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Engineering research in Switzerland

ETH Zurich ranks first in Switzerland for Engineering research in 2022–2025 (#78 worldwide), followed by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology.

Switzerland's world rank
#25
of 134 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
15k
Top-10% rate
18.4%
Ranked institutions
31

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 #7850.523.9%3,307
2École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne #8749.222.0%2,567
3Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and TechnologyDübendorf #52128.923.9%617
4University of ZurichZurich #67326.025.5%397
5Paul Scherrer InstituteVilligen #1,09720.519.9%489
6University of BaselBasel #1,60816.118.6%248
7European Organization for Nuclear ResearchGeneva #1,77215.09.5%568
8University of BernBern #1,79114.918.8%336
9University of GenevaGeneva #1,84214.620.7%291
10IBM Research - ZurichRüschlikon #1,91614.121.0%106
11Institute for Biomedical EngineeringZurich #2,12412.928.2%122
12ZHAW Zurich University of Applied SciencesWinterthur #2,38611.614.7%212
13University of LausanneLausanne #2,45911.321.8%172
14University of FribourgFribourg #2,46911.218.5%130
15University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern SwitzerlandManno #3,0548.816.0%169
16University of St.GallenSaint Gallen #3,4737.422.6%94
17Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland)Neuchâtel #3,5707.09.4%116
18HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western SwitzerlandDelémont #3,7196.613.7%154
19Università della Svizzera italianaLugano #3,9425.921.4%84
20University Hospital of ZurichZurich #3,9985.818.7%95
21Toyota Motor Corporation (Switzerland)Safenwil #4,0145.78.8%179
22Bern University of Applied SciencesBern #4,0825.59.7%172
23FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern SwitzerlandWindisch #4,2865.09.8%170
24Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and ArtsLucerne #4,4474.68.5%149
25OST - Ostschweizer FachhochschuleRapperswil #4,5264.314.2%120
26ABB (Switzerland)Zurich #4,7943.77.2%125
27InspireZurich #4,8043.712.8%95
28University Hospital of BernBern #5,1312.912.3%91
29Synopsys (Switzerland)Zurich #6,004114.04.2%74
30Swiss Federal Institute of MetrologyBern #6,21075.05.4%65
31Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (Switzerland)Basel #6,44134.00.4%67

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

Who are the top Engineering researchers in Switzerland?

Michaël Grätzel, Tobias J. Kippenberg and Frank Zimmermann rank highest among researchers based in Switzerland.

  1. 1Michaël Grätzel#1,491 worldwide overall13k citations · 127 works
  2. 2Tobias J. Kippenberg#2,057 worldwide overall3.1k citations · 133 works
  3. 3Frank Zimmermann#3,329 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 113 works
  4. 4Luc Van Gool#4,439 worldwide overall8.5k citations · 118 works
  5. 5Manfred Morari#5,694 worldwide overall3.4k citations · 263 works
  6. 6Johann W. Kolar#8,028 worldwide overall3k citations · 312 works
  7. 7Göran Andersson#8,253 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 121 works
  8. 8Giovanni De Micheli#15,923 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 154 works
  9. 9Marc Pollefeys#23,634 worldwide overall3k citations · 117 works
  10. 10Roland Siegwart#34,709 worldwide overall3.3k citations · 292 works
  11. 11John R. Thome#35,882 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 165 works
  12. 12Juerg Leuthold#61,448 worldwide overall1k citations · 216 works
  13. 13J. Biela#72,260 worldwide overall614 citations · 116 works
  14. 14John Lygeros#86,168 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 207 works
  15. 15Colin N. Jones#87,722 worldwide overall923 citations · 120 works

How Switzerland compares with other countries in Engineering