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Universities from the U.S. and Asia filled the top 10, with five from the U.S., three from mainland China, one from Hong Kong and one from Singapore.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology led the ranking, followed by China's Tsinghua University and Stanford University in the U.S.
NTU placed ahead of Zhejiang University, Carnegie Mellon University and Princeton University.
The National University of Singapore ranked 14th, giving the city-state two universities among the world's top 20 for the subject.
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Researchers at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University. Photo courtesy of NTU |
World's top 10 universities for computer science and engineering in 2026
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Rank |
University |
Country/region |
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1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
U.S. |
|
2 |
Tsinghua University |
China |
|
3 |
Stanford University |
U.S. |
|
4 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
China |
|
5 |
University of California, Berkeley |
U.S. |
|
6 |
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Hong Kong |
|
7 |
Nanyang Technological University |
Singapore |
|
8 |
Zhejiang University |
China |
|
9 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
U.S. |
|
10 |
Princeton University |
U.S. |
ShanghaiRanking's 2026 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, released Sept. 15, primarily measures universities' research performance rather than their teaching quality or student experience.
The ranking covers 57 subjects spanning natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences and social sciences. Around 2,000 universities from 96 countries and regions are included.
Universities are assessed across five areas: world-class faculty, world-class research output, high-quality research, research impact and international collaboration.
NTU also placed in the global top 10 in several other subjects this year. It ranked first for artificial intelligence, second for automation and control, fourth for electrical and electronic engineering, and fifth for both mechanical engineering and telecommunication engineering.
It ranked sixth for nanoscience and nanotechnology and eighth for transportation science and technology.
In ShanghaiRanking's broader 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities, which assesses universities across disciplines, NTU ranked 84th globally, while NUS placed 53rd.
