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Business, Management and Accounting research in Switzerland

ETH Zurich ranks first in Switzerland for Business, Management and Accounting research in 2022–2025 (#95 worldwide), followed by HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland and University of St.Gallen.

Switzerland's world rank
#25
of 113 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
4.1k
Top-10% rate
19.4%
Ranked institutions
20

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

What is the best university for Business, Management and Accounting in Switzerland?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1ETH ZurichZurich #9542.032.5%212
2HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western SwitzerlandDelémont #28927.928.6%75
3University of St.GallenSaint Gallen #40523.620.7%464
4University of ZurichZurich #47721.525.7%225
5University of LausanneLausanne #60718.427.4%141
6University of BaselBasel #68916.815.4%170
7University of LucerneLucerne #72216.224.9%64
8Università della Svizzera italianaLugano #91213.231.4%68
9University of GenevaGeneva #91613.227.4%109
10University of BernBern #1,09310.926.2%140
11Bern University of Applied SciencesBern #1,1849.918.0%141
12École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne #1,3328.430.9%60
13Swiss Finance InstituteZurich #1,5306.629.4%60
14University of FribourgFribourg #1,5656.319.1%126
15Graduate Institute of International and Development StudiesGeneva #1,7924.622.2%69
16Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and ArtsLucerne #1,8024.68.9%206
17ZHAW Zurich University of Applied SciencesWinterthur #1,8034.620.1%98
18International Institute for Management DevelopmentLausanne #1,8704.119.8%68
19FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern SwitzerlandWindisch #1,9103.812.2%110
20Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Business AdministrationZurich #2,1122.56.9%113

Institutions in Switzerland above the floor of 40 fractional works in Business, Management and Accounting, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Business, Management and Accounting researchers in Switzerland?

Ingeborg Schwenzer, Georg von Krogh and Stephan M. Wagner rank highest among researchers based in Switzerland.

  1. 1Ingeborg Schwenzer#964 worldwide overall654 citations · 38 works
  2. 2Georg von Krogh#7,027 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 37 works
  3. 3Stephan M. Wagner#13,129 worldwide overall747 citations · 48 works
  4. 4Dimitris Kiritsis#15,742 worldwide overall557 citations · 20 works
  5. 5Heiko Gebauer#26,289 worldwide overall615 citations · 65 works
  6. 6Ulrich G. Schroeter#34,189 worldwide overall267 citations · 24 works
  7. 7Chris Steyaert#40,452 worldwide overall364 citations · 21 works
  8. 8Thomas Zellweger#49,754 worldwide overall353 citations · 31 works
  9. 9Urs Frey#52,610 worldwide overall493 citations · 26 works
  10. 10Marc Gruber#54,058 worldwide overall235 citations · 24 works
  11. 11Nathalie Voser#68,979 worldwide overall66 citations · 21 works
  12. 12Guido Palazzo#78,761 worldwide overall405 citations · 22 works
  13. 13Winfried Ruigrok#97,131 worldwide overall204 citations · 25 works
  14. 14Oliver Gassmann#104,278 worldwide overall637 citations · 136 works
  15. 15Torsten Tomczak#104,700 worldwide overall179 citations · 79 works

How Switzerland compares with other countries in Business, Management and Accounting