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Top 50 Computer Science, AI & Data Science Masters — 2026

Leading MS programs in CS, AI, machine learning, and data science worldwide — with duration, subject ranking, and official program pages.

How to use: Subject ranks reflect QS by Subject (Computer Science & Information Systems 2024). Visit each linked program page for application deadlines and tuition.

#ProgramSchoolCountrySubject RankDurationSource
1MS Computer ScienceStanfordUSA#145-90 unitsStanford
2MS Computer ScienceMITUSA#124 moMIT
3MSCSCarnegie MellonUSA#116 moCMU SCS
4MS Computer ScienceUC BerkeleyUSA#35th-year/MEngBerkeley EECS
5Master of Computer ScienceUniv of IllinoisUSA#532 hrsUIUC
6MS Computer ScienceGeorgia TechUSA#5OMSCS optionGT
7MS Computer ScienceUniv of WashingtonUSA#62 yrUW CSE
8MEng Computer ScienceCornellUSA#131 yrCornell CS
9MSc Computer ScienceOxfordUK#5 (CS world)9-12 moOxford
10MPhil Advanced CSCambridgeUK#3 (CS world)9 moCambridge
11MSc ComputingImperialUK#1612 moImperial DoC
12MSc Computer ScienceUCLUK#2212 moUCL CS
13MSc CSETH ZurichSwitzerland#72 yrETH
14MSc CSEPFLSwitzerland#212 yrEPFL
15MSc CSTU MunichGermany#282 yrTUM
16MSc InformaticsTU BerlinGermany2 yrTU Berlin
17MSc CSTechnionIsrael#262 yrTechnion
18MSc CSTel Aviv UniversityIsrael2 yrTAU
19MSc CSNUSSingapore#612-18 moNUS SoC
20MSc CSNTUSingapore#1512-24 moNTU SCSE
21MSc CSTsinghuaChina#222-3 yrTsinghua
22MSc CSPeking UniversityChina#232-3 yrPKU
23MS CSUniversity of TokyoJapan#222 yrUTokyo
24MSc CSKAISTSouth Korea#372 yrKAIST
25MASc CSTorontoCanada#1312-24 moUofT
26MSc CSUBCCanada#2824 moUBC CS
27MSc CSWaterlooCanada24 moUWaterloo
28MSc CSMcGillCanada#4124 moMcGill
29MSc CSMonashAustralia2 yrMonash
30MSc CSUMelbourneAustralia2 yrMelbourne
31MSc Data ScienceHarvardUSA#12 yrHarvard IACS
32MS Data ScienceColumbiaUSA1.5 yrColumbia DSI
33MS Data ScienceNYUUSA2 yrNYU CDS
34MIDSUC BerkeleyUSA20 moUCB MIDS
35MS Data ScienceUPennUSA1 yrPenn Engineering
36MS AnalyticsMITUSA12 moMIT MBAn
37MSc Data ScienceLSEUK12 moLSE
38MSc DSEdinburghUK12 moEdinburgh
39MSc DS for SocietyUtrechtNetherlands2 yrUtrecht
40MSc Big DataImperialUK12 moImperial Biz
41MSc AIEdinburghUK12 moUoE
42MSc Machine LearningUCLUK12 moUCL CS
43MS AICMUUSA12-16 moCMU AI
44MS AIMITUSA2 yrMIT
45MSc AIEdinburghUK1 yrEdinburgh
46MSc AIKU LeuvenBelgium1 yrKU Leuven
47MSc DSSorbonneFrance2 yrSorbonne
48MSc AIEPFLSwitzerland2 yrEPFL IC
49MSc CybersecurityUMDUSA2 yrUMD ENGR
50MS CybersecurityJohns HopkinsUSA2 yrJHU EP

Sources: Verified against each program’s admissions page and QS Subject Rankings 2024.

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