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World University Rankings 2026: Switzerland

11 universities ranked in Switzerland, out of 2,287 worldwide. No official admissions or graduate-earnings data is used for Switzerland yet, so the within-country part (35%) is estimated from each university’s standing among Switzerland’s universities on the global measures.

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National rankRank	University	World rank	Overall score	Research	Alumni outcomes	Admissions & earnings (in country)	World rank range
1	ETH Zürich	59	68.3	100	96	est.	32–138
2	University of Zurich	=63	67.4	98	96	est.	34–149
3	University of Geneva	=69	66.7	95	97	est.	36–159
4	University of Basel	=83	64.5	96	96	est.	41–197
5	University of Bern	108	59.6	95	94	est.	63–287
6	University of Lausanne	=115	58.3	94	94	est.	67–336
7	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	=198	52.8	99	74	est.	101–528
8	University of Fribourg	=347	47.6	78	92	est.	131–798
9	University of St Gallen	=766	37.5	61	91	est.	329–1532
10	University of Neuchâtel	=931	34.8	53	92	est.	405–1710
11	Università della Svizzera italiana	=1562	27.0	56	59	est.	949–2136

11 universities

Business schools in Switzerland

Business Schools 2026

1. 66University of St. GallenUniversity of St Gallen
2. 99IMDIMD (independent)

2 schools; rank among 107 full-time MBA programmes worldwide.

Research Index for Switzerland · All of Europe · All countries

National rank follows the world ranking: universities are listed in world-rank order and keep a shared rank where their world rank is shared. Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among all 2,287 ranked universities; Admissions & earnings is the position within the university’s own country (est. where no official data exists). How the ranking works.