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Life Sciences research in Switzerland

ETH Zurich ranks first in Switzerland for Life Sciences research in 2022-now (#8 worldwide), followed by University of Basel and University of Zurich.

Switzerland's world rank
#6
of 146 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
18k
Top-10% rate
14.1%
Ranked institutions
34

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Life Sciences in Switzerland?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1ETH ZurichZurich #876.319.2%1,777
2University of BaselBasel #4656.315.6%1,300
3University of ZurichZurich #5354.713.4%2,398
4University of LausanneLausanne #7151.414.7%1,308
5École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne #7950.216.6%938
6University of GenevaGeneva #11046.413.9%1,269
7University of BernBern #14343.413.0%1,779
8SIB Swiss Institute of BioinformaticsLausanne #19140.119.6%282
9Novartis (Switzerland)Basel #33233.815.9%474
10Roche (Switzerland)Basel #35732.914.5%594
11University of FribourgFribourg #39131.911.0%435
12World Health OrganizationGeneva #45030.317.6%352
13Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologyDübendorf #55228.019.3%94
14Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteAllschwil #67725.615.5%100
15Bern University of Applied SciencesBern #74124.613.7%134
16Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape ResearchBirmensdorf #76324.316.5%166
17Università della Svizzera italianaLugano #79123.915.5%167
18University of NeuchâtelNeuchâtel #83523.212.3%209
19Paul Scherrer InstituteVilligen #92022.110.9%107
20ZHAW Zurich University of Applied SciencesWinterthur #96921.512.6%146
21HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western SwitzerlandDelémont #99321.313.4%168
22Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and TechnologyDübendorf #1,05520.617.5%71
23AgroscopeBern #1,06120.516.6%374
24Syngenta (Switzerland)Basel #1,21019.017.0%109
25Nestlé (Switzerland)Vevey #1,33717.911.4%130
26Ente Ospedaliero CantonaleBellinzona #1,78614.612.0%70
27Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen LandbauFrick #2,16012.424.8%92
28Sukkulenten-Sammlung ZürichZurich #2,16512.40.2%94
29University of LucerneLucerne #2,50710.78.1%68
30University of St.GallenSaint Gallen #2,67210.013.1%75
31Natural History Museum of GenevaGeneva #3,2907.69.2%64
32Hôpital Beau-SéjourGeneva #3,4836.93.6%67
33World Wide Fund for NatureZurich #4,6973.512.6%87
34Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland)Basel #6,29420.08.5%94

Institutions in Switzerland above the floor of 40 fractional works in Life Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Life Sciences researchers in Switzerland?

Ruedi Aebersold, Beat Keller and Jürg Tschopp rank highest among researchers based in Switzerland, on their papers in Life Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Ruedi Aebersold#982 worldwide overall204.7 of 492 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Beat Keller#14,709 worldwide overall135.1 of 322 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Jürg Tschopp#1,892 worldwide overall120.7 of 213 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 3Antonio Lanzavecchia#3,052 worldwide overall126.3 of 270 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Johan Six#6,905 worldwide overall128.2 of 318 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Johan H. Auwerx#3,394 worldwide overall133.6 of 373 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Gottfried Schatz#5,045 worldwide overall110.0 of 198 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Ted C. J. Turlings#13,195 worldwide overall117.0 of 272 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Zoltán Kutalik#3,689 worldwide overall113.1 of 251 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis#3,971 worldwide overall106.0 of 194 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Marcel G. A. van der Heijden#2,374 worldwide overall104.9 of 197 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Uwe Sauer#4,679 worldwide overall106.6 of 227 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Enrico Martinoia#4,825 worldwide overall103.4 of 204 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Burkhard Becher#3,751 worldwide overall106.1 of 231 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Bruno Lemaître#4,222 worldwide overall100.0 of 182 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Switzerland on their work in Life Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Switzerland compares with other countries in Life Sciences