Research field intelligence
Computer Science Research Strength
Explore universities with the strongest current Computer Science topic signals in the ITS Research Intelligence database, alongside institution-level research performance and growth.
Research landscape
Computer Science currently has 5,483 index-ready universities contributing strong topic signals in the local database. Their aggregated topic-signal volume is 1,853,797 works. The average overall ITS Research Performance Score across this set is 49.7, while average five-year publication growth is 92.9%.
The ranking below combines the strength of an institution’s field signal with its overall research-performance score and recent growth. It should be read as a research-intelligence indicator, not as a complete subject ranking of teaching, reputation, facilities or student outcomes.
Leading universities in Computer Science
| Rank | University | Country | Field score | Field signal | Overall works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Carnegie Mellon University | United States | 87.0 | 18,983 | 36,963 | 29.0% |
| #2 | University of Cape Town | South Africa | 86.8 | 24,835 | 33,330 | -3.0% |
| #3 | Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications | China | 82.3 | 10,477 | 28,717 | 43.7% |
| #4 | Khalifa University of Science and Technology | United Arab Emirates | 81.3 | 2,930 | 23,721 | 217.1% |
| #5 | Chitkara University | India | 81.1 | 3,363 | 20,774 | 315.9% |
| #6 | Graphic Era University | India | 80.6 | 3,206 | 19,171 | 280.2% |
| #7 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong | 80.6 | 5,259 | 32,533 | 60.2% |
| #8 | University of Waterloo | Canada | 80.5 | 8,509 | 37,547 | -0.4% |
| #9 | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | Spain | 80.1 | 7,807 | 29,190 | 30.8% |
| #10 | TU Wien | Austria | 79.9 | 7,688 | 32,372 | 48.7% |
| #11 | Wuhan University | China | 79.3 | 5,575 | 90,814 | 15.0% |
| #12 | Chandigarh University | India | 79.1 | 2,782 | 26,641 | 182.9% |
| #13 | Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 79.1 | 4,273 | 62,844 | 38.3% |
| #14 | Tsinghua University | China | 79.0 | 4,263 | 136,887 | 30.4% |
| #15 | National University of Singapore | Singapore | 79.0 | 4,670 | 86,173 | 16.8% |
| #16 | University of Science and Technology of China | China | 78.8 | 4,608 | 89,129 | 26.7% |
| #17 | Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence | United Arab Emirates | 78.7 | 2,465 | 3,455 | 265.7% |
| #18 | Beihang University | China | 78.5 | 4,731 | 57,970 | 40.1% |
| #19 | Lovely Professional University | India | 78.5 | 2,556 | 26,090 | 167.7% |
| #20 | SRM Institute of Science and Technology | India | 78.2 | 4,407 | 36,225 | 92.3% |
| #21 | China University of Geosciences (Beijing) | China | 78.0 | 5,690 | 19,371 | 35.5% |
| #22 | Xidian University | China | 78.0 | 4,847 | 34,488 | 46.7% |
| #23 | Peking University | China | 77.7 | 4,194 | 166,278 | 5.9% |
| #24 | Telkom University | Indonesia | 77.4 | 15,515 | 23,289 | -15.6% |
| #25 | Vellore Institute of Technology University | India | 77.4 | 4,569 | 41,899 | 50.8% |
| #26 | Indonesia University of Education | Indonesia | 77.3 | 7,665 | 34,754 | 61.4% |
| #27 | Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux | France | 77.0 | 6,664 | 12,441 | 27.1% |
| #28 | Zhejiang University of Science and Technology | China | 76.9 | 2,845 | 12,384 | 121.8% |
| #29 | Universitas Informatika dan Bisnis Indonesia | Indonesia | 76.8 | 9,851 | 11,819 | 69.5% |
| #30 | China University of Geosciences | China | 76.7 | 4,283 | 31,209 | 28.9% |
| #31 | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | Israel | 76.6 | 5,193 | 21,943 | 0.3% |
| #32 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | United States | 76.6 | 3,880 | 63,587 | 12.7% |
| #33 | Eindhoven University of Technology | The Netherlands | 76.2 | 4,504 | 24,983 | 13.5% |
| #34 | Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology | India | 76.1 | 2,008 | 12,407 | 223.6% |
| #35 | State University of Padang | Indonesia | 76.1 | 7,468 | 33,488 | 50.2% |
| #36 | Binus University | Indonesia | 76.0 | 3,398 | 22,670 | 154.5% |
| #37 | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | India | 76.0 | 3,086 | 19,678 | 111.1% |
| #38 | Southeast University | China | 76.0 | 2,976 | 70,340 | 41.3% |
| #39 | Symbiosis International University | India | 75.9 | 1,618 | 15,783 | 204.9% |
| #40 | Jain University | India | 75.9 | 1,881 | 15,724 | 298.2% |
| #41 | Saarland University | Germany | 75.9 | 4,561 | 17,677 | 12.6% |
| #42 | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | United Kingdom | 75.8 | 3,854 | 33,149 | -3.9% |
| #43 | State University of Makassar | Indonesia | 75.7 | 5,573 | 26,044 | 107.8% |
| #44 | State University of Medan | Indonesia | 75.6 | 5,061 | 22,125 | 118.8% |
| #45 | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 75.5 | 3,102 | 77,640 | 8.0% |
| #46 | National University of Defense Technology | China | 75.4 | 3,905 | 31,240 | 39.1% |
| #47 | University of Turku | Finland | 75.3 | 3,784 | 33,303 | 18.5% |
| #48 | Singapore Management University | Singapore | 74.8 | 3,717 | 7,831 | 48.8% |
| #49 | Saveetha University | India | 74.7 | 1,023 | 48,976 | 268.8% |
| #50 | Charles University | Czechia | 74.5 | 2,972 | 46,742 | 23.9% |
| #51 | Tel Aviv University | Israel | 74.4 | 3,336 | 46,215 | -6.0% |
| #52 | State University of Semarang | Indonesia | 74.2 | 5,285 | 28,993 | 61.9% |
| #53 | State University of Malang | Indonesia | 74.1 | 5,784 | 33,650 | 33.5% |
| #54 | Yogyakarta State University | Indonesia | 74.1 | 3,683 | 20,700 | 105.7% |
| #55 | Universitat Politècnica de València | Spain | 74.1 | 3,610 | 24,397 | 13.9% |
| #56 | Applied Science Private University | Jordan | 73.9 | 1,104 | 7,393 | 254.1% |
| #57 | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | Germany | 73.8 | 3,513 | 38,112 | 22.0% |
| #58 | Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications | China | 73.7 | 3,442 | 13,516 | 34.9% |
| #59 | Johannes Kepler University of Linz | Austria | 73.6 | 4,080 | 11,288 | 9.4% |
| #60 | Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli Selatan | Indonesia | 73.6 | 9,702 | 18,033 | -27.6% |
| #61 | Beijing Institute of Technology | China | 73.5 | 2,067 | 61,298 | 43.7% |
| #62 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra | Spain | 73.5 | 3,106 | 18,241 | 8.8% |
| #63 | Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia | Spain | 73.4 | 2,846 | 14,186 | 102.7% |
| #64 | Uttaranchal University | India | 73.4 | 1,187 | 8,094 | 248.9% |
| #65 | Iraqi University | Iraq | 73.4 | 1,327 | 13,254 | 257.1% |
| #66 | Universitas PGRI Semarang | Indonesia | 73.4 | 6,008 | 16,516 | 48.0% |
| #67 | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation | India | 73.2 | 2,847 | 15,524 | 69.4% |
| #68 | Anna University, Chennai | India | 73.2 | 4,140 | 13,585 | 4.3% |
| #69 | Free University of Bozen-Bolzano | Italy | 73.1 | 3,469 | 7,243 | 20.7% |
| #70 | Sebelas Maret University | Indonesia | 73.0 | 4,961 | 32,995 | 28.0% |
| #71 | University of Oulu | Finland | 73.0 | 2,435 | 23,461 | 23.0% |
| #72 | Universitas Negeri Surabaya | Indonesia | 73.0 | 4,647 | 27,709 | 53.2% |
| #73 | Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember | Indonesia | 72.8 | 3,983 | 16,888 | 50.9% |
| #74 | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 72.8 | 1,523 | 83,864 | 40.2% |
| #75 | Zarqa University | Jordan | 72.6 | 1,145 | 5,362 | 468.1% |
| #76 | Mälardalen University | Sweden | 72.6 | 4,210 | 3,640 | 2.4% |
| #77 | Università della Svizzera italiana | Switzerland | 72.6 | 3,140 | 7,230 | 11.1% |
| #78 | Anhui University | China | 72.6 | 1,817 | 25,646 | 74.8% |
| #79 | Bennett University | India | 72.5 | 1,272 | 4,643 | 265.8% |
| #80 | Guangzhou University | China | 72.5 | 2,103 | 23,509 | 49.0% |
| #81 | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid | Spain | 72.5 | 2,835 | 24,675 | 22.6% |
| #82 | Hefei University | China | 72.5 | 1,089 | 7,102 | 186.7% |
| #83 | Australian National University | Australia | 72.4 | 2,407 | 43,695 | -3.1% |
| #84 | The University of Western Australia | Australia | 72.4 | 2,358 | 45,098 | -5.8% |
| #85 | Georgia Institute of Technology | United States | 72.2 | 2,260 | 45,821 | 0.3% |
| #86 | Universität Innsbruck | Austria | 72.2 | 1,754 | 36,622 | 47.5% |
| #87 | Galgotias University | India | 72.1 | 1,898 | 10,948 | 122.9% |
| #88 | SRM University | India | 72.1 | 1,256 | 10,324 | 159.7% |
| #89 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Mexico | 72.0 | 2,399 | 17,832 | 35.8% |
| #90 | Al-Ahliyya Amman University | Jordan | 72.0 | 849 | 4,913 | 209.5% |
| #91 | Sriwijaya University | Indonesia | 72.0 | 4,207 | 20,665 | 54.1% |
| #92 | East China Normal University | China | 72.0 | 2,076 | 34,507 | 22.8% |
| #93 | Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg | Germany | 71.9 | 2,755 | 14,652 | 35.6% |
| #94 | Seoul National University | South Korea | 71.8 | 1,689 | 69,985 | 28.9% |
| #95 | Universidad de Salamanca | Spain | 71.8 | 2,987 | 21,564 | 14.4% |
| #96 | Karpagam Academy of Higher Education | India | 71.8 | 1,057 | 9,630 | 288.2% |
| #97 | Zhejiang Normal University | China | 71.6 | 1,399 | 15,938 | 95.6% |
| #98 | Dublin City University | Ireland | 71.6 | 2,909 | 11,125 | 2.9% |
| #99 | Universidad de Málaga | Spain | 71.6 | 2,931 | 21,188 | 11.7% |
| #100 | Blekinge Institute of Technology | Sweden | 71.6 | 3,475 | 2,178 | 43.1% |
How to interpret this field page
Field classifications are inferred from the scholarly works associated with institutions in OpenAlex. An institution can therefore appear strongly in several fields at once, and topic classifications may evolve as the scholarly graph is updated. ITS Research Solution does not infer a faculty or department simply from the existence of a topic signal.
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Why every database record does not become an SEO page
ITS Research Solution only indexes pages when the underlying data is rich enough to support useful comparison and interpretation. Registry-only records, short research histories, missing topics and low-completeness profiles stay in the database but remain outside the public sitemap. This prevents repetitive, thin institution and subject pages.