Destinations with the most universities
North America
Europe
Asia
South America
Africa
University of Zurich leads the 15 Public Education universities in Switzerland at #100 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. It is followed by BFH - Bern University of Applied Sciences (#16 in Switzerland) and SUPSI - University of Applied Sciences Southern Switzerland (#17 in Switzerland). The universities on this list offer 49 matching courses between them.
15 universities · ranked best first
how we rankPublic University · 1 course in Education
Public University · 1 course in Education
Public University · 2 courses in Education
Public University · 4 courses in Education
Public University · 5 courses in Education
Public University · 8 courses in Education
Public University · 5 courses in Education
Public University · 5 courses in Education
Public University · 6 courses in Education
Public University · 1 course in Education
Public University · 2 courses in Education
Public University · 3 courses in Education
Public University · 1 course in Education
Public University · 2 courses in Education
Public University · 3 courses in Education
Education at other levels
By university type
Popular collections
Only one university here holds a QS World position — University of Zurich at #100 — so it heads the list. The rest are ordered by research impact. University of Zurich has the largest research record in this group, with 23,416,659 citations and an h-index of 1,137. 1 university have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 15 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: 25 bachelor's, 14 master's, 5 professional and 1 foundation. The usual length is 4 years and 1–2 years. 96% are full-time. Start dates lean to Fall (90% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (76% of courses with a stated intake). PHLU - University of Teacher Education Lucerne offers the widest choice, with 8 of these courses.
University of Zurich (QS World #100), BFH - Bern University of Applied Sciences (#16 in Switzerland) and SUPSI - University of Applied Sciences Southern Switzerland (#17 in Switzerland) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
15 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run 4 years, with 1–2 years the next most common.
Fall is the main intake — 90% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
PHLU - University of Teacher Education Lucerne, with 8, ahead of PHSG - Pädagogische Hochschule St.Gallen (6).
New scholarships, application deadlines and admission guides — a couple of emails a month, no spam.