Ranked 3rd in the world for Computer Science & Information Systems
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Computer Science & Information Systems, 2026
Full ranking profile 56 placements
Every placement the Index records for Carnegie Mellon University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Computer Science & Information Systems | Quacquarelli Symonds | =3 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Data Science & Artificial Intelligence | Quacquarelli Symonds | =5 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Computer Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =8 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =15 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =19 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | =20 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =23 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =24 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =29 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =31 |
| NTU 2025 Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =32 |
| NTU 2025 Computer Science | National Taiwan University | =35 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =36 |
| NTU 2025 Civil Engineering | National Taiwan University | =39 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | =43 |
| WSJ 2026 | Wall Street Journal | =46 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =47 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =51 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =52 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =56 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =56 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =56 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =57 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =59 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =86 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =90 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =92 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =101 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =112 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =130 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =149 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =149 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =156 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =157 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =176 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =203 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =244 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =247 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =251 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =256 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =274 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =274 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =274 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =277 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =300 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =309 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =318 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =320 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =341 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =351 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =382 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =401 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =451 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =463 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =482 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =560 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.