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ETH Zurich tops our list of 80 Public universities in Switzerland at #7 in the QS World University Rankings 2026. ETHZ - ETH Zurich (QS World #7) and EPFL (QS World #22) complete the top three. The universities on this list offer 784 matching courses between them.
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13 of these universities hold a QS World position, from #7 (ETH Zurich) to #539 (University of Fribourg); they are listed first, in that order. Below them, universities follow their research output: ETH Zurich is cited most (27,634,855 citations). 32 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
80 are public and 0 private (100% public). By location, Zurich (2), Vaud (1) and Geneva (1) account for the most of those we can place. The oldest is University of Geneva, founded in 1559. University of Zurich is the largest, with 28,000 students.
By level: 439 bachelor's, 301 master's, 15 professional and 11 phd / doctorate. The most common subjects are Business & Management (137), Computer Science & IT (72), Engineering (70) and Medicine & Health Sciences (55). The usual length is 4 years and 1–2 years. 92% are full-time and 7 can be studied online. Start dates lean to Fall (75% of courses with a stated intake) and Spring (71% of courses with a stated intake). FHNW - Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz offers the widest choice, with 140 of these courses.
We hold indicative fees for 5 of these universities. University of Geneva is the least expensive at USD 1,200 a year and University of St. Gallen the most at USD 3,500; the middle of the range is about USD 1,600. Check each university's own fee page before you budget — figures change every year.
ETH Zurich (QS World #7), ETHZ - ETH Zurich (QS World #7) and EPFL (QS World #22) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
Of those with published fees, University of Geneva is the least expensive at about USD 1,200 a year. Fees are indicative — confirm on the university's site.
80 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 — 75% of courses with a stated start date begin then, and Spring is the second.
7 of these courses are listed as online.
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