Best Computational Universities in the World [2026 Rankings]

1

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Computational

#1 in Europe #1 in United Kingdom

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

2

United States | California

University of California – Berkeley

For Computational

#1 in North America #1 in United States

11% Acceptance

26,133 Enrollment

1175 Avg SAT

1868 Founded

3

United States | Minnesota

University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

For Computational

#2 in North America #2 in United States

80% Acceptance

15,019 Enrollment

1400 Avg SAT

1851 Founded

4

United States | Massachusetts

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

For Computational

#3 in North America #3 in United States

5% Acceptance

4,535 Enrollment

1550 Avg SAT

1861 Founded

5

United States | California

Stanford University

For Computational

#4 in North America #4 in United States

4% Acceptance

47,335 Enrollment

1545 Avg SAT

1885 Founded

6

United States | Illinois

University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign

For Computational

#5 in North America #5 in United States

42% Acceptance

37,140 Enrollment

1415 Avg SAT

1867 Founded

7

Japan | Tokyo

University of Tokyo

For Computational

#1 in Asia #1 in Japan

36% Acceptance

28,918 Enrollment

1877 Founded

8

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Computational

#2 in Europe #1 in Switzerland

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

9

Switzerland | Lausanne

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

For Computational

#3 in Europe #2 in Switzerland

23% Acceptance

12,576 Enrollment

10

Japan | Kyoto

Kyoto University

For Computational

#2 in Asia #2 in Japan

11% Acceptance

22,365 Enrollment

1897 Founded

11

United States | New Jersey

Princeton University

For Computational

#6 in North America #6 in United States

5% Acceptance

5,813 Enrollment

1545 Avg SAT

1746 Founded

12

Austria | Vienna

Vienna University of Technology

For Computational

#4 in Europe #1 in Austria

34% Acceptance

29,341 Enrollment

1872 Founded

13

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Computational

#5 in Europe #2 in United Kingdom

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

14

United States | California

California Institute of Technology

For Computational

#7 in North America #7 in United States

3% Acceptance

26,133 Enrollment

1535 Avg SAT

1891 Founded

15

United States | New York State

Cornell University

For Computational

#8 in North America #8 in United States

9% Acceptance

16,128 Enrollment

1535 Avg SAT

1865 Founded

16

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Computational

#6 in Europe #1 in Germany

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

17

United States | Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin – Madison

For Computational

#9 in North America #9 in United States

45% Acceptance

38,040 Enrollment

1450 Avg SAT

1848 Founded

18

United States | Massachusetts

Harvard University

For Computational

#10 in North America #10 in United States

4% Acceptance

1,489 Enrollment

1545 Avg SAT

1636 Founded

19

United States | Illinois

Northwestern University

For Computational

#11 in North America #11 in United States

8% Acceptance

9,399 Enrollment

1540 Avg SAT

1851 Founded

20

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Computational

#7 in Europe #3 in United Kingdom

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

21

Japan | Suita

Osaka University

For Computational

#3 in Asia #3 in Japan

13% Acceptance

23,234 Enrollment

1931 Founded

22

United States | North Carolina

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

For Computational

#12 in North America #12 in United States

15% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1460 Avg SAT

1789 Founded

23

United States | Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania State University

For Computational

#13 in North America #13 in United States

61% Acceptance

42,604 Enrollment

1330 Avg SAT

1855 Founded

24

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Munster

For Computational

#8 in Europe #2 in Germany

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

25

United States | California

University of California-San Diego

For Computational

#14 in North America #14 in United States

27% Acceptance

47,335 Enrollment

1500 Avg SAT

1960 Founded

26

United States | Florida

University of Florida

For Computational

#15 in North America #15 in United States

24% Acceptance

36,573 Enrollment

1400 Avg SAT

1853 Founded

27

China | Beijing

Tsinghua University

For Computational

#4 in Asia #1 in China

22% Acceptance

48,739 Enrollment

1911 Founded

28

United States | Washington

University of Washington – Seattle

For Computational

#16 in North America #16 in United States

39% Acceptance

47,335 Enrollment

1315 Avg SAT

1861 Founded

29

United States | New York State

Columbia University

For Computational

#17 in North America #17 in United States

4% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1545 Avg SAT

1754 Founded

30

United States | Pennsylvania

Carnegie Mellon University

For Computational

#18 in North America #18 in United States

12% Acceptance

7,377 Enrollment

1535 Avg SAT

1900 Founded

31

United States | Georgia, US

Georgia Institute of Technology

For Computational

#19 in North America #19 in United States

14% Acceptance

1,070 Enrollment

1455 Avg SAT

1885 Founded

32

United States | California

University of California – Los Angeles

For Computational

#20 in North America #20 in United States

9% Acceptance

37,297 Enrollment

1500 Avg SAT

1919 Founded

33

United States | Connecticut

Yale University

For Computational

#21 in North America #21 in United States

4% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1520 Avg SAT

1701 Founded

34

United States | Texas

University of Texas at Austin

For Computational

#22 in North America #22 in United States

27% Acceptance

43,165 Enrollment

1380 Avg SAT

1883 Founded

35

United States | Michigan

University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

For Computational

#23 in North America #23 in United States

16% Acceptance

10,603 Enrollment

1445 Avg SAT

1817 Founded

36

Sweden | Uppsala

Uppsala University

For Computational

#9 in Europe #1 in Sweden

69% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1477 Founded

37

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

For Computational

#10 in Europe #4 in United Kingdom

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

38

France | Ile-de-France

Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Computational

#11 in Europe #1 in France

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

39

United States | Indiana

Purdue University

For Computational

#24 in North America #24 in United States

50% Acceptance

44,819 Enrollment

1340 Avg SAT

1869 Founded

40

Japan | Sendai

Tohoku University

For Computational

#5 in Asia #4 in Japan

30% Acceptance

17,975 Enrollment

1907 Founded

41

Canada | Ontario

University of Toronto

For Computational

#26 in North America #2 in Canada

54% Acceptance

102,431 Enrollment

1827 Founded

42

Germany | Bavaria

Technical University of Munich

For Computational

#12 in Europe #3 in Germany

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

43

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

Technical University of Denmark

For Computational

#13 in Europe #1 in Denmark

38% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1829 Founded

44

United States | Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

For Computational

#27 in North America #25 in United States

5% Acceptance

1,947 Enrollment

1540 Avg SAT

1740 Founded

45

Germany | Bavaria

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Computational

#14 in Europe #4 in Germany

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

46

United States | Texas

Rice University

For Computational

#28 in North America #26 in United States

8% Acceptance

4,789 Enrollment

1540 Avg SAT

1891 Founded

47

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Bonn

For Computational

#15 in Europe #5 in Germany

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

48

Netherlands | Groningen

University of Groningen

For Computational

#16 in Europe #1 in Netherlands

50% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1614 Founded

49

United States | Utah

University of Utah

For Computational

#29 in North America #27 in United States

86% Acceptance

47,335 Enrollment

1285 Avg SAT

1850 Founded

50

United States | New Jersey

Rutgers University – New Brunswick

For Computational

#30 in North America #28 in United States

58% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1405 Avg SAT

1766 Founded

51

United States | Iowa State

Iowa State University

For Computational

#31 in North America #29 in United States

89% Acceptance

25,628 Enrollment

1240 Avg SAT

1858 Founded

52

United States | California

University of California – Santa Barbara

For Computational

#32 in North America #30 in United States

33% Acceptance

45,882 Enrollment

1535 Avg SAT

1921 Founded

53

China | Hefei

University of Science and Technology of China

For Computational

#6 in Asia #2 in China

10% Acceptance

17,000 Enrollment

1958 Founded

54

United States | Louisiana

Tulane University of Louisiana

For Computational

#33 in North America #31 in United States

14% Acceptance

8,192 Enrollment

1460 Avg SAT

1834 Founded

55

Germany | Thuringia

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

For Computational

#17 in Europe #6 in Germany

60% Acceptance

17,345 Enrollment

1558 Founded

56

Austria | Vienna

University of Vienna

For Computational

#18 in Europe #2 in Austria

33% Acceptance

93,628 Enrollment

1365 Founded

57

United States | Illinois

University of Chicago

For Computational

#34 in North America #32 in United States

4% Acceptance

7,598 Enrollment

1545 Avg SAT

1891 Founded

58

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

For Computational

#19 in Europe #5 in United Kingdom

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

59

United States | California

University of Southern California

For Computational

#35 in North America #33 in United States

10% Acceptance

47,335 Enrollment

1500 Avg SAT

1880 Founded

60

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Computational

#20 in Europe #6 in United Kingdom

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

61

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Stuttgart

For Computational

#21 in Europe #7 in Germany

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

62

China | Changchun

Jilin University

For Computational

#7 in Asia #3 in China

30% Acceptance

68,000 Enrollment

1946 Founded

63

Singapore | Singapore City

National University of Singapore

For Computational

#8 in Asia #1 in Singapore

20% Acceptance

30,098 Enrollment

1905 Founded

64

United States | Texas

Texas A&M University – College Station

For Computational

#36 in North America #34 in United States

57% Acceptance

60,710 Enrollment

1275 Avg SAT

1876 Founded

65

China | Beijing

Peking University

For Computational

#9 in Asia #4 in China

21% Acceptance

44,730 Enrollment

1898 Founded

66

Australia | Canberra

Australian National University

For Computational

#1 in Oceania #1 in Australia

71% Acceptance

31,313 Enrollment

1946 Founded

67

Spain | Barcelona

University of Barcelona

For Computational

#22 in Europe #1 in Spain

69% Acceptance

64,236 Enrollment

68

United States | Ohio

Ohio State University

For Computational

#37 in North America #35 in United States

61% Acceptance

10,603 Enrollment

1395 Avg SAT

1870 Founded

69

United States | Maryland

Johns Hopkins University

For Computational

#38 in North America #36 in United States

6% Acceptance

6,636 Enrollment

1545 Avg SAT

1876 Founded

70

United States | Georgia, US

University of Georgia

For Computational

#39 in North America #37 in United States

38% Acceptance

3,177 Enrollment

1375 Avg SAT

1785 Founded

71

United States | California

University of California – Irvine

For Computational

#40 in North America #38 in United States

29% Acceptance

47,335 Enrollment

1500 Avg SAT

1965 Founded

72

Russia | Moscow

Moscow State University

For Computational

#23 in Europe #1 in Russia

12% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1755 Founded

73

Sweden | Stockholm

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Computational

#24 in Europe #2 in Sweden

41% Acceptance

14,278 Enrollment

1827 Founded

74

China | Hangzhou

Zhejiang University

For Computational

#10 in Asia #5 in China

20% Acceptance

60,739 Enrollment

1897 Founded

75

United States | California

University of California – San Francisco

For Computational

#41 in North America #39 in United States

13% Acceptance

2,942 Enrollment

1100 Avg SAT

1864 Founded

76

United Kingdom | England

University of Warwick

For Computational

#25 in Europe #7 in United Kingdom

23% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1965 Founded

77

United States | Maryland

University of Maryland – College Park

For Computational

#42 in North America #40 in United States

45% Acceptance

31,133 Enrollment

1465 Avg SAT

1856 Founded

78

Israel | Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

For Computational

#11 in Asia #1 in Israel

23% Acceptance

23,500 Enrollment

1918 Founded

79

Australia | Sydney

University of Sydney

For Computational

#2 in Oceania #2 in Australia

71% Acceptance

63,602 Enrollment

1850 Founded

80

United States | California

University of California – Davis

For Computational

#43 in North America #41 in United States

42% Acceptance

25,685 Enrollment

1545 Avg SAT

1905 Founded

81

United States | North Carolina

Duke University

For Computational

#44 in North America #42 in United States

6% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1535 Avg SAT

1838 Founded

82

India | Karnataka

Indian Institute of Science

For Computational

#12 in Asia #1 in India

29% Acceptance

4,695 Enrollment

1909 Founded

83

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Computational

#26 in Europe #3 in Sweden

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

84

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr University Bochum

For Computational

#27 in Europe #8 in Germany

28% Acceptance

42,954 Enrollment

1962 Founded

85

Germany | Brandenburg

Free University of Berlin

For Computational

#28 in Europe #9 in Germany

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

86

Sweden | Stockholm

Stockholm University

For Computational

#29 in Europe #4 in Sweden

52% Acceptance

37,484 Enrollment

1878 Founded

87

United States | Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh

For Computational

#45 in North America #43 in United States

58% Acceptance

25,900 Enrollment

1370 Avg SAT

1787 Founded

88

Brazil | Sao Paulo

University of Sao Paulo

For Computational

#1 in Latin America #1 in Brazil

9% Acceptance

97,964 Enrollment

1827 Founded

89

Spain | Madrid

Autonomous University of Madrid

For Computational

#30 in Europe #2 in Spain

53% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1968 Founded

90

Israel | Rehovot

Weizmann Institute of Science

For Computational

#13 in Asia #2 in Israel

8% Acceptance

1,380 Enrollment

1934 Founded

91

China | Jinan

Shandong University

For Computational

#14 in Asia #6 in China

30% Acceptance

60,000 Enrollment

1901 Founded

92

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

For Computational

#31 in Europe #2 in Denmark

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

93

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Computational

#32 in Europe #10 in Germany

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

94

China | Chengdu

Sichuan University

For Computational

#15 in Asia #7 in China

37% Acceptance

44,200 Enrollment

1896 Founded

95

Finland | Helsinki

University of Helsinki

For Computational

#33 in Europe #1 in Finland

12% Acceptance

31,312 Enrollment

1640 Founded

96

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Computational

#34 in Europe #1 in Belgium

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

97

Switzerland | Zurich

University of Zurich

For Computational

#35 in Europe #3 in Switzerland

19% Acceptance

25,732 Enrollment

98

Canada | Alberta

University of Alberta

For Computational

#46 in North America #3 in Canada

53% Acceptance

31,185 Enrollment

1908 Founded

99

Japan | Nagoya

Nagoya University

For Computational

#16 in Asia #5 in Japan

14% Acceptance

15,959 Enrollment

1939 Founded

100

China | Hong Kong

University of Hong Kong

For Computational

#17 in Asia #8 in China

17% Acceptance

21,652 Enrollment

1911 Founded

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