With 48 universities in the 2014 list of the world 100 best universities in computer science, two less than in 2013, the United States keep enjoying an unquestionable supremacy. China with 15, and the United Kingdom and Canada each with 7, follow far behind.
In per capita terms, the hierarchy places in the 5 top places the following nations : Israel, Singapore, Switzerland, Canada and Norway, the top three with indexes well above the median and the average (red line).
World top 100 universities in Computer Science | |||
Country | Number | Population | Per capita |
| Million | (Nbr / Million x 100) | ||
| Austria | 1 | 8.5 | 11.7 |
| Belgium | 2 | 11.1 | 17.9 |
| Canada | 7 | 35.5 | 19.7 |
| China | 15 | 1,393.8 | 1.1 |
| Denmark | 1 | 5.6 | 17.7 |
| France | 1 | 64.6 | 1.5 |
| Germany | 2 | 82.7 | 2.4 |
| Israel | 4 | 7.8 | 51.1 |
| Japan | 1 | 127.0 | 0.8 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 16.8 | 11.9 |
| Norway | 1 | 5.1 | 19.6 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 29.4 | 3.4 |
| Singapore | 2 | 5.5 | 36.3 |
| South Korea | 1 | 49.5 | 2.0 |
| Spain | 2 | 47.1 | 4.2 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 8.2 | 24.5 |
| United Kingdom | 7 | 63.5 | 11.0 |
| United States | 48 | 322.6 | 14.9 |
| Total | 100 | ||
| Median | 11.8 | ||
| Average | 14.0 | ||
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Sources: Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai and UN Population Division
