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Digital Leaders: top universities for a digital education

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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April 19 2023
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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.

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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

1. Harvard University

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. 

3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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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