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Computer Science research in Netherlands

Delft University of Technology ranks first in Netherlands for Computer Science research in 2022–2025 (#72 worldwide), followed by Eindhoven University of Technology and University of Twente.

Netherlands's world rank
#20
of 131 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
12k
Top-10% rate
22.9%
Ranked institutions
21

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Computer Science in Netherlands?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Delft University of TechnologyDelft #7249.425.5%1,642
2Eindhoven University of TechnologyEindhoven #15440.419.2%1,256
3University of TwenteEnschede #20037.322.9%773
4University of AmsterdamAmsterdam #21736.324.9%1,060
5Utrecht UniversityUtrecht #29032.924.3%707
6University of GroningenGroningen #32131.721.6%579
7Radboud University NijmegenNijmegen #34630.823.8%598
8Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdam #36630.121.5%621
9Leiden UniversityLeiden #41528.627.9%529
10Maastricht UniversityMaastricht #98818.424.5%291
11Centrum Wiskunde & InformaticaAmsterdam #1,00418.219.7%186
12Tilburg UniversityTilburg #1,29615.224.8%279
13Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and RightsUtrecht #1,30815.120.3%214
14Wageningen University & ResearchWageningen #1,42214.136.9%146
15Open University of the NetherlandsHeerlen #1,54113.120.4%129
16Erasmus University RotterdamRotterdam #1,67612.123.9%170
17Amsterdam University of the ArtsAmsterdam #2,4107.828.4%90
18European Space Research and Technology CentreNoordwijk-Binnen #2,4947.414.8%69
19Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific ResearchDelft #2,9445.413.9%138
20Leiden University Medical CenterLeiden #3,1404.727.7%68
21Amsterdam University of Applied SciencesAmsterdam #3,2764.222.2%80

Institutions in Netherlands above the floor of 40 fractional works in Computer Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Computer Science researchers in Netherlands?

Wil M. P. van der Aalst, Max Welling and Frank van Harmelen rank highest among researchers based in Netherlands.

  1. 1Wil M. P. van der Aalst#736 worldwide overall5.5k citations · 254 works
  2. 2Max Welling#893 worldwide overall3.4k citations · 89 works
  3. 3Frank van Harmelen#5,640 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 94 works
  4. 4Andy Zaidman#28,073 worldwide overall639 citations · 81 works
  5. 5Arie van Deursen#36,581 worldwide overall911 citations · 141 works
  6. 6Kees Goossens#36,941 worldwide overall726 citations · 115 works
  7. 7Frits Vaandrager#39,296 worldwide overall657 citations · 92 works
  8. 8A. E. Eiben#40,043 worldwide overall952 citations · 79 works
  9. 9Alexandru Iosup#41,288 worldwide overall552 citations · 89 works
  10. 10Robert Babuška#46,715 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 71 works
  11. 11Twan Basten#46,736 worldwide overall486 citations · 75 works
  12. 12Farhad Arbab#49,339 worldwide overall521 citations · 81 works
  13. 13Hans L. Bodlaender#54,564 worldwide overall728 citations · 103 works
  14. 14A.W.M. Smeulders#56,162 worldwide overall891 citations · 113 works
  15. 15Robert P. W. Duin#66,047 worldwide overall730 citations · 82 works

How Netherlands compares with other countries in Computer Science