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Shaping future-ready graduates

The global benchmark for talent impact in IA, tech and digital transformation

Digital Leaders in Higher Education is a set of rankings revealing the names of universities and schools championing the development of digital and AI-ready talent.
Combining employer evaluations with career outcome data, these global and category-specific rankings help students identify institutions best equipped to prepare them for a fast-evolving digital world.
They also offer a powerful lens on how universities shape adaptable graduates, ready to embrace innovation, disruption, and emerging technologies over the long term.
Latest release: 4th of June 2025.

One global ranking composed of four specific category rankings

The Global Digital Leaders ranking highlights the 200 best-placed universities and schools recognized for their emphasis on digital expertise and their commitment to teaching transferable digital skills across the curriculum.
They are equipping students with the necessary knowledge and skills to actively participate in shaping the current world transformation
Best universities and schools in Computer Science
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Best universities and schools in Data Science, AI & Business Analytics
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Best universities and Schools for Digital Entrepreneurship
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Best universities and schools for Digital Transformation Management
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Best Online Studies
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As of 2025, fully online programs have been removed from the Global Digital Leaders ranking and the category-specific rankings. They are now featured in a dedicated sub-ranking that better reflects their unique pedagogical formats, delivery models, and impact within the digital ecosystem. This new focus highlights the TOP 50 institutions that empower learners to upskill flexibly and thrive in an increasingly dynamic digital economy, while giving online education the visibility and analytical depth enabled by our data.
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Digital Leaders: a continuously evolving vision
"Initially focused on employer feedback about individual programs, the 2025 Digital Leaders ranking now also reflects the volume and impact of graduates active across the digital economy. Through this evolution, the ranking reaffirms its purpose to provide universities, employers, and policymakers with a reality-based tool for analysis and positioning."
Sandrine Belloc, Co-founder & Managing Director at Emerging

Clarity and Transparency at the core: our methodology and findings

Our 2025 rankings are grounded in an exhaustive exploration of the digital landscape. Our methodology is built to capture real-world outcomes. It identifies institutions whose graduates make a measurable impact in Digital and AI through their achievements across the digital economy. Drawing on insights from more than 2,000 employers and digital experts, and the career paths of over 150,000 graduates, the category rankings highlight institutions with strong impact in fields like computer science, data analytics, digital entrepreneurship, and transformation.

For 2025, the methodology was enhanced with a performance adjustment factor, which calibrates results based on the strategic depth and influence of graduate outcomes. This factor leverages a score to reflect the average impact level of the companies where alumni work, adjusting the raw data mining frequency to better capture institutional effectiveness.
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