Best Countries to pursue PhD in Computer Science

This blog post lists the best countries to pursue a PhD in Computer Science from top research institutes. Further, the top-ranked Universities are also listed.

The United States has the best research institutes for pursuing PhD in Computer Science, followed by Singapore and the United Kingdom. Research Institutes from these countries offer diverse research opportunities and various funding options.

Note: The rankings of institutions are based on QS World University and Times Higher Education rankings.

Best Countries to do a PhD in Computer Science

United States

The United States has the highest number of reputed institutions, including the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Ranked 1st),

Stanford University (Ranked 2nd),

Carnegie Mellon University (Ranked 3rd),

Harvard University (Ranked 7th),

University of California, Berkeley (UCB) (Ranked 8th),

Princeton University (Ranked 13th),

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (Ranked 16th),

New York University (NYU) (Ranked 17th),

Cornell University (Ranked 18th),

University of Washington (Ranked 19th)

Singapore

National University of Singapore (NUS) (Rank 4th),

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) (Rank 6th),

United Kingdom

University of Oxford (Rank 5th),

University of Cambridge (Ranked 9th),

Switzerland

ETH Zurich (Ranked 10th),

China

Tsinghua University (Ranked 11th),

Peking University (Ranked 14th),

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Ranked 20th),

EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Ranked 15th)

Canada

University of Toronto (Ranked 12th)

Top Research Institutes for Computer Science

Rank	Name Country/Region	Overall Score	Teaching	Research Quality
1	University of Oxford	98.5	96.8	98.8
2	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	98.1	99.2	99.7
3	Harvard University	97.7	97.3	99.3
4	Princeton University	97.5	98.3	98.9
5	University of Cambridge	97.4	95.9	97.6
6	Stanford University	97.2	97.5	99.6
7	California Institute of Technology	96.3	95.2	97.3
8	University of California, Berkeley	94.5	87.2	99.0
9	Imperial College London	94.4	89.3	98.5
10	Yale University	94.1	93.7	97.8
11	ETH Zurich	93.0	87.3	95.1
12	Tsinghua University	92.5	95.4	93.5
13	Peking University	92.0	94.9	88.2
=14	The University of Chicago	90.9	88.4	97.4
=14	University of Pennsylvania	90.9	87.1	96.9
16	Johns Hopkins University	90.7	83.7	97.3
17	National University of Singapore	89.9	78.4	95.7
=18	Columbia University	89.8	86.4	96.9
=18	University of California	89.8	84.9	96.6
20	Cornell University	89.2	83.2	96.8
21	University of Toronto	88.3	76.2	93.4
=22	UCL	87.7	77.6	98.4
=22	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	87.7	84.3	95.4
24	Carnegie Mellon University	85.7	73.1	99.0
25	University of Washington	83.8	74.6	98.0