Top Universities in Switzerland

46 universities in Switzerland with a measured position, 16 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankCitations
1 Université de Neuchâtel #0 1,274,677
2 European Graduate School, Media & Communications #0 17,242
3 PHBern - University of Teacher Education Bern #0 15,045
4 ETH Zurich #7 (2026) 28,392,948
5 EPFL #22 (2026) 20,416,961
6 EPFL - EPF Lausanne #22 (2026) 20,416,961
7 University of Zurich Zurich #100 (2026) 23,404,564
8 Universität Zürich #100 (2026) 23,404,564
9 University of Geneva Geneva #155 (2026) 16,289,702
10 University of Basel Basel #158 (2026) 10,851,809
11 Universität Bern #184 (2026) 14,551,706
12 Université de Lausanne #212 (2026) 10,169,569
13 Universität St. Gallen (HSG) #435 781,543
14 University of St. Gallen #435 781,543
15 Universita della Svizzera Italiana #473 (2026) 865,367
16 University of Fribourg #539 (2025) 2,205,614
17 BFH - Bern University of Applied Sciences not ranked 497,731
18 SUPSI - University of Applied Sciences Southern Switzerland not ranked 391,204
19 ZHAW - Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften not ranked 313,080
20 HES-SO : UAS Western Switzerland not ranked 284,223
21 FHNW - Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz not ranked 248,931
22 Universität Luzern not ranked 202,920
23 Hochschule Luzern not ranked 108,008
24 FHS St.Gallen not ranked 100,345
25 IMD - International Institute for Management Development not ranked 84,441
26 HWZ - University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich not ranked 68,855
27 PH Zürich - Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich not ranked 47,754
28 European University not ranked 33,327
29 PHLU - University of Teacher Education Lucerne not ranked 29,090
30 PHTG - Pädagogische Hochschule Thurgau not ranked 22,045
31 HSR - Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil not ranked 21,055
32 NTB - Hochschule für Technik Buchs not ranked 16,211
33 Business School Lausanne (BSL) not ranked 12,845
34 ZHdK - Zurich University of the Arts not ranked 12,819
35 HEP Vaud - Haute école pédagogique du canton de Vaud not ranked 12,282
36 FFHS - Fernfachhochschule Schweiz not ranked 8,467
37 PHSG - Pädagogische Hochschule St.Gallen not ranked 6,999
38 Webster University Geneva not ranked 6,903
39 PHSZ - University of Teacher Education Schwyz not ranked 6,382
40 Libera Università degli Studi di Scienze Umane e Tecnologiche not ranked 4,658
41 HfH – University of Applied Sciences of Special Needs Education not ranked 4,508
42 International University in Geneva not ranked 4,314
43 Business and Hotel Management School not ranked 2,831
44 Glion Institute of Higher Education not ranked 1,492
45 HEP-BEJUNE - Haute Ecole Pédagogique BEJUNE not ranked 780
46 HEPVS - Haute école pédagogique du Valais not ranked 546

What the two columns mean

World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries

USA 981 ranked Japan 337 ranked India 306 ranked China 283 ranked South Korea 170 ranked Brazil 164 ranked Iran 160 ranked Indonesia 143 ranked Mexico 134 ranked France 108 ranked Poland 106 ranked Germany 103 ranked