World University Rankings 2024 by subject: computer science

The computer science subject table uses the same trusted and rigorous performance indicators as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024, but the methodology has been recalibrated to suit the discipline.

This year’s table includes 1,027 universities, up from 974 last year.

View the World University Rankings 2024 by subject: computer science methodology 

The University of Oxford leads the computer science ranking for the sixth consecutive year. Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) switch places to take the second and third places respectively.

The UK’s Imperial College London and Princeton University in the US move into the top 10 at eighth and ninth position respectively. The National University of Singapore and Germany’s Technical University of Munich fall out of this elite group.

China, Germany and Australia have seven universities each in the top 100. The highest-ranking among these is Tsinghua University in China, in 12th place.

Read our analysis of the subject rankings 2024 results

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