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

RankName
Country/Region
Overall ScoreTeachingResearch Quality
1University of Oxford98.596.898.8
2Massachusetts Institute of Technology98.199.299.7
3Harvard University97.797.399.3
4Princeton University97.598.398.9
5University of Cambridge97.495.997.6
6Stanford University97.297.599.6
7California Institute of Technology96.395.297.3
8University of California, Berkeley94.587.299.0
9Imperial College London94.489.398.5
10Yale University94.193.797.8
11ETH Zurich93.087.395.1
12Tsinghua University92.595.493.5
13Peking University92.094.988.2
=14The University of Chicago90.988.497.4
=14University of Pennsylvania90.987.196.9
16Johns Hopkins University90.783.797.3
17National University of Singapore89.978.495.7
=18Columbia University89.886.496.9
=18University of California89.884.996.6
20Cornell University89.283.296.8
21University of Toronto88.376.293.4
=22UCL87.777.698.4
=22University of Michigan-Ann Arbor87.784.395.4
24Carnegie Mellon University85.773.199.0
25University of Washington83.874.698.0

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