #37 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
75.7 | 67.4 | 73.8 | 88.5 |
| #35 |
Peking University
China |
75.8 | 72.7 | 87.2 | 68.6 |
| #35 |
Tsinghua University
China |
75.8 | 75.7 | 84.4 | 67.3 |
| #34 |
University of Waterloo
Canada |
75.9 | 74.9 | 69.9 | 83.2 |
| #33 |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States |
76.5 | 72.0 | 67.7 | 91.2 |
| #32 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
United States |
76.6 | 70.0 | 76.3 | 85.6 |
| #31 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
76.8 | 70.4 | 86.8 | 75.2 |
| #30 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
76.9 | 77.9 | 76.1 | 76.2 |
| #29 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States |
77.2 | 76.2 | 73.7 | 82.0 |
| #27 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
77.4 | 74.6 | 67.9 | 90.5 |
| #27 | 77.4 | 74.1 | 73.0 | 86.1 | |
| #26 |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
77.9 | 69.9 | 87.5 | 78.9 |













