Technology and computer science are some of the fastest growing fields in the world, and new roles and jobs are being created every month. Digital skills are highly sought after, even by non-tech companies, so a technology or digital-based degree is always a smart choice.
In a suite of rankings put together by French consultancy Emerging and published exclusively by Times Higher Education, students can explore which universities have a good reputation for providing a digital education and encouraging tech skills and entrepreneurship.
The ranking was created using data collected from a survey conducted in the past year. Among the 3,500 participants were corporate executives, start-up executives and young digital professionals. Participants were asked to vote for up to 10 institutions, from a list of 1,000, that they believed excelled across six digital and tech categories. Additional data was provided by Crunchbase. The full methodology can be found here.
US universities dominate the top 10, with two UK universities present (the Technical University of Berlin) are also represented in the top 10.
Universities from France, Canada, Spain, Japan and Sweden also feature in the top 150.
As part of the Digital Leaders ranking, there is also a table on the top institutions for encouraging digital entrepreneurship, which can be found here.
Explore the full list of the best universities for a digital education below.
Top three universities for a digital education
Harvard University is one of the world’s most prestigious universities and is renowned for its computer science and tech offerings.
The Introduction to Computer Science course is one of the most popular at the university and students can combine courses in computer science with other subjects.
A number of clubs and societies encourage students to hone and explore their digital skills outside their studies, such as the robotics and video game development clubs.
2. University of Oxford
The University of Oxford has climbed six places to take the second position this year.
The university offers courses in computer science and technology for both undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as a range of short courses in AI, robotics and data science for those looking to develop in their careers.
Students interested in digital skills can network with like-minded peers by joining clubs and societies such as the computer society.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a science and technology institute located in Massachusetts, US.
The university has an impressive alumni and staff network that includes 96 Nobel laureates, 26 Turing Award winners, and eight Fields Medallists.
Computer science is one of the most popular undergraduate courses at the university, and computer science majors are taught within the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.
Top universities for a digital education 2023
Digital Leaders Rank 2023 |
University |
Country/region |
Digital Leaders 2022 Rank |
1 |
Harvard University |
United States |
1 |
2 |
University of Oxford |
United Kingdom |
6 |
3 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
United States |
3 |
4 |
University of Cambridge |
United Kingdom |
7 |
5 |
Yale University |
United States |
4 |
6 |
Columbia University |
United States |
5 |
7 |
Stanford University |
United States |
2 |
8 |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT) |
India |
9 |
9 |
Boston University |
United States |
15 |
10 |
Technical University of Berlin |
Germany |
14 |
11 |
Technical University of Munich |
Germany |
18 |
12 |
University of Melbourne |
Australia |
19 |
13 |
New York University |
United States |
13 |
14 |
Imperial College London |
United Kingdom |
22 |
15 |
École Polytechnique - Institut Polytechnique de Paris |
France |
25 |
16 |
Duke University |
United States |
16 |
17 |
University of California, Los Angeles |
United States |
10 |
18 |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi |
India |
24 |
19 |
University of California, Berkeley |
United States |
8 |
20 |
University of Toronto |
Canada |
33 |
21 |
University of Washington |
United States |
17 |
22 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
United States |
23 |
23 |
Paris-Saclay University |
France |
36 |
24 |
University of British Columbia |
Canada |
42 |
25 |
Cornell University |
United States |
32 |
26 |
California Institute of Technology |
United States |
35 |
27 |
Tel Aviv University |
Israel |
28 |
28 |
IE University |
Spain |
30 |
29 |
The University of Chicago |
United States |
27 |
30 |
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
Germany |
21 |
31 |
Northwestern University |
United States |
26 |
32 |
University of Pennsylvania |
United States |
20 |
33 |
Princeton University |
United States |
38 |
34 |
Technion Israel Institute of Technology |
Israel |
40 |
35 |
Boston College |
United States |
53 |
36 |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Israel |
45 |
37 |
King's College London |
United Kingdom |
60 |
38 |
Free University of Berlin |
Germany |
31 |
39 |
Monash University |
Australia |
52 |
40 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
United States |
39 |
41 |
University of Sydney |
Australia |
56 |
42 |
Queensland University of Technology |
Australia |
47 |
43 |
LMU Munich |
Germany |
37 |
44 |
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur |
India |
48 |
45 |
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani |
India |
55 |
46 |
Humboldt University of Berlin |
Germany |
29 |
47 |
Macquarie University |
Australia |
49 |
48 |
London School of Economics and Political Science |
United Kingdom |
61 |
49 |
University of Edinburgh |
United Kingdom |
65 |
50 |
UNSW Sydney |
Australia |
66 |
51 |
University of Virginia |
United States |
43 |
52 |
UCL |
United Kingdom |
71 |
53 |
University of Manchester |
United Kingdom |
72 |
54 |
McGill University |
Canada |
67 |
55 |
The University of Queensland |
Australia |
51 |
56 |
Indian Institute of Technology Madras |
India |
58 |
57 |
The University of Tokyo |
Japan |
73 |
58 |
Technical University of Darmstadt |
Germany |
34 |
59 |
University of Southern California |
United States |
44 |
60 |
Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Japan |
57 |
61 |
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
Israel |
69 |
62 |
Australian National University |
Australia |
63 |
63 |
Sorbonne University |
France |
68 |
64 |
California State University |
United States |
82 |
65 |
Washington State University |
United States |
50 |
66 |
University of Technology Sydney |
Australia |
76 |
67 |
École Centrale de Lyon |
France |
54 |
68 |
Universitat Ramon Llul |
Spain |
74 |
69 |
Mines Paris - PSL University |
France |
64 |
70 |
Brown University |
United States |
84 |
71 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
United States |
78 |
72 |
University of Birmingham |
United Kingdom |
81 |
73 |
California Polytechnic State University |
United States |
87 |
74 |
RMIT University |
Australia |
94 |
75 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
United States |
70 |
76 |
Durham University |
United Kingdom |
92 |
77 |
RWTH Aachen University |
Germany |
62 |
78 |
Ecole Normale Supérieure |
France |
59 |
79 |
Bar-Ilan University |
Israel |
89 |
80 |
University of Delhi |
India |
46 |
81 |
University of Alberta |
Canada |
98 |
82 |
École des Ponts ParisTech |
France |
80 |
83 |
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
India |
101 |
84 |
Arts et Métiers ENSAM |
France |
86 |
85 |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
United States |
83 |
86 |
McMaster University |
Canada |
107 |
87 |
University of Navarra |
Spain |
99 |
88 |
Purdue University West Lafayette |
United States |
88 |
89 |
Queen's University |
Canada |
100 |
90 |
Dartmouth College |
United States |
103 |
=91 |
George Washington University |
United States |
75 |
=91 |
University of Waterloo |
Canada |
105 |
93 |
Brigham Young University (BYU) |
United States |
116 |
94 |
Babson College |
United States |
108 |
95 |
Bangalore University |
India |
113 |
96 |
Institut Polytechnique de Paris |
France |
85 |
=97 |
City, University of London |
United Kingdom |
110 |
=97 |
Arizona State University |
United States |
122 |
99 |
University of Bristol |
United Kingdom |
125 |
100 |
Seoul National University |
South Korea |
91 |
101 |
Tokyo University of Science |
Japan |
96 |
102 |
Georgetown University |
United States |
93 |
103 |
KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
Sweden |
142 |
104 |
Concordia University |
Canada |
119 |
105 |
Illinois Institute of Technology |
United States |
118 |
106 |
National University of Singapore |
Singapore |
141 |
107 |
University of Ottawa |
Canada |
104 |
108 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
United States |
97 |
109 |
University of Calgary |
Canada |
120 |
110 |
University of Mumbai |
India |
115 |
111 |
Vanderbilt University |
United States |
109 |
112 |
University of Warwick |
United Kingdom |
124 |
113 |
Paris Dauphine University |
France |
111 |
114 |
Heidelberg University |
Germany |
106 |
115 |
University of Montreal |
Canada |
117 |
116 |
TU Dresden |
Germany |
102 |
117 |
Johns Hopkins University |
United States |
126 |
118 |
University of Florida |
United States |
128 |
119 |
University of Texas at Austin |
United States |
129 |
120 |
Kyoto University |
Japan |
130 |
121 |
Cardiff University |
United Kingdom |
134 |
122 |
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) |
South Korea |
135 |
123 |
Western University |
Canada |
127 |
124 |
Florida State University |
United States |
121 |
125 |
University of Victoria |
Canada |
123 |
126 |
University of California, San Diego |
United States |
139 |
127 |
Peking University |
China |
143 |
128 |
Brandeis University |
United States |
148 |
129 |
University of San Diego |
United States |
95 |
130 |
University of San Francisco |
United States |
114 |
131 |
Texas A&M University |
United States |
154 |
132 |
University of Massachusetts Amherst |
United States |
137 |
133 |
Nanyang, Technological University |
Singapore |
181 |
134 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
United States |
131 |
135 |
York University |
Canada |
112 |
136 |
University of Notre Dame |
United States |
136 |
137 |
Northeastern University |
United States |
161 |
138 |
University of Bath |
United Kingdom |
139 |
139 |
ETH Zurich |
Switzerland |
188 |
140 |
University of Madras |
India |
147 |
141 |
Lancaster University |
United Kingdom |
133 |
142 |
University of Southampton |
United Kingdom |
149 |
143 |
University of Colorado Boulder |
United States |
159 |
144 |
University of Maryland, College Park |
United States |
157 |
145 |
Rutgers University |
United States |
166 |
146 |
Huazhong University of Science and Technology |
China |
145 |
147 |
University of Buenos Aires |
Argentina |
196 |
148 |
University of California, Santa Barbara |
United States |
167 |
149 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
United States |
169 |
150 |
KU Leuven |
Belgium |
192 |
151 |
University of South Florida |
United States |
132 |
152 |
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campus |
United States |
160 |
153 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
China |
144 |
154 |
Tsinghua University |
China |
177 |
155 |
Emory University |
United States |
172 |
156 |
University of Leeds |
United Kingdom |
163 |
157 |
TU Wien |
Austria |
194 |
158 |
University of California, Davis |
United States |
178 |
159 |
Santa Clara University |
United States |
182 |
160 |
Savitribai Phule Pune University |
India |
174 |
161 |
Texas Tech University |
United States |
151 |
162 |
Michigan State University |
United States |
153 |
163 |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
United States |
169 |
164 |
Pennsylvania State University |
United States |
155 |
165 |
Miami University |
United States |
190 |
166 |
State University of New York |
United States |
164 |
167 |
Brunel University London |
United Kingdom |
174 |
168 |
Colgate University |
United States |
173 |
169 |
University of Arizona |
United States |
200 |
170 |
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne |
Switzerland |
- |
171 |
Trinity College Dublin |
Ireland |
- |
172 |
University of Illinois at Chicago |
United States |
188 |
173 |
Georgia State University |
United States |
184 |
174 |
University of Cape Town |
South Africa |
- |
175 |
University of Houston |
United States |
192 |
176 |
University of Auckland |
New Zealand |
- |
177 |
University of Minnesota |
United States |
195 |
178 |
University of Sheffield |
United Kingdom |
199 |
179 |
University of São Paulo |
Brazil |
- |
180 |
IDC Herzliya |
Israel |
- |
181 |
Bogaziçi University |
Turkey |
- |
182 |
CY Cergy Paris University |
France |
- |
183 |
The Open University |
United Kingdom |
- |
184 |
Instituto Superior Técnico |
Portugal |
- |
185 |
Bocconi University |
Italy |
- |
186 |
Erasmus University Rotterdam |
The Netherlands |
- |
187 |
Politehnica University of Bucharest |
Romania |
- |
188 |
Polytechnic University of Milan |
Italy |
- |
189 |
National Technical University of Ukraine – Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute |
Ukraine |
- |
190 |
American University of Beirut |
Lebanon |
- |
191 |
Indiana University |
United States |
- |
192 |
Delft University of Technology |
The Netherlands |
- |
193 |
University of Amsterdam |
The Netherlands |
- |
194 |
University of California, Irvine |
United States |
- |
195 |
Polytechnic University of Catalonia |
Spain |
- |
196 |
Simon Fraser University |
Canada |
- |
197 |
Penn State (Main Campus) |
United States |
- |
198 |
University of Nottingham |
United Kingdom |
- |
199 |
Universidad de Los Andes |
Colombia |
- |
200 |
Washington University in St Louis |
United States |
- |
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Digital and tech skills are highly sought after among graduates. This table explores which universities are considered leaders in digital and tech teaching and learning
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