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Materials Chemistry research in Switzerland

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne ranks first in Switzerland for Materials Chemistry research in 2022–2025 (#76 worldwide), followed by ETH Zurich and Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology.

Switzerland's world rank
#23
of 74 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
1.8k
Top-10% rate
20.3%
Ranked institutions
7

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

What is the best university for Materials Chemistry in Switzerland?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne #7641.125.4%370
2ETH ZurichZurich #8839.121.2%418
3Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and TechnologyDübendorf #32321.422.1%164
4Paul Scherrer InstituteVilligen #41118.117.0%189
5University of BaselBasel #60212.923.8%83
6University of GenevaGeneva #9406.919.1%87
7University of ZurichZurich #1,0375.524.4%66

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

Who are the top Materials Chemistry researchers in Switzerland?

Michele Parrinello, Michaël Grätzel and B. Delley rank highest among researchers based in Switzerland.

  1. 1Michele Parrinello#191 worldwide overall5.6k citations · 32 works
  2. 2Michaël Grätzel#1,491 worldwide overall13k citations · 114 works
  3. 3B. Delley#2,845 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 35 works
  4. 4L. Schlapbach#3,011 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 30 works
  5. 5Andreas Züttel#4,034 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 39 works
  6. 6Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin#8,163 worldwide overall3.5k citations · 53 works
  7. 7András Kis#8,733 worldwide overall3.2k citations · 41 works
  8. 8Barbara Lothenbach#24,565 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 33 works
  9. 9N. Setter#26,971 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 57 works
  10. 10M. Rappaz#28,782 worldwide overall887 citations · 33 works
  11. 11Jean‐Claude G. Bünzli#41,146 worldwide overall848 citations · 50 works
  12. 12Nicola A. Spaldin#44,817 worldwide overall804 citations · 30 works
  13. 13Lászlø Forró#51,022 worldwide overall647 citations · 34 works
  14. 14Alfons Baiker#52,950 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 67 works
  15. 15A. K. Tagantsev#55,637 worldwide overall779 citations · 47 works

How Switzerland compares with other countries in Materials Chemistry