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World’s second-richest country is Southeast Asia’s only nation with 2 global top 10 computer science universities

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) ranked fourth worldwide, retaining its position from last year. The National University of Singapore (NUS), meanwhile, fell to sixth from second

The 2026–2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities Subject Rankings for computer science, released in June, evaluated 1,500 universities worldwide. To qualify, institutions had to publish at least 250 computer science research papers between 2020 and 2024

Nanyang Technological University campus in Singapore. Photo courtesy of NTU

Singapore, ranked the world’s second-richest country by GDP per capita in 2025 also had two other universities included in the rankings. Singapore Management University placed 93rd, while the Singapore University of Technology and Design ranked 133rd

Asian universities dominated the global top 10, claiming eight places. Mainland China accounted for four institutions, led by Tsinghua University. Singapore and Hong Kong each had two universities in the range

Top 10 universities for computer science in the 2026–2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking

	University	Country/Region
1	Tsinghua University	China
2	Peking University	China
3	Zhejiang University	China
4	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore
5	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China
6	National University of Singapore	Singapore
7	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
8	Stanford University	United States
9	ETH Zurich	Switzerland
10	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong

Beyond computer science, NTU ranked first globally in electrical and electronic engineering and second in both artificial intelligence and engineering

NUS’ highest-ranked subject was optics, where it placed first globally. It also ranked third in chemistry

In the overall 2026–2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities rankings, NUS was Asia’s second-highest-ranked university, while NTU ranked fourth in the region

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