Digital Leaders: top universities for a digital education

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Published on July 8 2026

Last updated September 23 2026

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Technology and computer science are among the world’s fastest-growing fields, 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 a smart choice

In a ranking 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 2,000 participants were corporate and start-up executives and young digital professionals. Respondents were asked to vote for up to 15 institutions, from a list of 1,000, that they believed excelled across four digital and tech categories. Additional data was provided by Crunchbase. The full methodology can be found here.

The top 10 is diverse, with three universities from the US and two from the UK, as well as universities from Australia, Canada, Germany and Singapore. 

The number of universities from India has decreased since last year, from 16 to nine, but it rremains one of the most represented countries in the ranking. 

Universities from France, Spain, Japan and Sweden also feature in the top 150. 

Explore the full list of the best universities for a digital education below

Top three universities for digital education

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Sloan School of Management)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a science and technology institute in Massachusetts, US. This year it has moved up one spot into first place. 

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 MIT, and computer science majors are taught within the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing

2. Harvard University (Harvard Business School)

Harvard University is one of the world’s most prestigious institutions and is renowned for its computer science and tech offerings

Introduction to Computer Science 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 their digital skills outside their studies, such as the robotics and video game development clubs

3. University of Cambridge (Judge Business School)

The University of Cambridge has a purpose-built department for computer science and technology, which is equipped with the latest technology, advanced lecture theatres, dedicated practical rooms, a well-stocked library and even a cafe

There are more than 1,000 specialist computing and advanced technology companies and commercial laboratories in the area, giving Cambridge the nickname “Silicon Fen”. With strong links to tech companies, computing students at Cambridge often secure internships in the field during their summer break

Top universities for a digital education 2026

Digital Leaders Rank 2026	Digital Leaders Rank 2025	Country/region	University
1	2	United States	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Sloan School of Management)
2	1	United States	Harvard University (Business School)
3	3	United Kingdom	University of Cambridge (Judge Business School)
4	10	United States	Stanford University (Graduate School of Business)
5	4	United Kingdom	University of Oxford (Saïd Business School)
6	5	Canada	University of Toronto (Rotman School of Management)
7	9	Singapore	National University of Singapore
8	7	Germany	Technical University of Munich
9	13	Canada	University of British Columbia
10	8	Australia	University of Melbourne
11	15	United Kingdom	Imperial College London
12	6	United States	Columbia University (Columbia Business School)
13	16	France	Ecole Polytechnique – Institut Polytechnique de Paris
14	14	China	Peking University
15	23	China	Tsinghua University
16	20	United Kingdom	University of Manchester
17	47	United States	University of California, Berkeley (Haas School of Business)
18	18	Spain	IE University (IE Business School)
19	58	Canada	University of Waterloo
20	28	United Kingdom	London School of Economics and Political Science
21	19	Australia	University of Sydney
22	12	United Kingdom	King’s College London
23	11	United States	Boston University
24	36	France	CentraleSupélec – Paris Saclay University
25	22	Sweden	KTH Royal Institute of Technology
26	30	United Kingdom	University of Edinburgh
27	56	United States	Carnegie Mellon University
28	38	Australia	Monash University
29	35	United States	New York University
30	41	Switzerland	ETH Zurich
31	34	Switzerland	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
32	21	Japan	The University of Tokyo
33	24	United States	Yale University
34	29	India	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
35	17	Singapore	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
36	44	United States	Cornell University
37	31	Canada	McGill University
38	37	Ireland	Trinity College Dublin
39	61	United States	University of Pennsylvania (Wharton Business School)
40	46	United States	Georgia Institute of Technology
41	48	United Kingdom	UCL
42	40	Spain	Universitat Ramon Llul (ESADE)
43	52	Mexico	Tecnológico de Monterrey (EGADE Business School)
44	42	Australia	University of Technology Sydney
45	54	Israel	Technion Israel Institute of Technology
46	27	United States	Boston College
47	66	Israel	Tel Aviv University
48	43	United Kingdom	University of Bristol
49	53	United States	Duke University
50	59	Spain	University of Navarra (IESE Business School)
51	49	United States	California Institute of Technology
52	63	United States	University of Washington
53	55	United States	Arizona State University (Tempe)
54	62	Israel	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
55	57	Brazil	University of São Paulo (MBA USP/Esalq)
56	25	India	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (ITT)
57	82	Italy	Bocconi University (SDA Bocconi Milano)
58	51	Australia	RMIT University
59	96	Brazil	Fundação Getulio Vargas
60	72	United Kingdom	University of Birmingham
61	67	Israel	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
62	26	Australia	UNSW Sydney
63	110	France	INSEAD
64	71	United States	Northwestern University (Kellogg School of Management)
65	60	United States	Brown University
66	80	United States	Babson College
67	78	Belgium	KU Leuven
68	74	United Kingdom	Durham University
69	79	United States	University of California, Los Angeles (Anderson School of Management)
70	99	United States	University of Michigan – Ann Arbor(Ross School of Business)
71	77	United States	Princeton University
72	75	United States	University of Texas at Austin (McCombs School of Business)
73	39	South Africa	University of Cape Town
74	50	United States	Brigham Young University
75	122	France	Université Paris-Dauphine- PSL University
76	86	United States	The University of Chicago (Chicago Booth School of Business)
77	116	Denmark	Copenhagen Business School
78	98	Australia	Macquarie University
79	81	Israel	Bar-Ilan University
80	70	China	Shanghai Jiao Tong University
81	93	Netherlands	Erasmus University Rotterdam (School of Management)
82	76	New Zealand	University of Auckland
83	114	United Kingdom	University of Leeds
84	32	Germany	Technical University of Berlin
85	105	United States	Johns Hopkins University (Whiting School of Engineering)
86	100	United States	University of Southern California
87	150	Italy	Polytechnic University of Milan
88	125	United States	Georgetown University
89	101	Turkey	Bogaziçi University
90	113	Estonia	Tallinn University of Technology
91	102	Australia	Australian National University
92	112	Australia	The University of Queensland
93	84	United States	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
94	129	United Kingdom	London Business School
95	148	United States	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
96	137	Colombia	University of the Andes, Colombia
97	92	Germany	LMU Munich
98	85	France	Sorbonne University
99	83	Canada	McMaster University
100	45	India	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
101	115	China	Fudan University
102	69	India	Indian Institute of Technology Madras
103	64	India	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
104	119	Denmark	University of Copenhagen
105	90	United States	California Polytechnic State University
106	73	Argentina	University of Buenos Aires
107	133	Canada	Western University
108	136	United States	University of Wisconsin – Madison
109	89	United States	Dartmouth College
110	87	Canada	University of Alberta
111	103	United States	University of Virginia (Darden School of Business)
112	121	Mexico	IPADE Business School (Universidad Panamericana)
113	127	Netherlands	Delft University of Technology
114	134	South Korea	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
115	120	France	Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
116	141	Brazil	FIAP
117	107	Canada	Concordia University
118	91	Australia	Queensland University of Technology
119	97	United Kingdom	University of Warwick (Business School)
120	103	United States	PurdueUniversity West Lafayette
121	144	Taiwan	National Taiwan University
122	142	United States	Emory University
123	118	United States	Illinois Institute of Technology
124	117	United States	University of Florida
125	94	United States	University of California, San Diego
126	68	India	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
127	139	United Kingdom	University of Nottingham
128	147	Sweden	Lund University
129	109	India	University of Delhi
130	132	South Africa	University of the Witwatersrand
131	126	United States	Penn State (Main campus)
132	128	United Kingdom	The Open University
133	143	China	Huazhong University of Science and Technology
134	108	United States	Texas A&M University
135	145	United States	Northeastern University
136	88	India	University of Mumbai
137	124	Austria	TU Wien
138	149	Switzerland	IMD Business School
139	140	Portugal	Instituto Superior Técnico
140	NR	France	HEC Paris
141	111	India	Savitribai Phule Pune University
142	106	Israel	IDC Herzliya
143	123	Japan	Tokyo Institute of Technology
144	146	United States	Washington University in Saint Louis
145	130	United Kingdom	City St Georges, University of London
146	NR	Hong Kong	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
147	NR	United States	University of Maryland
148	NR	Finland	Aalto University
149	NR	South Korea	Seoul National University
150	NR	Turkey	Koç University

Explore the top 151-200 below. 

Digital Leaders rank	Country	University
151	India	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee)
152	Chile	Adolfo Ibáñez University
153	Canada	Simon Fraser University
154	Hong Kong	University of Hong Kong
155	Netherlands	University of Amsterdam
156	France	Télécom Paris – Institut Polytechnique de Paris
157	Switzerland	University of St Gallen
158	France	Mines Paris – PSL University
159	Canada	HEC Montréal
160	Lebanon	American University of Beirut
161	Spain	University of Barcelona
162	Australia	University of Adelaide
163	Ukraine	Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
164	United Kingdom	University of Bath
165	Germany	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
166	Spain	Polytechnic University of Catalonia
167	France	Paris-Saclay University
168	India	International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIIT Bangalore)
169	Saudi Arabia	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
170	United States	University of California, Irvine
171	United Kingdom	Cardiff University
172	Romania	Polytechnic University of Bucharest
173	Australia	Swinburne University of Technology
174	Germany	RWTH Aachen University
175	United Arab Emirates	Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI)
176	China	Beihang University
177	Canada	University of Ottawa
178	Italy	University of Bologna
179	United States	North Carolina State University
180	France	ENS Paris-Saclay
181	Mexico	National Autonomous University of Mexico
182	India	Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)
183	China	Tongji University
184	Singapore	Singapore Management University
185	China	China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
186	Turkey	Istanbul Technical University
187	India	International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad
188	Spain	Carlos III University of Madrid
189	Mexico	Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
190	Estonia	University of Tartu
191	Morocco	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
192	United States	California State University – East Bay
193	Egypt	Cairo University
194	Chile	University of Chile
195	South Africa	University of Johannesburg
196	Colombia	National University of Colombia
197	Brazil	Pontifical Catholic University Rio Grande do Sul
198	Argentina	Torcuato Di Tella University
199	India	PSG College of Technology
200	India	Great Lakes Institute of Management

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Source: www.timeshighereducation.com