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Civil and Structural Engineering research in Switzerland

ETH Zurich ranks first in Switzerland for Civil and Structural Engineering research in 2022–2025 (#68 worldwide), followed by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology.

Switzerland's world rank
#31
of 73 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
936
Top-10% rate
18.7%
Ranked institutions
3

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

What is the best university for Civil and Structural Engineering in Switzerland?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1ETH ZurichZurich #6837.924.4%308
2École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne #21021.320.0%159
3Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and TechnologyDübendorf #29816.230.9%72

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

Who are the top Civil and Structural Engineering researchers in Switzerland?

Karen Scrivener, Barbara Lothenbach and Masoud Motavalli rank highest among researchers based in Switzerland.

  1. 1Karen Scrivener#3,382 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 63 works
  2. 2Barbara Lothenbach#24,565 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 42 works
  3. 3Masoud Motavalli#36,257 worldwide overall323 citations · 19 works
  4. 4Frank Winnefeld#67,723 worldwide overall627 citations · 26 works
  5. 5Walter Kaufmann#74,174 worldwide overall426 citations · 28 works
  6. 6Robert J. Flatt#78,338 worldwide overall580 citations · 27 works
  7. 7Ioannis Anastasopoulos#95,041 worldwide overall228 citations · 29 works
  8. 8Bruno Sudret#101,956 worldwide overall633 citations · 21 works
  9. 9Andreas Leemann#104,738 worldwide overall350 citations · 21 works
  10. 10Lily D. Poulikakos#122,759 worldwide overall306 citations · 35 works
  11. 11Ueli Angst#149,511 worldwide overall378 citations · 30 works
  12. 12Mārtiņš Zaumanis#153,708 worldwide overall330 citations · 31 works
  13. 13Per Schjønning#170,031 worldwide overall665 citations · 53 works
  14. 14L. Vulliet#193,452 worldwide overall249 citations · 22 works
  15. 15Dani Or#200,054 worldwide overall848 citations · 27 works

How Switzerland compares with other countries in Civil and Structural Engineering