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Engineering research in Switzerland

ETH Zurich ranks first in Switzerland for Engineering research in 2022-now (#10 worldwide), followed by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and University of Zurich.

Switzerland's world rank
#9
of 131 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
15k
Top-10% rate
12.2%
Ranked institutions
28

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

What is the best university for Engineering in Switzerland?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1ETH ZurichZurich #1073.516.0%3,446
2École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne #4755.713.7%2,574
3University of ZurichZurich #31733.717.3%512
4Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and TechnologyDübendorf #32733.314.3%617
5Paul Scherrer InstituteVilligen #40131.011.6%489
6University of BaselBasel #40830.813.1%306
7University of GenevaGeneva #45229.612.3%339
8University of BernBern #55327.310.6%428
9University of LausanneLausanne #60326.312.6%216
10European Organization for Nuclear ResearchGeneva #93021.37.6%568
11Università della Svizzera italianaLugano #1,01120.312.0%134
12University of FribourgFribourg #1,01920.210.4%155
13ZHAW Zurich University of Applied SciencesWinterthur #1,08819.59.4%234
14HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western SwitzerlandDelémont #1,25017.96.6%277
15University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern SwitzerlandManno #1,26417.89.6%177
16Roche (Switzerland)Basel #1,72314.212.9%81
17InspireZurich #1,86813.29.5%95
18Bern University of Applied SciencesBern #1,93112.97.9%172
19OST - Ostschweizer FachhochschuleRapperswil #2,46010.16.9%120
20Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and ArtsLucerne #2,8508.45.8%149
21ABB (Switzerland)Zurich #2,9058.28.2%125
22Toyota Motor Corporation (Switzerland)Safenwil #2,9238.16.0%179
23University of St.GallenSaint Gallen #2,9777.913.8%94
24FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern SwitzerlandWindisch #3,4596.25.7%170
25Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland)Neuchâtel #3,5345.97.3%116
26Synopsys (Switzerland)Zurich #4,6122.87.2%74
27Swiss Federal Institute of MetrologyBern #4,9722.04.4%65
28Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland)Basel #5,8549.08.3%67

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

Who are the top Engineering researchers in Switzerland?

Michaël Grätzel, Manfred Morari and Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin rank highest among researchers based in Switzerland, on their papers in Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Michaël Grätzel#935 worldwide overall242.5 of 498 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Manfred Morari#31,462 worldwide overall203.0 of 591 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin#2,117 worldwide overall160.3 of 340 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Johann Walter Kolar#170,785 worldwide overall248.2 of 897 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Roland Siegwart#40,127 worldwide overall173.1 of 655 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Karen Louise Scrivener#1,651 worldwide overall126.9 of 252 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Davide Scaramuzza#1,383 worldwide overall102.7 of 192 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Marc Pollefeys#5,799 worldwide overall104.0 of 228 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Maksym V. Kovalenko#14,837 worldwide overall105.2 of 286 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Marco Hutter#11,918 worldwide overall97.7 of 245 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Luc Van Gool#11,566 worldwide overall102.9 of 317 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Petr Novák#48,407 worldwide overall94.6 of 257 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Bradley J. Nelson#40,017 worldwide overall106.5 of 382 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14John Richard Thome#85,173 worldwide overall109.1 of 410 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Göran Andersson#63,804 worldwide overall100.7 of 336 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Switzerland on their work in Engineering 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 Engineering