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EPFL tops our list of 8 Public Master's Engineering universities in Switzerland at #22 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Next come EPFL - EPF Lausanne (QS World #22) and Universita della Svizzera Italiana (QS World #473). Across the whole list there are 20 courses to choose from.
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Public University · 1 course in Master's Engineering
Public University · 1 course in Master's Engineering
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Public University · 3 courses in Master's Engineering
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3 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #22 (EPFL) to #473 (Universita della Svizzera Italiana); they are listed first, in that order. The rest are ordered by research impact. EPFL has the largest research record in this group, with 20,258,229 citations and an h-index of 1,244. 3 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 8 public to 0 private institutions. By location, Vaud (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is EPFL, founded in 1853. EPFL - EPF Lausanne is the largest, with 15,000 students.
The usual length is Full-time (3 semesters) or part-time (5 semesters) and 3 semesters (full-time) / 6 semesters (part-time). 89% are full-time. Start dates lean to Spring (38% of courses with a stated intake) and Fall (15% of courses with a stated intake). FHNW - Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz offers the widest choice, with 7 of these courses.
EPFL (QS World #22), EPFL - EPF Lausanne (QS World #22) and Universita della Svizzera Italiana (QS World #473) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
8 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
Most listed courses run Full-time (3 semesters) or part-time (5 semesters), with 3 semesters (full-time) / 6 semesters (part-time) the next most common.
Spring is the main intake — 38% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Fall is the second.
FHNW - Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, with 7, ahead of University of Applied Sciences Solothurn Northwestern Switzerland (3).
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