Top 200 Universities for Computer Science, AI/ML, and Data Science (2026)

Top 200 Computer Science, AI/ML, and Data Science Universities

Curated from the Times Higher Education Computer Science World University Rankings 2026 top 200, then enriched with ROR institutional metadata and official research links for spotlight universities.

Updated: 2026-04-18

Asia: 58Europe: 67North America: 61Oceania: 14

Coverage: official links 132/200 · founded year 108/200 · city 119/200 · spotlight pages 12

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Global top-200 table

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Rank	University	Region	Founded	Location	Department / Research links	Strong at	Links
1	University of Oxford THE score: 97.7	Europe	1096	Oxford, United Kingdom	Department of Computer Science Visual Geometry Group · Oxford Robotics Institute	AI/MLcomputer visionroboticstheory	THE · Profile · Spotlight
2	University of Cambridge THE score: 97.1	Europe	1209	Cambridge, United Kingdom	Computer Laboratory Cambridge Machine Learning Group · Systems Research Group	systemsMLsecuritytheory	THE · Profile · Spotlight
3	ETH Zurich THE score: 96.3	Europe	1855	Zurich, Switzerland	Department of Computer Science ETH AI Center · Robotic Systems Lab	AI/MLroboticshigh-performance computingsystems	THE · Profile · Spotlight
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology THE score: 96.2	North America	1861	Cambridge, United States	EECS CSAIL · MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab	AI/MLroboticssystemsdata science	THE · Profile · Spotlight
5	Princeton University THE score: 96.1	North America	1746	Princeton, United States	— —	AI/MLsystemsdata sciencetheory	THE · Profile
6	Stanford University THE score: 95.9	North America	1885	Stanford, United States	Stanford Computer Science SAIL · Stanford HAI	AI/MLsystemsHCIrobotics	THE · Profile · Spotlight
7	Carnegie Mellon University THE score: 95.5	North America	1900	Pittsburgh, United States	School of Computer Science Robotics Institute · Machine Learning Department	AI/MLroboticsNLPautonomous systems	THE · Profile · Spotlight
8	Harvard University THE score: 93.8	North America	1636	Cambridge, United States	— —	AI/MLsystemsdata sciencetheory	THE · Profile
9	Imperial College London THE score: 93.5	Europe	1907	London, United Kingdom	— —	AI/MLsystemsdata sciencetheory	THE · Profile
10	Peking University THE score: 93.2	Asia	1898	Beijing, China	School of Computer Science Institute for Artificial Intelligence · Wangxuan Institute of Computer Technology	AI/MLtheorylanguage technologiesdata-intensive computing	THE · Profile · Spotlight
11	California Institute of Technology THE score: 93.1	North America	1891	Pasadena, United States	— —	AI/MLsystemsdata sciencetheory	THE · Profile
12	Tsinghua University THE score: 93.0	Asia	1911	Beijing, China	Department of Computer Science and Technology Institute for AI Industry Research (AIR) · Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences	AI/MLsystemstheoryapplied computing	THE · Profile · Spotlight
13	National University of Singapore THE score: 92.8	Asia	1905	Singapore, Singapore	NUS School of Computing NUS AI Institute · Institute of Data Science	AI/MLdata sciencesecuritysystems	THE · Profile · Spotlight
14	University of California, Berkeley THE score: 92.8	North America	1868	Berkeley, United States	EECS at Berkeley BAIR · Sky Computing Lab	AI/MLsystemsdata systemstheory	THE · Profile · Spotlight
15	Technical University of Munich THE score: 91.5	Europe	1868	Munich, Germany	— —	AI/MLsystemsdata sciencetheory	THE · Profile
16	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore THE score: 90.9	Asia	1991	Singapore, Singapore	— —	AI/MLsystemsdata sciencetheory	THE · Profile
17	Cornell University THE score: 90.7	North America	1865	Ithaca, United States	— —	AI/MLsystemsdata sciencetheory	THE · Profile
18	University of California, Los Angeles THE score: 90.6	North America	1919	Los Angeles, United States	— —	AI/MLsystemsdata sciencetheory	THE · Profile
19	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign THE score: 89.6	North America	1867	Urbana, United States	— —	AI/MLsystemsdata sciencetheory	THE · Profile
20	University of Washington THE score: 89.1	North America	1861	Seattle, United States	— —	AI/MLsystemsdata sciencetheory	THE · Profile

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Asia

58 universities · Open region page

#10 Peking University · region page
#12 Tsinghua University
#13 National University of Singapore
#16 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
#23 Zhejiang University
#25 Shanghai Jiao Tong University
#26 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
#32 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
#34 The Chinese University of Hong Kong
#37 The University of Tokyo
#44 Seoul National University
#46 Fudan University
#47 University of Hong Kong
#49 University of Science and Technology of China
#60 Nanjing University

Europe

67 universities · Open region page

#1 University of Oxford · region page
#2 University of Cambridge
#3 ETH Zurich
#9 Imperial College London
#15 Technical University of Munich
#21 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
#35 University of Edinburgh
#38 UCL
#42 Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris
#43 Institut Polytechnique de Paris
#45 Delft University of Technology
#48 KU Leuven
#50 LMU Munich
#62 RWTH Aachen University
#65 Université Paris-Saclay

North America

61 universities · Open region page

#4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology · region page
#5 Princeton University
#6 Stanford University
#7 Carnegie Mellon University
#8 Harvard University
#11 California Institute of Technology
#14 University of California, Berkeley
#17 Cornell University
#18 University of California, Los Angeles
#19 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
#20 University of Washington
#22 University of Toronto
#24 Columbia University
#27 Yale University
#28 Georgia Institute of Technology

Oceania

14 universities · Open region page

#53 University of Melbourne · region page
#63 Monash University
#68 The University of Sydney
#79 UNSW Sydney
#84 Australian National University
#93 University of Technology Sydney
#97 Adelaide University
#138 The University of Queensland
#154 Deakin University
#159 Macquarie University
#165 Swinburne University of Technology
#181 Griffith University
#187 Queensland University of Technology
#196 University of Auckland

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United States

54 universities · Open country page

#4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
#5 Princeton University
#6 Stanford University
#7 Carnegie Mellon University
#8 Harvard University
#11 California Institute of Technology
#14 University of California, Berkeley
#17 Cornell University
#18 University of California, Los Angeles
#19 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

China

22 universities · Open country page

#10 Peking University
#12 Tsinghua University
#23 Zhejiang University
#25 Shanghai Jiao Tong University
#46 Fudan University
#49 University of Science and Technology of China
#60 Nanjing University
#90 Harbin Institute of Technology
#99 Wuhan University
#102 Beihang University

Germany

16 universities · Open country page

#15 Technical University of Munich
#50 LMU Munich
#62 RWTH Aachen University
#73 Technical University of Berlin
#75 Technical University of Darmstadt
#85 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
#91 University of Tübingen
#111 Ruhr University Bochum
#115 Universität Heidelberg
#117 University of Bonn

United Kingdom

16 universities · Open country page

#1 University of Oxford
#2 University of Cambridge
#9 Imperial College London
#35 University of Edinburgh
#38 UCL
#76 University of Manchester
#96 King’s College London
#118 University of Bristol
#125 University of Warwick
#131 Queen Mary University of London

Australia

13 universities · Open country page

Canada

7 universities · Open country page

Hong Kong

7 universities · Open country page

#26 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
#34 The Chinese University of Hong Kong
#47 University of Hong Kong
#61 City University of Hong Kong
#71 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
#127 Hong Kong Baptist University
#191 The Education University of Hong Kong

South Korea

7 universities · Open country page

#32 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
#44 Seoul National University
#78 Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
#83 Yonsei University (Seoul campus)
#92 Korea University
#107 Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
#156 Kyung Hee University

Japan

6 universities · Open country page

Netherlands

6 universities · Open country page

#45 Delft University of Technology
#69 University of Amsterdam
#94 Eindhoven University of Technology
#121 University of Groningen
#174 University of Twente
#188 Radboud University Nijmegen

France

5 universities · Open country page

#42 Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris
#43 Institut Polytechnique de Paris
#65 Université Paris-Saclay
#86 Sorbonne University
#193 Université Grenoble Alpes

Denmark

4 universities · Open country page

#95 Aarhus University
#101 University of Copenhagen
#136 Technical University of Denmark
#151 Aalborg University

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