Best Computer Science Bachelor's Programmes in the Netherlands

We rank 45 Computer Science bachelor's programmes across 15 Dutch universities by verified national student-survey (NSE) satisfaction. Overall ratings range from 3.4 to 4.3 out of 5.

Ranked across the broader “Mathematics, natural sciences and computer science” field group — the closest classification available in national student-survey data.

  1. 1
    Applied Physics

    University of Twente · Enschede

    Teachers 4.2/5Facilities 4.4/5Career prep 3.6/5Would choose again 4.3/5
    4.3/5
    64 students surveyed
  2. 2
    Biology

    Radboud University · Nijmegen

    Teachers 4.1/5Facilities 4.5/5Career prep 3.6/5Would choose again 4.4/5
    4.3/5
    126 students surveyed
  3. 3
    Chemical Science & Engineering

    University of Twente · Enschede

    Teachers 4.1/5Facilities 4.5/5Career prep 3.9/5Would choose again 4.5/5
    4.2/5
    74 students surveyed
  4. 4
    Advanced Technology

    University of Twente · Enschede

    Teachers 3.9/5Facilities 4.5/5Career prep 3.4/5Would choose again 4.1/5
    4.2/5
    90 students surveyed
  5. 5
    Mathematics

    University of Groningen · Groningen

    Teachers 3.9/5Facilities 4.2/5Career prep 3.3/5Would choose again 4.2/5
    4.1/5
    63 students surveyed
  6. 6
    Molecular and Biophysical Life Sciences

    Utrecht University · Utrecht

    Teachers 3.9/5Facilities 4.3/5Career prep 3.7/5Would choose again 4.2/5
    4.1/5
    145 students surveyed
  7. 7
    Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence

    Tilburg University · Tilburg

    Teachers 3.9/5Facilities 4.3/5Career prep 3.2/5Would choose again 4.2/5
    4.1/5
    109 students surveyed
  8. 8
    Industrial Design Engineering

    University of Twente · Enschede

    Teachers 3.9/5Facilities 4.3/5Career prep 3.3/5Would choose again 4.2/5
    4.1/5
    89 students surveyed
  9. 9
    Applied Physics

    Eindhoven University of Technology · Eindhoven

    Teachers 3.9/5Facilities 4.3/5Career prep 3.5/5Would choose again 4.2/5
    4.1/5
    187 students surveyed
  10. 10
    Econometrie en Operationele Research

    Erasmus University Rotterdam · Rotterdam

    Teachers 3.9/5Facilities 4.0/5Career prep 3.4/5Would choose again 4.2/5
    4.0/5
    483 students surveyed
  11. 11
    Chemistry

    HZ University of Applied Sciences · Vlissingen

    Teachers 3.9/5Facilities 4.2/5Career prep 3.9/5Would choose again 4.0/5
    4.0/5
    127 students surveyed
  12. 12
    Physics

    University of Groningen · Groningen

    Teachers 3.9/5Facilities 4.3/5Career prep 3.5/5Would choose again 4.2/5
    4.0/5
    162 students surveyed
  13. 13
    Astronomy

    University of Groningen · Groningen

    Teachers 3.8/5Facilities 4.3/5Career prep 3.4/5Would choose again 4.3/5
    4.0/5
    114 students surveyed
  14. 14
    Life Science and Technology

    University of Groningen · Groningen

    Teachers 3.8/5Facilities 4.3/5Career prep 3.3/5Would choose again 3.9/5
    4.0/5
    59 students surveyed
  15. 15
    Biology

    University of Groningen · Groningen

    Teachers 3.9/5Facilities 4.2/5Career prep 3.2/5Would choose again 4.2/5
    4.0/5
    176 students surveyed
  16. 16
    Computing Science

    Radboud University · Nijmegen

    Teachers 3.8/5Facilities 4.3/5Career prep 3.3/5Would choose again 4.0/5
    4.0/5
    115 students surveyed
  17. 17
    Computing Science

    University of Groningen · Groningen

    Teachers 3.7/5Facilities 4.2/5Career prep 3.7/5Would choose again 4.2/5
    4.0/5
    91 students surveyed
  18. 18
    Artificial Intelligence

    University of Groningen · Groningen

    Teachers 3.9/5Facilities 4.3/5Career prep 3.1/5Would choose again 3.9/5
    4.0/5
    86 students surveyed
  19. 19
    Applied Physics

    University of Groningen · Groningen

    Teachers 3.9/5Facilities 4.5/5Career prep 3.5/5Would choose again 3.9/5
    4.0/5
    42 students surveyed
  20. 20
    Maastricht Science programme

    Maastricht University · Maastricht

    Teachers 4.0/5Facilities 4.3/5Career prep 3.7/5Would choose again 4.0/5
    3.9/5
    141 students surveyed
  21. 21
    Mechanical Engineering

    University of Twente · Enschede

    Teachers 3.6/5Facilities 4.2/5Career prep 3.5/5Would choose again 4.1/5
    3.9/5
    230 students surveyed
  22. 22
    Technical Computer Science

    University of Twente · Enschede

    Teachers 3.7/5Facilities 4.1/5Career prep 3.4/5Would choose again 4.0/5
    3.9/5
    217 students surveyed
  23. 23
    Chemistry

    University of Groningen · Groningen

    Teachers 3.9/5Facilities 4.3/5Career prep 3.6/5Would choose again 4.3/5
    3.9/5
    71 students surveyed
  24. 24
    Computer Science and Engineering

    Eindhoven University of Technology · Eindhoven

    Teachers 3.8/5Facilities 4.1/5Career prep 3.2/5Would choose again 4.0/5
    3.9/5
    274 students surveyed
  25. 25
    Business Analytics

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · Amsterdam

    Teachers 3.7/5Facilities 3.7/5Career prep 3.5/5Would choose again 4.1/5
    3.9/5
    36 students surveyed
  26. 26
    Industrial Engineering

    Eindhoven University of Technology · Eindhoven

    Teachers 3.6/5Facilities 4.2/5Career prep 3.3/5Would choose again 4.1/5
    3.9/5
    240 students surveyed
  27. 27
    Business Information Technology

    University of Twente · Enschede

    Teachers 3.7/5Facilities 4.2/5Career prep 3.7/5Would choose again 4.0/5
    3.9/5
    54 students surveyed
  28. 28
    Applied Mathematics

    Eindhoven University of Technology · Eindhoven

    Teachers 3.9/5Facilities 4.1/5Career prep 3.2/5Would choose again 4.0/5
    3.9/5
    104 students surveyed
  29. 29
    Industrial Design

    Eindhoven University of Technology · Eindhoven

    Teachers 3.8/5Facilities 4.3/5Career prep 3.4/5Would choose again 3.9/5
    3.9/5
    135 students surveyed
  30. 30
    Nanobiology (joint degree)

    Delft University of Technology · Delft

    Teachers 3.8/5Facilities 4.3/5Career prep 3.3/5Would choose again 3.9/5
    3.8/5
    102 students surveyed
  31. 31
    Civil Engineering

    HZ University of Applied Sciences · Vlissingen

    Teachers 3.9/5Facilities 3.9/5Career prep 3.8/5Would choose again 3.9/5
    3.8/5
    54 students surveyed
  32. 32
    Artificial Intelligence

    Radboud University · Nijmegen

    Teachers 3.6/5Facilities 4.1/5Career prep 2.9/5Would choose again 3.8/5
    3.8/5
    151 students surveyed
  33. 33
    Chemistry

    HAN University of Applied Sciences · Arnhem

    Teachers 3.9/5Facilities 3.7/5Career prep 3.9/5Would choose again 3.9/5
    3.8/5
    88 students surveyed
  34. 34
    Computer Science

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · Amsterdam

    Teachers 3.6/5Facilities 3.9/5Career prep 3.2/5Would choose again 3.7/5
    3.8/5
    140 students surveyed
  35. 35
    Mathematics

    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam · Amsterdam

    Teachers 3.8/5Facilities 3.6/5Career prep 3.0/5Would choose again 3.9/5
    3.8/5
    38 students surveyed
  36. 36
    Information Technology

    Inholland University of Applied Sciences · Rotterdam

    Teachers 3.6/5Facilities 3.9/5Career prep 3.6/5Would choose again 3.7/5
    3.8/5
    134 students surveyed
  37. 37
    Chemistry

    Radboud University · Nijmegen

    Teachers 3.6/5Facilities 4.2/5Career prep 3.7/5Would choose again 3.9/5
    3.8/5
    56 students surveyed
  38. 38
    Data Science

    Eindhoven University of Technology · Eindhoven

    Teachers 3.5/5Facilities 4.2/5Career prep 3.4/5Would choose again 3.9/5
    3.7/5
    162 students surveyed
  39. 39
    Life Sciences

    HAN University of Applied Sciences · Arnhem

    Teachers 3.7/5Facilities 3.8/5Career prep 3.8/5Would choose again 3.8/5
    3.7/5
    314 students surveyed
  40. 40
    Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

    Maastricht University · Maastricht

    Teachers 3.8/5Facilities 4.0/5Career prep 3.6/5Would choose again 3.8/5
    3.7/5
    118 students surveyed
  41. 41
    Applied Mathematics / Data Science

    Inholland University of Applied Sciences · Rotterdam

    Teachers 3.8/5Facilities 4.0/5Career prep 3.7/5Would choose again 3.8/5
    3.7/5
    94 students surveyed
  42. 42
    Information & Communication Technology

    Saxion University of Applied Sciences · Enschede

    Teachers 3.8/5Facilities 3.8/5Career prep 4.1/5Would choose again 3.5/5
    3.7/5
    61 students surveyed
  43. 43
    Information Science

    University of Groningen · Groningen

    Teachers 3.7/5Facilities 4.0/5Career prep 2.8/5Would choose again 3.5/5
    3.7/5
    29 students surveyed
  44. 44
    Information Technology

    NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences · Leeuwarden

    Teachers 3.6/5Facilities 3.6/5Career prep 4.0/5Would choose again 3.4/5
    3.4/5
    81 students surveyed
  45. 45
    Computer Science

    Maastricht University · Maastricht

    Teachers 3.5/5Facilities 3.6/5Career prep 3.1/5Would choose again 3.4/5
    3.4/5
    157 students surveyed
How we rank these programmes

Programmes are ranked by overall student satisfaction from the Nationale Studenten Enquête (NSE), the Dutch national student survey, sourced via the Studiekeuzedatabase.

Only programmes with at least 20 survey respondents are ranked, so the scores are statistically meaningful. Ties are broken by the number of respondents. We do not use paid placements — the order reflects students' own ratings.

Career outcomes for Computer Science graduates

Median starting salary
€3,231/mo
Graduate employment
96%
On a permanent contract
72%

Field-group estimate from national graduate surveys (Studiekeuzedatabase), not measured per programme — individual programmes vary.

Frequently asked questions

Which university has the highest-rated Computer Science bachelor's in the Netherlands?

University of Twente ranks first by overall student satisfaction (NSE) among the 45 Computer Science bachelor's programmes we rank.

How many Computer Science bachelor's programmes are ranked here?

We rank 45 Computer Science bachelor's programmes that each have at least 20 NSE survey respondents.

How are these Computer Science programmes ranked?

By overall student-satisfaction scores from the Nationale Studenten Enquête (NSE), the Dutch national student survey, with ties broken by the number of respondents.

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