Best Universities in Switzerland
Switzerland has 12 recognised traditional universities (10 cantonal universities and 2 federal institutes of technology).
A total of three institutions from Switzerland made it to the THES 2008 Top 200 Universities:
National Rank, World Rank, Name
24 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
50 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNE
68 University of Geneva
IMD – Switzerland is ranked first globally in the World Top 100 MBA programs by Economist Intelligence Unit.
According to the THES Top 50 Universities in the International Staff indicator, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne was ranked 4th in the world, followed by ETH Zurich (8th), University of Zurich (=15th), University of Geneva (=15th), University of St Gallen (24th), and University of BERN (39th).
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich was ranked 1st nationally and 38th in the world by the metrics Ranking of World Universities.
According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities, ETHZ is ranked 1st in the nation and 24th in the world, followed by University of Zurich (53rd globally), and University of Basel (87th).
According to the Leiden Ranking Top European Universities, six institutions in Switzerland made it to the Top 50 list.
National Rank, Europe Rank, Name
3 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, ETHZ
4 Lausanne University
5 Geneva University
10 Basel University
17 Zurich University
28 Berne University