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Data Science & Artificial Intelligence Ranking
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026
51 universities
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| Rank | Change | University | Country | Score | Academic | Employer | Citations | H | IRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | United States of America | 98.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 93.4 | 93.0 | — | |
| 2 | — | Stanford University | United States of America | 96.4 | 96.3 | 98.3 | 96.2 | 93.1 | — |
| 3 | 4 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore | 96.2 | 99.6 | 95.8 | 93.1 | 91.3 | — |
| 4 | 1 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | Singapore | 94.0 | 95.6 | 92.4 | 94.0 | 93.1 | — |
| 5 | 3 | Carnegie Mellon University | United States of America | 93.9 | 99.2 | 87.4 | 94.4 | 92.4 | — |
| 6 | 3 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 93.2 | 92.0 | 95.8 | 96.8 | 87.9 | — |
| 6 | 2 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States of America | 93.2 | 91.9 | 93.1 | 98.6 | 91.2 | — |
| 8 | 2 | Harvard University | United States of America | 92.8 | 89.9 | 99.3 | 91.5 | 88.5 | — |
| 9 | — | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 91.4 | 91.9 | 95.6 | 88.6 | 84.2 | — |
| 10 | — | Tsinghua University | China (Mainland) | 90.4 | 87.5 | 88.9 | 91.2 | 100.0 | — |
| 11 | 3 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | 90.2 | 90.3 | 90.9 | 91.7 | 87.1 | — |
| 12 | — | Peking University | China (Mainland) | 89.0 | 86.1 | 88.3 | 91.7 | 95.1 | — |
| 13 | 3 | University of Toronto | Canada | 86.0 | 84.6 | 86.6 | 89.7 | 84.9 | — |
| 14 | — | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States of America | 85.0 | 81.8 | 87.2 | 89.0 | 85.1 | — |
| 15 | 4 | EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | Switzerland | 84.9 | 86.7 | 86.2 | 85.1 | 77.4 | — |
| 15 | 3 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | 84.9 | 85.8 | 82.0 | 88.9 | 84.2 | — |
| 17 | — | Princeton University | United States of America | 84.2 | 80.4 | 86.7 | 93.1 | 80.7 | — |
| 18 | The University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR, China | 83.7 | 80.9 | 83.4 | 92.8 | 82.6 | — | |
| 19 | 6 | University of Washington | United States of America | 83.6 | 82.2 | 80.8 | 92.6 | 84.0 | — |
| 20 | 11 | Yale University | United States of America | 83.3 | 85.2 | 86.7 | 82.7 | 72.3 | — |
| 21 | 8 | New York University (NYU) | United States of America | 83.1 | 87.3 | 74.4 | 89.4 | 82.7 | — |
| 22 | 1 | UCL | United Kingdom | 82.5 | 86.4 | 76.5 | 85.8 | 80.7 | — |
| 23 | — | The University of Tokyo | Japan | 82.2 | 84.5 | 84.9 | 76.2 | 76.6 | — |
| 23 | 21 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China (Mainland) | 82.2 | 76.7 | 83.3 | 85.2 | 91.9 | — |
| 25 | 8 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong SAR, China | 81.9 | 82.0 | 74.0 | 93.5 | 86.0 | — |
| 26 | — | Columbia University | United States of America | 81.6 | 80.7 | 78.8 | 89.6 | 81.7 | — |
| 26 | 6 | Technical University of Munich | Germany | 81.6 | 82.9 | 79.2 | 82.9 | 81.3 | — |
| 28 | 9 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | Hong Kong SAR, China | 81.5 | 77.7 | 74.1 | 97.0 | 91.0 | — |
| 29 | 4 | Seoul National University | Republic of Korea | 81.0 | 79.1 | 81.7 | 84.6 | 80.8 | — |
| 30 | 6 | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 80.7 | 85.4 | 71.8 | 85.9 | 80.8 | — |
| 31 | 2 | The University of Melbourne | Australia | 80.6 | 81.0 | 80.4 | 84.7 | 76.0 | — |
| 32 | 6 | Politecnico di Milano | Italy | 80.5 | 80.0 | 84.5 | 77.9 | 76.4 | — |
| 33 | 5 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | United States of America | 80.2 | 75.1 | 82.4 | 87.8 | 82.0 | — |
| 34 | 11 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 80.0 | 78.8 | 79.5 | 86.7 | 77.5 | — |
| 34 | 19 | Georgia Institute of Technology | United States of America | 80.0 | 72.9 | 83.2 | 87.2 | 85.2 | — |
| 36 | 9 | University of Pennsylvania | United States of America | 79.9 | 77.5 | 79.3 | 88.9 | 78.2 | — |
| 37 | 12 | Fudan University | China (Mainland) | 79.5 | 75.5 | 79.9 | 84.2 | 84.4 | — |
| 38 | 13 | The University of Sydney | Australia | 79.0 | 73.7 | 73.8 | 94.5 | 87.8 | — |
| 39 | — | Zhejiang University | China (Mainland) | 78.6 | 73.3 | 74.0 | 86.9 | 93.9 | — |
| 40 | 6 | University of Waterloo | Canada | 78.3 | 73.7 | 81.8 | 84.7 | 77.0 | — |
| 41 | 11 | McGill University | Canada | 78.1 | 74.0 | 78.9 | 87.3 | 78.2 | — |
| 42 | 21 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | United States of America | 77.5 | 71.9 | 77.3 | 87.3 | 83.2 | — |
| 43 | — | University of Texas at Austin | United States of America | 77.4 | 72.7 | 76.4 | 86.8 | 82.2 | — |
| 44 | 7 | Australian National University (ANU) | Australia | 77.2 | 74.8 | 72.8 | 92.0 | 77.9 | — |
| 45 | 9 | University of Technology Sydney | Australia | 76.9 | 71.0 | 69.5 | 96.2 | 88.0 | — |
| 45 | 1 | King's College London | United Kingdom | 76.9 | 77.4 | 73.7 | 85.3 | 73.6 | — |
| 47 | — | University of Southern California | United States of America | 76.7 | 71.9 | 73.0 | 88.3 | 85.0 | — |
| 48 | 8 | Monash University | Australia | 76.3 | 69.0 | 74.0 | 93.4 | 83.0 | — |
| 49 | 21 | University of Chicago | United States of America | 76.2 | 76.8 | 74.6 | 82.7 | 71.1 | — |
| 50 | 12 | Johns Hopkins University | United States of America | 76.0 | 68.9 | 74.3 | 92.2 | 82.2 | — |
| 2026 | 1 | INSTITUTION | COUNTRY/TERRITORY | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States of America
98.0·Acad: 100.0·Empl: 100.0
2—
Stanford University
United States of America
96.4·Acad: 96.3·Empl: 98.3
34
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
96.2·Acad: 99.6·Empl: 95.8
41
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)
Singapore
94.0·Acad: 95.6·Empl: 92.4
53
Carnegie Mellon University
United States of America
93.9·Acad: 99.2·Empl: 87.4
63
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
93.2·Acad: 92.0·Empl: 95.8
62
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States of America
93.2·Acad: 91.9·Empl: 93.1
82
Harvard University
United States of America
92.8·Acad: 89.9·Empl: 99.3
9—
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
91.4·Acad: 91.9·Empl: 95.6
10—
Tsinghua University
China (Mainland)
90.4·Acad: 87.5·Empl: 88.9
113
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
90.2·Acad: 90.3·Empl: 90.9
12—
Peking University
China (Mainland)
89.0·Acad: 86.1·Empl: 88.3
133
University of Toronto
Canada
86.0·Acad: 84.6·Empl: 86.6
14—
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States of America
85.0·Acad: 81.8·Empl: 87.2
154
EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
84.9·Acad: 86.7·Empl: 86.2
153
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
84.9·Acad: 85.8·Empl: 82.0
17—
Princeton University
United States of America
84.2·Acad: 80.4·Empl: 86.7
18
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR, China
83.7·Acad: 80.9·Empl: 83.4
196
University of Washington
United States of America
83.6·Acad: 82.2·Empl: 80.8
2011
Yale University
United States of America
83.3·Acad: 85.2·Empl: 86.7
218
New York University (NYU)
United States of America
83.1·Acad: 87.3·Empl: 74.4
221
UCL
United Kingdom
82.5·Acad: 86.4·Empl: 76.5
23—
The University of Tokyo
Japan
82.2·Acad: 84.5·Empl: 84.9
2321
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
China (Mainland)
82.2·Acad: 76.7·Empl: 83.3
258
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong SAR, China
81.9·Acad: 82.0·Empl: 74.0
26—
Columbia University
United States of America
81.6·Acad: 80.7·Empl: 78.8
266
Technical University of Munich
Germany
81.6·Acad: 82.9·Empl: 79.2
289
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong SAR, China
81.5·Acad: 77.7·Empl: 74.1
294
Seoul National University
Republic of Korea
81.0·Acad: 79.1·Empl: 81.7
306
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
80.7·Acad: 85.4·Empl: 71.8
312
The University of Melbourne
Australia
80.6·Acad: 81.0·Empl: 80.4
326
Politecnico di Milano
Italy
80.5·Acad: 80.0·Empl: 84.5
335
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States of America
80.2·Acad: 75.1·Empl: 82.4
3411
University of British Columbia
Canada
80.0·Acad: 78.8·Empl: 79.5
3419
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States of America
80.0·Acad: 72.9·Empl: 83.2
369
University of Pennsylvania
United States of America
79.9·Acad: 77.5·Empl: 79.3
3712
Fudan University
China (Mainland)
79.5·Acad: 75.5·Empl: 79.9
3813
The University of Sydney
Australia
79.0·Acad: 73.7·Empl: 73.8
39—
Zhejiang University
China (Mainland)
78.6·Acad: 73.3·Empl: 74.0
406
University of Waterloo
Canada
78.3·Acad: 73.7·Empl: 81.8
4111
McGill University
Canada
78.1·Acad: 74.0·Empl: 78.9
4221
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
United States of America
77.5·Acad: 71.9·Empl: 77.3
43—
University of Texas at Austin
United States of America
77.4·Acad: 72.7·Empl: 76.4
447
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia
77.2·Acad: 74.8·Empl: 72.8
459
University of Technology Sydney
Australia
76.9·Acad: 71.0·Empl: 69.5
451
King's College London
United Kingdom
76.9·Acad: 77.4·Empl: 73.7
47—
University of Southern California
United States of America
76.7·Acad: 71.9·Empl: 73.0
488
Monash University
Australia
76.3·Acad: 69.0·Empl: 74.0
4921
University of Chicago
United States of America
76.2·Acad: 76.8·Empl: 74.6
5012
Johns Hopkins University
United States of America
76.0·Acad: 68.9·Empl: 74.3
20261
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