Best Universities for Computer Engineering in the World

Below is a list of best universities in the World ranked based on their research performance in Computer Engineering. A graph of 1.8B citations received by 83.2M academic papers made by 1,878 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 Engineering

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

2. University of California - Berkeley

For Computer Engineering

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

3. Carnegie Mellon University

For Computer Engineering

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

4. Tsinghua University

For Computer Engineering

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

5. Georgia Institute of Technology

For Computer Engineering

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

6. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

For Computer Engineering

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

7. University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

For Computer Engineering

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

8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Computer Engineering

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

9. University of Toronto

For Computer Engineering

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

10. University of Texas at Austin

For Computer Engineering

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

11. University of Wisconsin - Madison

For Computer Engineering

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

12. University of California - Los Angeles

For Computer Engineering

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

13. University of Maryland - College Park

For Computer Engineering

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

14. University of Southern California

For Computer Engineering

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

15. Princeton University

For Computer Engineering

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

17. Nanyang Technological University

For Computer Engineering

#2 in Asia
#1 in Singapore
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1955

18. University of Washington - Seattle

For Computer Engineering

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

19. University of California-San Diego

For Computer Engineering

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

20. Imperial College London

For Computer Engineering

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

21. Seoul National University

For Computer Engineering

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

22. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

For Computer Engineering

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

23. National Chiao Tung University

For Computer Engineering

#4 in Asia
#1 in Taiwan
Acceptance Rate
17%
Founded
1958

24. Delft University of Technology

For Computer Engineering

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

25. California Institute of Technology

For Computer Engineering

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

26. National Taiwan University

For Computer Engineering

#5 in Asia
#2 in Taiwan
Enrollment
32,500
Founded
1945

27. KAIST

For Computer Engineering

#6 in Asia
Enrollment
10,249
Founded
1971

28. Pennsylvania State University

For Computer Engineering

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

29. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

For Computer Engineering

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

30. Rice University

For Computer Engineering

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$18,521

31. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Computer Engineering

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

32. Purdue University

For Computer Engineering

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

33. National University of Singapore

For Computer Engineering

#8 in Asia
#2 in Singapore
Enrollment
30,098
Founded
1905

34. University of Cambridge

For Computer Engineering

#5 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

35. Huazhong University of Science and Technology

For Computer Engineering

#9 in Asia
#3 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1953

36. National University of Defense Technology

For Computer Engineering

#10 in Asia
#4 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1953

38. University of British Columbia

For Computer Engineering

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

39. Catholic University of Leuven

For Computer Engineering

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

40. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Computer Engineering

#8 in Europe
#2 in Italy
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
48,645
Male:Female
65:35
Founded
1863

41. Cornell University

For Computer Engineering

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

42. University of California - Irvine

For Computer Engineering

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

43. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

For Computer Engineering

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

44. Harbin Institute of Technology

For Computer Engineering

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

46. University of Tokyo

For Computer Engineering

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

47. Ohio State University

For Computer Engineering

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

48. University of Virginia

For Computer Engineering

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

49. National Tsing Hua University

For Computer Engineering

#14 in Asia
#3 in Taiwan
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
16,547
Founded
1911

50. University of California - Santa Barbara

For Computer Engineering

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

51. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Computer Engineering

#9 in Europe
#1 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
38,878
Founded
1743

52. Zhejiang University

For Computer Engineering

#15 in Asia
#6 in China
Enrollment
60,739
Founded
1897

53. University of Florida

For Computer Engineering

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

54. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

For Computer Engineering

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

55. Columbia University

For Computer Engineering

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

56. RWTH Aachen University

For Computer Engineering

#10 in Europe
#2 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
44,517
Founded
1870

57. University of Waterloo

For Computer Engineering

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

58. Arizona State University - Tempe

For Computer Engineering

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

59. Peking University

For Computer Engineering

#17 in Asia
#8 in China
Enrollment
35,915
Founded
1898

60. Beihang University

For Computer Engineering

#18 in Asia
#9 in China
Founded
1952

61. University of Science and Technology of China

For Computer Engineering

#19 in Asia
#10 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1958

62. Texas A&M University - College Station

For Computer Engineering

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

63. North Carolina State University at Raleigh

For Computer Engineering

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
74%

64. Technical University of Munich

For Computer Engineering

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

65. Boston University

For Computer Engineering

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

66. New York University

For Computer Engineering

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

67. Technical University of Catalonia

For Computer Engineering

#12 in Europe
#1 in Spain
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
29,812

68. Fudan University

For Computer Engineering

#20 in Asia
#11 in China
Acceptance Rate
32%
Enrollment
33,000
Founded
1905

69. University of California - Davis

For Computer Engineering

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

70. University of Massachusetts - Amherst

For Computer Engineering

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

71. University of Edinburgh

For Computer Engineering

#13 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

72. Beijing Institute of Technology

For Computer Engineering

#21 in Asia
#12 in China
Enrollment
27,000
Founded
1940

73. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Computer Engineering

#14 in Europe
#4 in Germany
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

74. University of Arizona

For Computer Engineering

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

75. Johns Hopkins University

For Computer Engineering

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

76. Southeast University

For Computer Engineering

#22 in Asia
#13 in China
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
30,664
Founded
1902

77. University of Pittsburgh

For Computer Engineering

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

78. McGill University

For Computer Engineering

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

79. Yale University

For Computer Engineering

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

80. Tohoku University

For Computer Engineering

#23 in Asia
#2 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
17,665
Founded
1907

81. Northwestern Polytechnical University

For Computer Engineering

#24 in Asia
#14 in China
Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1938

82. Linkoping University

For Computer Engineering

#15 in Europe
#1 in Sweden
Acceptance Rate
43%
Enrollment
22,441
Founded
1975

83. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

For Computer Engineering

#25 in Asia
#15 in China
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1991

84. Chinese University of Hong Kong

For Computer Engineering

#26 in Asia
#16 in China
Acceptance Rate
10%
Founded
1963

85. Xidian University

For Computer Engineering

#27 in Asia
#17 in China
Enrollment
35,277
Founded
1931

86. University of California - Riverside

For Computer Engineering

Acceptance Rate
65%
Receiving Aid
82%
Average Aid
$18,676
Enrollment
26,847

87. Ruhr University Bochum

For Computer Engineering

#16 in Europe
#5 in Germany
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

88. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

For Computer Engineering

#28 in Asia
#18 in China
Acceptance Rate
30%
Founded
1955

89. Yonsei University

For Computer Engineering

#29 in Asia
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
29,502
Founded
1957

90. University of Utah

For Computer Engineering

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

92. Xi'an Jiaotong University

For Computer Engineering

#30 in Asia
#19 in China
Enrollment
40,346
Founded
1896

93. City University of Hong Kong

For Computer Engineering

#31 in Asia
#20 in China
Acceptance Rate
36%
Founded
1984

94. Vienna University of Technology

For Computer Engineering

#18 in Europe
#1 in Austria
Enrollment
29,341
Founded
1872

95. University of Oxford

For Computer Engineering

#19 in Europe
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1096

96. University of Alberta

For Computer Engineering

#5 in Canada
Acceptance Rate
58%
Founded
1908

97. University of New South Wales

For Computer Engineering

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

98. Duke University

For Computer Engineering

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

99. Tokyo Institute of Technology

For Computer Engineering

#32 in Asia
#3 in Japan
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
10,357
Founded
1881

100. Brigham Young University - Provo

For Computer Engineering

Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1330
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$13,432