The top 20 colleges and universities for computer science, engineering and technology

The Times Higher Education (THE) this week published the latest in the THE World University Rankings series for 2018, covering two updated subjects:

1. Engineering & Technology
2. Computer Science

Both the Engineering & Technology and Computer Science rankings have been significantly expanded, to 500 and 300 ranked institutions, respectively.

“The THE engineering and technology subject rankings employ the same rigorous and balanced range of 13 performance indicators used in the overall 2018 World University Rankings, but the methodology has been recalibrated to suit the individual fields,” explained Phil Baty, editorial director of global rankings for THE, in a statement. “The ranking, which has been expanded to include 500 universities, up from 100 last year, highlights the universities that are leading across electrical, mechanical, civil, chemical and general engineering subjects.”

According to Baty, all universities in the ranking have had to demonstrate excellence across teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

Universities in Asia are among the stand-out performers in this year’s table, he noted. China’s Peking University joins the National University of Singapore in the top 10 for the first time in the eight-year history of the table, after climbing five places to seventh. NUS is one behind at eighth.

“Overall a staggering 132 universities in Asia make the top 500, meaning that the continent now has more world-class institutions for engineering and technology than North America (127),” he said.

Rankings for Engineering & Technology (the full results and analysis can be found here)

(Next page: Top 20 institutions for computer science; methodology and criteria)

Rankings for Computer Science (the full results and analysis can be found here)

[NR means Not Ranked]

Methodology Facts

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings are global performance tables that judge research-intensive universities across  their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. THE uses 13 calibrated performance indicators to try and provide comprehensive and balanced comparisons.
Please see below for more information on the methodologies for each ranking:

• Engineering & Technology
• Computer Science

Times Higher Education Subject Rankings 2018

The Times Higher Education Subject Rankings includes narrower subject areas. Below is the list of subjects used to create the two subject rankings:

Different Weights and Measures

The subject tables employ the same range of 13 performance indicators used in the overall World University Rankings 2018, brought together with scores provided under five categories. However, the overall methodology is recalibrated for each subject, with the weightings changed to suit the individual fields.

The weightings for the two subject rankings are:

Criteria

No institution can be included in the overall World University Rankings unless it has published a minimum of 1,000 research papers over the five years we examine.

For the eleven subject tables, the thresholds are set differently. For engineering and technology, the threshold drops to 500 papers published in this discipline over the last five years. And THE expects an institution to have at least 4 percent of its staff working in this discipline in order to include it in the subject table.

For computer science, the threshold drops to 500 papers published in this discipline over the last five years. And THE expects an institution to have at least 1 percent of its staff working in this discipline in order to include it in the subject table.

Material from press releases were used in this report.

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