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University of Zurich tops our list of 7 Data Science universities in Switzerland at #100 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. It is followed by Universita della Svizzera Italiana (QS World #473) and ZHAW - Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (#18 in Switzerland). The universities on this list offer 12 matching courses between them.
7 universities · ranked best first
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in Switzerland
By university type
2 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #100 (University of Zurich) to #473 (Universita della Svizzera Italiana); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. University of Zurich has the largest research record in this group, with 23,404,564 citations and an h-index of 1,143. 3 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 7 public to 0 private institutions. By location, Zurich (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is University of Zurich, founded in 1833. University of Zurich is the largest, with 28,000 students.
By level: 8 master's and 4 bachelor's. The usual length is 3 semesters (full-time) / 6 semesters (part-time) and 3 Semester (Vollzeit) / 6 Semester (Teilzeit). 75% are full-time. Start dates lean to Spring (60% of courses with a stated intake) and Fall (40% of courses with a stated intake). FHNW - Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz offers the widest choice, with 5 of these courses.
University of Zurich (QS World #100), Universita della Svizzera Italiana (QS World #473) and ZHAW - Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften (#18 in Switzerland) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
7 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 3 semesters (full-time) / 6 semesters (part-time), with 3 Semester (Vollzeit) / 6 Semester (Teilzeit) the next most common.
Spring is the main intake — 60% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Fall is the second.
FHNW - Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, with 5, ahead of University of Zurich (2).
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