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Life Sciences research in Switzerland

University of Zurich ranks first in Switzerland for Life Sciences research in 2022–2025 (#53 worldwide), followed by ETH Zurich and University of Lausanne.

Switzerland's world rank
#12
of 149 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
18k
Top-10% rate
26.5%
Ranked institutions
41

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
1University of ZurichZurich #5355.728.3%1,774
2ETH ZurichZurich #5954.537.4%1,682
3University of LausanneLausanne #10448.231.8%1,062
4École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne #10847.832.0%918
5University of BaselBasel #13145.630.2%943
6University of BernBern #23539.125.0%1,364
7University of GenevaGeneva #24638.626.5%976
8University Hospital of ZurichZurich #45431.721.0%504
9SIB Swiss Institute of BioinformaticsLausanne #48731.041.4%282
10Roche (Switzerland)Basel #49030.926.9%338
11University Hospital of BaselBasel #49430.823.3%274
12University Hospital of BernBern #72526.520.1%408
13World Health OrganizationGeneva #83824.937.1%91
14University Hospital of GenevaGeneva #96023.423.7%266
15University Hospital of LausanneLausanne #1,01222.816.9%182
16University of FribourgFribourg #1,09321.924.8%420
17Novartis (Switzerland)Basel #1,19920.924.8%225
18Università della Svizzera italianaLugano #1,46318.732.7%112
19Institute for Biomedical EngineeringZurich #1,78716.436.4%79
20AgroscopeBern #1,87715.934.2%374
21University of NeuchâtelNeuchâtel #1,98915.233.0%209
22Paul Scherrer InstituteVilligen #2,17514.222.3%107
23Forschungsinstitut für Biologischen LandbauFrick #2,32313.541.3%92
24Friedrich Miescher InstituteBasel #2,34313.440.8%62
25Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteAllschwil #2,69411.931.8%100
26University Children's Hospital ZurichZurich #2,78911.520.4%116
27Bern University of Applied SciencesBern #3,03110.625.2%134
28Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape ResearchBirmensdorf #3,3229.537.4%166
29Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologyDübendorf #3,4489.142.4%94
30ZHAW Zurich University of Applied SciencesWinterthur #3,6238.629.5%105
31Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and TechnologyDübendorf #3,7038.328.9%71
32University of St.GallenSaint Gallen #4,2766.723.2%75
33HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western SwitzerlandDelémont #4,5636.028.7%101
34University of LucerneLucerne #4,6655.714.3%68
35Nestlé (Switzerland)Vevey #4,8235.427.5%103
36Syngenta (Switzerland)Basel #5,8853.131.9%109
37Biocon (Switzerland)Delémont #6,0002.920.3%71
38Hôpital Beau-SéjourGeneva #6,5232.03.9%67
39Natural History Museum of GenevaGeneva #7,60229.09.0%64
40Sukkulenten-Sammlung ZürichZurich #7,63624.03.8%94
41Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland)Basel #7,66220.00.1%94

Institutions in Switzerland above the floor of 40 fractional works in Life Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Life Sciences researchers in Switzerland?

Ruedi Aebersold, Stylianos E. Antonarakis and Antonio Lanzavecchia rank highest among researchers based in Switzerland.

  1. 1Ruedi Aebersold#1,595 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 89 works
  2. 2Stylianos E. Antonarakis#1,757 worldwide overall2.1k citations · 90 works
  3. 3Antonio Lanzavecchia#6,599 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 68 works
  4. 4Johan Six#12,134 worldwide overall2.1k citations · 94 works
  5. 5Michael Weller#13,332 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 139 works
  6. 6J. Beckmann#13,844 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 87 works
  7. 7Paul Mäder#21,146 worldwide overall975 citations · 88 works
  8. 8Johan Auwerx#21,352 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 80 works
  9. 9Pierre J. Magistretti#21,570 worldwide overall956 citations · 83 works
  10. 10Jean‐Luc Wolfender#22,079 worldwide overall853 citations · 73 works
  11. 11Reinhard Dummer#34,756 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 160 works
  12. 12Kurt Wüthrich#35,277 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 90 works
  13. 13Konrad E. Bloch#38,244 worldwide overall784 citations · 70 works
  14. 14Adriano Aguzzi#41,114 worldwide overall619 citations · 69 works
  15. 15Dieter Seebàch#42,655 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 76 works

How Switzerland compares with other countries in Life Sciences