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Electrical and Electronic Engineering research in Switzerland

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne ranks first in Switzerland for Electrical and Electronic Engineering research in 2022–2025 (#72 worldwide), followed by ETH Zurich and Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology.

Switzerland's world rank
#25
of 89 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
3.6k
Top-10% rate
16.4%
Ranked institutions
11

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

What is the best university for Electrical and Electronic Engineering in Switzerland?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne #7244.819.8%785
2ETH ZurichZurich #11239.118.4%806
3Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and TechnologyDübendorf #47520.523.9%168
4University of ZurichZurich #75614.527.9%70
5Paul Scherrer InstituteVilligen #85112.915.7%165
6IBM Research - ZurichRüschlikon #94911.520.9%81
7European Organization for Nuclear ResearchGeneva #1,02710.59.9%248
8University of GenevaGeneva #1,3237.224.8%78
9Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland)Neuchâtel #1,7483.611.3%69
10University of BernBern #1,8223.114.7%70
11ABB (Switzerland)Zurich #2,17383.07.6%62

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

Who are the top Electrical and Electronic 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 · 110 works
  2. 2Tobias J. Kippenberg#2,057 worldwide overall3.1k citations · 126 works
  3. 3Frank Zimmermann#3,329 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 54 works
  4. 4Johann W. Kolar#8,028 worldwide overall3k citations · 240 works
  5. 5Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin#8,163 worldwide overall3.5k citations · 74 works
  6. 6Göran Andersson#8,253 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 84 works
  7. 7Giovanni De Micheli#15,923 worldwide overall2.7k citations · 129 works
  8. 8Michael Gastpar#31,518 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 55 works
  9. 9Y. Zorian#41,361 worldwide overall593 citations · 74 works
  10. 10Tobi Delbrück#41,897 worldwide overall737 citations · 57 works
  11. 11H. Melchior#45,341 worldwide overall438 citations · 84 works
  12. 12Juerg Leuthold#61,448 worldwide overall1k citations · 194 works
  13. 13Tobias Geyer#62,059 worldwide overall506 citations · 53 works
  14. 14J. Biela#72,260 worldwide overall614 citations · 88 works
  15. 15Bert Jan Offrein#82,389 worldwide overall319 citations · 61 works

How Switzerland compares with other countries in Electrical and Electronic Engineering