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The Computer Science, IT program provides the key skills needed for businesses and organizations. Students learn new tools, programs, development tools that will help them develop knowledge abilities in areas such as IT, game development, software development, design, and security. Top universities in the world are at the forefront of computer science, conduct research for the world's leading companies.
Modules in informatics cover database design, network systems, computer equipment, the Internet, as well as innovative technologies – virtual reality, artificial intelligence and application design. Elite universities with the study of computer science have played an important role in the development of computer technology and continue to offer innovative solutions.
Graduates of computer science programs work as systems analysts, independent consultants, software developers, programmers, data analysts, and managers. Upon graduation, graduates occupy the positions of entry-level programmers, junior members of project groups. The need for IT professionals in all sectors and industries continues to grow, so computer science programs remain among the most sought-after.
Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Computer Science
| # | University | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 94.9 |
| 2 | Stanford University | 92.9 |
| 3 | Carnegie Mellon University | 90.9 |
| =4 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | 89.8 |
| =4 | University of Oxford | 89.8 |
| 6 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | 89.1 |
| 7 | Harvard University | 89 |
| 8 | University of Cambridge | 88.5 |
| 9 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | 88.1 |
| 10 | ETH Zurich | 85.9 |
| 11 | Tsinghua University | 84.9 |
| 12 | Imperial College London | 83.4 |
| 13 | University of Toronto | 82.8 |
| 14 | Princeton University | 82.4 |
| 15 | EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | 81.6 |
| 16 | Peking University | 81.4 |
| 17 | Cornell University | 79.7 |
| 18 | Institute of Science Tokyo | 79.4 |
| 19 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | 79 |
| 20 | UCL | 78.9 |
| 21 | Yale University | 78.6 |
| =22 | Columbia University | 78.5 |
| =22 | New York University (NYU) | 78.5 |
| =22 | The University of Edinburgh | 78.5 |
| =22 | University of Washington | 78.5 |
| 26 | Technical University of Munich | 77.9 |
| =27 | The University of Hong Kong | 76.9 |
| =27 | University of British Columbia | 76.9 |
| =27 | University of Waterloo | 76.9 |
| 30 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 76.7 |
| 31 | The University of Melbourne | 76.6 |
| 32 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 76.5 |
| 33 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 76.4 |
| =34 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 75.4 |
| =34 | Zhejiang University | 75.4 |
| 36 | University of Pennsylvania | 75.3 |
| 37 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | 75.2 |
| 38 | The University of Sydney | 75.1 |
| 39 | University of Texas at Austin | 75 |
| 40 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | 74.7 |
| 41 | The University of Tokyo | 74.6 |
| 42 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | 74.5 |
| 43 | McGill University | 74.3 |
| 44 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) | 73.8 |
| 45 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) | 73.7 |
| 46 | King's College London | 73.6 |
| 47 | Seoul National University | 73.5 |
| 48 | Australian National University (ANU) | 73.3 |
| 49 | Fudan University | 72.8 |
| 50 | Delft University of Technology | 72.7 |
| 51 | Monash University | 72.6 |
| =52 | Sorbonne University | 72.5 |
| =52 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 72.5 |
| 54 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | 72.4 |
| 55 | University of Technology Sydney | 72 |
| =56 | Institut Polytechnique de Paris | 71.9 |
| =56 | Université de Montréal | 71.9 |
| =58 | Politecnico di Milano | 71.8 |
| =58 | The University of Manchester | 71.8 |
| 60 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | 71.4 |
| 61 | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | 71.3 |
| 62 | University of Amsterdam | 71.2 |
| 63 | KU Leuven | 71 |
| 64 | University of Chicago | 70.5 |
| 65 | Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) | 70.3 |
| 66 | Purdue University | 70.2 |
| =67 | City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) | 70.1 |
| =67 | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) | 70.1 |
| =67 | Johns Hopkins University | 70.1 |
| 70 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 70 |
| 71 | Universidade de São Paulo | 69.8 |
| 72 | Sapienza University of Rome | 69.7 |
| =73 | Adelaide University | 69.6 |
| =73 | University of Southern California | 69.6 |
| =73 | Université Paris-Saclay | 69.6 |
| =76 | Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) | 69.5 |
| =76 | Université PSL | 69.5 |
| 78 | Queen Mary University of London | 69.4 |
| 79 | Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) | 69.3 |
| =80 | Nanjing University | 69.1 |
| =80 | Yonsei University | 69.1 |
| =82 | Korea University | 69 |
| =82 | University of Science and Technology of China | 69 |
| 84 | The University of Warwick | 68.9 |
| 85 | Harbin Institute of Technology | 68.7 |
| =86 | Universiti Malaya (UM) | 68.6 |
| =86 | Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, India | 68.6 |
| =88 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | 68.5 |
| =88 | University of Maryland, College Park | 68.5 |
| 90 | Beijing Institute of Technology | 68.3 |
| =91 | Duke University | 68.2 |
| =91 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | 68.2 |
| =93 | Lomonosov Moscow State University | 67.9 |
| =93 | The University of Auckland | 67.9 |
| =95 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna | 67.7 |
| =95 | Boston University | 67.7 |
| =95 | Kyoto University | 67.7 |
| =95 | Pennsylvania State University | 67.7 |
| =99 | Technische Universität Wien | 67.6 |
| =99 | The University of Queensland | 67.6 |
