Subfield · Artificial Intelligence · Switzerland
Artificial Intelligence research in Switzerland
ETH Zurich ranks first in Switzerland for Artificial Intelligence research in 2022–2025 (#47 worldwide), followed by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and University of Zurich.
- Switzerland's world rank
- #24 of 90 countries, 2022–2025
- Works, 2022–2025
- 3.2k
- Top-10% rate
- 25.0%
- Ranked institutions
- 10
Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.
What is the best university for Artificial Intelligence in Switzerland?
| # | Institution | World rank | Score | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ETH ZurichZurich | #47 | 48.9 | 31.8% | 584 |
| 2 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne | #101 | 38.8 | 25.4% | 442 |
| 3 | University of ZurichZurich | #194 | 30.1 | 28.0% | 241 |
| 4 | IBM Research - ZurichRüschlikon | #285 | 25.0 | 44.3% | 89 |
| 5 | University of GenevaGeneva | #490 | 17.9 | 25.9% | 164 |
| 6 | University of BaselBasel | #791 | 11.5 | 23.7% | 84 |
| 7 | University of St.GallenSaint Gallen | #806 | 11.3 | 28.9% | 85 |
| 8 | University of BernBern | #916 | 9.6 | 18.7% | 117 |
| 9 | Università della Svizzera italianaLugano | #939 | 9.2 | 23.9% | 97 |
| 10 | University of LausanneLausanne | #1,103 | 7.1 | 23.0% | 83 |
Institutions in Switzerland above the floor of 40 fractional works in Artificial Intelligence, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.
Who are the top Artificial Intelligence researchers in Switzerland?
Jürgen Schmidhuber, Pascal Frossard and Jean‐Pierre Hubaux rank highest among researchers based in Switzerland.
- 1Jürgen Schmidhuber#468 worldwide overall4.3k citations · 91 works
- 2Pascal Frossard#1,457 worldwide overall3.8k citations · 48 works
- 3Jean‐Pierre Hubaux#1,638 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 32 works
- 4Jan Camenisch#3,464 worldwide overall1.9k citations · 65 works
- 5Samy Bengio#3,799 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 56 works
- 6Luc Van Gool#4,439 worldwide overall8.5k citations · 66 works
- 7Nicolas Gisin#4,814 worldwide overall2.8k citations · 84 works
- 8Martin Vechev#10,108 worldwide overall965 citations · 30 works
- 9Hugo Zbinden#11,445 worldwide overall1k citations · 38 works
- 10Andreas Krause#13,877 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 75 works
- 11Ronan Collobert#18,563 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 41 works
- 12Renato Renner#25,937 worldwide overall816 citations · 37 works
- 13Horst Bunke#30,470 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 46 works
- 14Niklaus Wirth#31,211 worldwide overall756 citations · 33 works
- 15Martin Odersky#33,974 worldwide overall527 citations · 28 works
How Switzerland compares with other countries in Artificial Intelligence