Best Universities for Computer Science in the World

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Computer Science. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 6,597 universities in the World was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Stanford University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$14,402

2. Harvard University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$13,910

3. University of California - Berkeley

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
14%
Receiving Aid
61%
Average Aid
$21,406
Enrollment
45,036

4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,958
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,562

5. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
20%
Receiving Aid
70%
Average Aid
$16,326
Enrollment
50,278

6. University of Toronto

For Computer Science

#1 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
95,055
Founded
1827

7. University of Washington - Seattle

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
53%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$15,895
Enrollment
52,434

8. University of Oxford

For Computer Science

#1 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

9. University of California - Los Angeles

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
11%
Receiving Aid
56%
Average Aid
$17,592
Enrollment
46,116

10. Carnegie Mellon University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$37,450

11. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
85%

12. University of California-San Diego

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
34%
Receiving Aid
54%
Average Aid
$18,083
Enrollment
41,885

13. University of Cambridge

For Computer Science

#2 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

14. Columbia University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

15. University of Pennsylvania

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$14,578

16. Yale University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
5%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,605

17. Johns Hopkins University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
8%
Net Price
$20,680
Receiving Aid
71%
Average Aid
$45,373

18. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
64%

19. Cornell University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

21. University of Southern California

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

22. Tsinghua University

For Computer Science

#1 in Asia
#1 in China
Enrollment
48,739
Founded
1911

23. University of Texas at Austin

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
29%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
71%

24. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
16%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
72%

25. University of British Columbia

For Computer Science

#2 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
59,659
Founded
1908

26. Pennsylvania State University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,719
Enrollment
40,363

27. University of Maryland - College Park

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
68%

28. Ohio State University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
83%

29. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
82%

30. University of Tokyo

For Computer Science

#2 in Asia
#1 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
28,133
Founded
1877

31. University of California - San Francisco

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
3,165
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1864

32. Princeton University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$20,908

33. New York University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

34. Imperial College London

For Computer Science

#4 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

36. University of Pittsburgh

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
78%

37. Boston University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$25,852

38. McGill University

For Computer Science

#3 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
40,036
Founded
1821

39. University of Chicago

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$33,727

41. University of Florida

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
30%
Average SAT
1385
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
94%

42. Washington University in St Louis

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,298

43. University of Melbourne

For Computer Science

#1 in Oceania
#1 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
49,000
Founded
1853

44. California Institute of Technology

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
4%
Net Price
$30,162
Receiving Aid
67%
Average Aid
$47,556

45. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
60%

46. Catholic University of Leuven

For Computer Science

#5 in Europe
#1 in Belgium
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

47. University of Sydney

For Computer Science

#2 in Oceania
#2 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
63,602
Founded
1850

49. University of Arizona

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
95%

50. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Computer Science

#5 in Asia
#2 in China
Enrollment
47,000
Founded
1896

51. University of Edinburgh

For Computer Science

#7 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

52. University of California - Davis

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
49%
Receiving Aid
65%
Average Aid
$17,628
Enrollment
40,050

53. University of California - Irvine

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
79%
Average Aid
$16,868
Enrollment
36,505

54. Rutgers University - New Brunswick

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
69%

55. Duke University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
6%
Average SAT
1513
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$27,297

57. Northwestern University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$29,999

58. University of Alberta

For Computer Science

#4 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

59. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
88%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$12,201
Enrollment
77,881

60. Michigan State University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
72%

61. Purdue University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
73%

62. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
78%

63. University of New South Wales

For Computer Science

#3 in Oceania
#3 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1949

64. Kyoto University

For Computer Science

#6 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
22,455
Male:Female
76:24
Founded
1897

65. Technical University of Munich

For Computer Science

#9 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

66. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Computer Science

#10 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
27%
Enrollment
23,420

67. University of Waterloo

For Computer Science

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
35,900
Founded
1957

68. University of Queensland

For Computer Science

#4 in Oceania
#4 in Australia
Enrollment
48,771
Founded
1909

69. Zhejiang University

For Computer Science

#7 in Asia
#3 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

70. Chinese University of Hong Kong

For Computer Science

#8 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1963

71. Tel Aviv University

For Computer Science

#9 in Asia
#1 in Israel
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1956

72. University of Virginia

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
21%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
34
Receiving Aid
63%

73. Delft University of Technology

For Computer Science

#11 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
82%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

74. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Computer Science

#10 in Asia
#5 in China
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1920

75. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Computer Science

#11 in Asia
#6 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1953

76. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
29%
Receiving Aid
58%
Average Aid
$18,107
Enrollment
26,124

77. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
72%

78. University of Utah

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
95%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
89%

79. University of Amsterdam

For Computer Science

#12 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
31,123
Founded
1632

80. Monash University

For Computer Science

#5 in Oceania
#5 in Australia
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
78,000
Founded
1958

81. University of Iowa

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
87%

82. King's College London

For Computer Science

#13 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
13%
Founded
1829

83. Seoul National University

For Computer Science

#12 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
28,378
Founded
1946

84. University of Colorado Boulder

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
65%

85. Karolinska Institute

For Computer Science

#14 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Enrollment
8,070
Founded
1861

86. University of Bristol

For Computer Science

#15 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

87. Vanderbilt University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$27,553

88. Osaka University

For Computer Science

#13 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
23,044
Male:Female
68:32
Founded
1931

89. University of Rochester

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,125

90. Emory University

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$28,367

91. University of Southampton

For Computer Science

#16 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
84%
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

92. McMaster University

For Computer Science

#6 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
30,117
Founded
1887

93. University of Montreal

For Computer Science

#7 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
57%
Enrollment
45,360
Founded
1878

94. University of Sheffield

For Computer Science

#17 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1905

95. Peking University

For Computer Science

#14 in Asia
#7 in China
Enrollment
35,915
Founded
1898

96. University of Calgary

For Computer Science

#8 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1966

97. Utrecht University

For Computer Science

#18 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1636

99. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

For Computer Science

#16 in Asia
#8 in China
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
39,000
Founded
1956

100. Lund University

For Computer Science

#19 in Europe
#2 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666