Posted: 22nd October 2019

For the second year running the University of Oxford has been ranked first in the world for Computer Science in The Times Higher Education 2020 World University Rankings by Subject. This is ahead of California Institute of Technology, University of Cambridge and Stanford University.

The ranking is based on criteria measuring teaching, research, industry income, international outlook and citations, which are combined to provide a comparison of universities worldwide. Since 2017, the department has also annually ranked as the top university in the UK for Computer Science in the same publication. 

Editor's note: This article was amended on 22 Jan 2025 to correct our ranking history.