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Computer Science research in Portugal

University of Lisbon ranks first in Portugal for Computer Science research in 2022–2025 (#390 worldwide), followed by Universidade do Porto and University of Coimbra.

Portugal's world rank
#34
of 131 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
8.4k
Top-10% rate
18.6%
Ranked institutions
26

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

What is the best university for Computer Science in Portugal?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of LisbonLisbon #39029.420.3%788
2Universidade do PortoPorto #42128.518.6%697
3University of CoimbraCoimbra #49126.618.4%583
4University of MinhoBraga #64823.416.5%556
5INESC TECPorto #65123.320.5%387
6Universidade Nova de LisboaLisbon #83120.421.8%439
7Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e DesenvolvimentoLisbon #85520.120.0%297
8University of Beira InteriorCovilha #1,01518.120.8%165
9Instituto de TelecomunicaçõesLisbon #1,03117.917.3%343
10University of AveiroAveiro #1,18116.317.1%535
11Polytechnic Institute of PortoPorto #1,19416.119.9%281
12Instituto Superior TécnicoLisbon #1,53713.118.6%178
13University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto DouroVila Real #1,71511.928.4%131
14University of AlgarveFaro #1,73011.818.4%74
15Instituto Politécnico de LisboaLisbon #2,1339.318.3%152
16Iscte – Instituto Universitário de LisboaLisbon #2,1849.026.5%150
17Universidade LusófonaLisbon #2,3558.123.7%95
18Polytechnic Institute of CoimbraCoimbra #2,7716.225.9%91
19Instituto Politécnico de LeiriaLeiria #2,8575.824.2%101
20Institute for Systems Engineering and ComputersLisbon #3,3124.119.0%96
21Instituto Superior da MaiaMaia #3,3234.018.4%100
22University of ÉvoraEvora #3,4273.718.7%79
23Universidade AbertaLisbon #3,5803.120.7%79
24Polytechnic Institute of ViseuViseu #3,6343.016.7%62
25Polytechnic Institute of BragançaBragança #3,7052.710.9%105
26Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and AveBarcelos #3,7642.514.8%62

Institutions in Portugal 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 Portugal?

Fernando Pereira, Mário A. T. Figueiredo and Shahid Mumtaz rank highest among researchers based in Portugal.

  1. 1Fernando Pereira#3,554 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 142 works
  2. 2Mário A. T. Figueiredo#24,791 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 96 works
  3. 3Shahid Mumtaz#52,305 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 92 works
  4. 4João Gama#63,303 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 161 works
  5. 5Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues#64,654 worldwide overall2k citations · 231 works
  6. 6João Marques‐Silva#73,721 worldwide overall826 citations · 129 works
  7. 7Luı́s Rodrigues#85,296 worldwide overall851 citations · 126 works
  8. 8Joaquim Jorge#162,125 worldwide overall536 citations · 103 works
  9. 9Alí­pio Jorge#187,508 worldwide overall348 citations · 72 works
  10. 10Jo�ão Araújo#195,863 worldwide overall347 citations · 109 works
  11. 11Paulo Verı́ssimo#222,822 worldwide overall291 citations · 96 works
  12. 12Eduardo Tovar#260,228 worldwide overall341 citations · 101 works
  13. 13Jonathan Rodrı́guez#265,215 worldwide overall707 citations · 88 works
  14. 14André F. T. Martins#271,789 worldwide overall308 citations · 73 works
  15. 15Ana Moreira#294,993 worldwide overall310 citations · 94 works

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