Digital leaders 2026
AI & TECH CAREERS EDITION
Top universities and schools across the full scope of Ai & tech careers.
Institution names have been standardized to ensure a clearer and more consistent presentation of the results. When a school is part of a university, the ranking displays the institution that contributes most significantly to the score, according to the following rules:
If the school is the primary contributor, the school is listed first, followed by the university in parentheses.
If the university is the primary contributor but the school also contributes significantly, the university is listed first, followed by the name of the school in parentheses.
When a university or a school is listed on its own, it indicates that it is the primary contributor to the score.
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Combining the results of the four complementary rankings, it recognises universities and schools whose graduates collectively represent the full architecture of today's AI & Tech economy.
Beihang University
University of Ottawa
University of Bologna
North Carolina State University
ENS Paris-Saclay
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
(UNAM)
Vellore Institute of Technology
(VIT)
Tongji University
Singapore Management University
(SMU)
China Europe International Business School
(CEIBS)
Istanbul Technical University
(ITU)
International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad
(IIIT Hyderabad)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
(ITAM)
University of Tartu
Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
(UM6P)
California State University – East Bay
Cairo University
Universidad de Chile
University of Johannesburg
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
(PUCRS)
Torcuato Di Tella University
PSG College of Technology
Great Lakes Institute of Management
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