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Top Computer Science Research Institutions

Tsinghua University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 4,667 ranked institutions.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 100.0 27.7% 6.1k 74k#15
2 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 91.8 24.9% 3.7k 37k#47
3 Google (United States)United States · Mountain View 87.0 30.6% 1.7k 44k#17
4 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore 83.6 35.5% 3.2k 51k#30
5 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 80.9 34.2% 1.9k 30k#57
6 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 78.8 26.6% 4.4k 46k#39
7 Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States · Pittsburgh 77.0 26.0% 2.7k 32k#2
8 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 75.4 29.1% 1.8k 26k#1
9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 74.0 22.9% 5.5k 46k#70
10 Beihang UniversityChina · Beijing 72.7 23.4% 4.6k 36k#78
11 Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong · Hong Kong 71.6 33.0% 1.8k 27k#53
12 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei 70.6 23.3% 4.3k 42k#87
13 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 69.6 31.6% 1.7k 24k#46
14 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 68.8 28.0% 2.5k 30k#36
15 Technical University of MunichGermany · Munich 67.9 24.1% 2.2k 20k#31
16 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 67.2 22.0% 4.8k 43k#62
17 ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 66.5 30.2% 1.7k 20k#8
18 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 65.8 25.2% 3.2k 33k#91
19 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 65.1 27.8% 1.5k 23k#3
20 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong · Hong Kong 64.5 33.3% 2.2k 25k—
21 Tencent (China)China · Shenzhen 64.0 34.8% 1.1k 19k—
22 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 63.4 26.7% 1.6k 18k#45
23 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge 62.9 25.4% 1.6k 19k#4
24 Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Atlanta 62.4 21.2% 2.2k 17k#9
25 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 61.9 22.7% 2.3k 19k#5
26 National University of Defense TechnologyChina · Changsha 61.4 17.7% 5k 27k—
27 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 61.0 36.1% 1.2k 17k—
28 Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan 60.6 27.3% 3.2k 34k—
29 Nanjing UniversityChina · Nanjing 60.1 23.1% 2.3k 20k—
30 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing 59.7 21.3% 3.4k 31k—
31 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina · Xi'an 59.4 25.4% 3.8k 33k—
32 City University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 59.0 31.2% 1.7k 21k#99
33 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 58.6 22.4% 1.8k 14k#21
34 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin 58.3 23.2% 4.5k 38k—
35 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 57.9 27.5% 1.6k 15k#55
36 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 57.6 21.3% 1.4k 13k#19
37Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory?? · Shanghai 57.3 48.0% 363 11k—
38 Peng Cheng LaboratoryChina · Shenzhen 56.9 30.3% 1.5k 22k—
39 École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland · Lausanne 56.6 22.8% 1.1k 9.4k#24
40 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 56.3 22.9% 2.8k 24k—
41 Adobe Systems (United States)United States · San Jose 56.0 27.6% 460 6.1k#72
42 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou 55.8 23.6% 3.5k 29k—
43 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an 55.5 23.8% 3.1k 26k—
44 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina · Beijing 55.2 20.4% 4.3k 29k—
45 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Chengdu 54.9 21.1% 5k 36k—
46 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina · Beijing 54.7 18.4% 5.4k 32k—
47 Nvidia (United States)United States · Santa Clara 54.4 32.6% 366 5.5k—
48 Xidian UniversityChina · Xi'an 54.2 25.3% 4.4k 37k—
49 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia · Vellore 53.9 20.3% 4.3k 26k—
50 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 53.7 23.8% 1.5k 15k#10
51 Dalian University of TechnologyChina · Dalian 53.5 20.9% 2.3k 19k—
52 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea · Daejeon 53.2 23.7% 1.9k 18k#90
53 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 53.0 28.1% 1.4k 16k#12
54 University of WaterlooCanada · Waterloo 52.8 20.7% 1.7k 13k#38
55 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 52.6 25.1% 1.2k 11k#11
56 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 52.4 24.6% 1.6k 15k#51
57 South China University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou 52.1 21.3% 2.6k 20k—
58 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 51.9 15.2% 3.2k 16k#52
59 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 51.7 24.3% 1.4k 13k#29
60 Microsoft (United States)United States · Redmond 51.5 32.5% 839 18k#6
61 Hunan UniversityChina · Changsha 51.3 27.1% 1.7k 16k—
62 Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)United Kingdom · Cambridge 51.1 37.6% 443 11k#23
63 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 51.0 23.0% 1.6k 13k#18
64 Southeast UniversityChina · Nanjing 50.8 21.6% 3.8k 25k—
65 Shenzhen UniversityChina · Shenzhen 50.6 24.2% 2.2k 18k—
66 Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael · Tel Aviv 50.4 20.8% 865 8.3k#44
67 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 50.2 21.4% 1.3k 12k#34
68 Guangdong University of TechnologyChina · Guangzhou 50.1 19.6% 1.7k 13k—
69 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 49.9 24.8% 1.4k 14k#50
70 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina · Nanjing 49.7 19.8% 2.9k 18k—
71 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina · Nanjing 49.5 18.9% 2.7k 20k—
72 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands · Delft 49.4 25.5% 1.6k 13k#43
73 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 49.2 28.3% 1.5k 17k—
74 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States · West Lafayette 49.1 21.1% 2k 13k#26
75 Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai 48.9 21.5% 2.6k 19k—
76 Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 48.7 20.6% 1.5k 11k—
77 Microsoft Research Asia (China)China · Beijing 48.6 38.4% 434 12k#64
78 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 48.4 19.7% 1.4k 8.3k#92
79 Saveetha UniversityIndia · Chennai 48.3 13.9% 3.4k 12k—
80 Chongqing UniversityChina · Chongqing 48.1 23.5% 2k 15k—
81 Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia · George Town 48.0 27.5% 993 9.8k—
82 Simon Fraser UniversityCanada · Burnaby 47.8 22.6% 736 6.5k#93
83 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia · Riyadh 47.7 35.6% 1.4k 15k—
84 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany · Aachen 47.6 17.4% 1.4k 7k#66
85 UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 47.4 25.5% 1.4k 12k—
86 Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton 47.3 26.3% 842 9.1k#7
87 Beijing Academy of Artificial IntelligenceChina · Beijing 47.1 27.5% 977 13k—
88 Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin 47.0 21.2% 2.6k 20k—
89 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 46.9 21.9% 1.4k 10k#65
90 Shandong UniversityChina · Jinan 46.7 20.6% 2.2k 15k—
91 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 46.6 22.3% 2.4k 19k—
92 ShanghaiTech UniversityChina · Shanghai 46.5 22.0% 552 5k—
93 Central South UniversityChina · Changsha 46.3 26.5% 2.3k 19k—
94 TU WienAustria · Vienna 46.2 17.6% 1.3k 6.5k#56
95 Politecnico di MilanoItaly · Milan 46.1 19.5% 1.6k 8.3k—
96 Max Planck Institute for InformaticsGermany · Saarbrücken 46.0 30.9% 231 4.5k#69
97 Hefei University of TechnologyChina · Hefei 45.9 21.6% 1.7k 14k—
98 Huawei Technologies (China)China · Shenzhen 45.7 26.6% 1.1k 11k—
99 Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway · Trondheim 45.6 28.1% 1.2k 9.7k—
100 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 45.5 26.3% 1.2k 9.7k—

institutions ranked worldwide in Computer Science (4,667). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

45 – 48: 21 places48 – 51: 16 places51 – 54: 13 places54 – 56: 11 places56 – 59: 8 places59 – 62: 6 places62 – 65: 6 places65 – 67: 4 places67 – 70: 3 places70 – 73: 2 places73 – 75: 3 places75 – 78: 1 places78 – 81: 1 places81 – 84: 2 places84 – 86: 0 places86 – 89: 1 places89 – 92: 1 places92 – 95: 0 places95 – 97: 0 places97 – 100: 1 places45100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tsinghua UniversityChina 6.1k works
  2. 2 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 5.5k works
  3. 3 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 5.4k works
  4. 4 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 5k works
  5. 5 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 5k works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 4.8k works
  7. 7 Beihang UniversityChina 4.6k works
  8. 8 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 4.5k works
  9. 9 Zhejiang UniversityChina 4.4k works
  10. 10 Xidian UniversityChina 4.4k works
  11. 11 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 4.3k works
  12. 12 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 4.3k works
  13. 13 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 4.3k works
  14. 14 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 4.1k works
  15. 15 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 3.8k works

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