IREG Ranking News

Emerging, A French based consulting firm, has just published a set of rankings of universities that contribute to the development of the global digital economy.

It is based on an international survey of digital experts, an analysis of the CVs and profiles of digital professionals, and a global company database of digital growth and innovation.

The traditional leaders of higher education, the USA, the UK, Australia, and Canada continue to dominate the upper reaches of these rankings while Germany, Singapore, France, and the Scandinavian countries have performed well. There is only one university from the Arab Region, the American University of Beirut, and one from Africa, the University of Cape Town.

There are six Chinese universities in the rankings, which is at odds with research-based rankings of Computer Science.

Emerging provides rankings in six categories, The top three institutions in each of these are:

Global Digital Leaders

1. Harvard University
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3. University of Cambridge

Data Science, AI and Business Analytics

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2. Harvard University
3. Columbia University

Digital Transformation Management

1. Harvard University
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3. University of Cambridge

Computer Science

1. University of Cambridge
2. University of Oxford
3. Harvard University

Digital Entrepreneurship

1. Harvard University
2. University of Cambridge
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Online Studies

1. Harvard University
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3. University of Cambridge.

Source: Emerging