ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich Data

  • Total number of students: 22,219
  • Number of international students: 9,514
  • Total number of academic staff: 1,465
  • Number of international staff: 968
  • Number of undergraduate degrees awarded: 2,084
  • Number of master’s degrees awarded: 2,748
  • Number of doctoral degrees awarded: 820
  • Number of research-only staff: 1,485
  • Number of new undergraduate students: 3,274
  • Number of new master’s students: 3,408
  • Number of new doctoral students: 1,062

ETH Zurich Rankings

ETH Zurich holds the #33 spot in the Best Global Universities list. The rankings are based on a variety of widely recognized indicators of academic excellence.

Key Rankings:

  • #33 – Best Global Universities (tie)
  • #5 – Best Global Universities in Europe (tie)
  • #1 – Best Global Universities in Switzerland

Subject Rankings:

  • #47 – Agricultural Sciences
  • #17 – Artificial Intelligence (tie)
  • #15 – Biology and Biochemistry
  • #32 – Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology
  • #46 – Cell Biology
  • #86 – Chemical Engineering
  • #24 – Chemistry
  • #63 – Civil Engineering
  • #352 – Clinical Medicine (tie)
  • #8 – Computer Science
  • #63 – Condensed Matter Physics (tie)
  • #8 – Ecology (tie)
  • #82 – Economics and Business
  • #39 – Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • #84 – Energy and Fuels
  • #14 – Engineering (tie)
  • #72 – Environmental Engineering
  • #4 – Environment/Ecology
  • #3 – Geosciences
  • #81 – Green and Sustainable Science and Technology
  • #115 – Immunology (tie)
  • #43 – Materials Science
  • #9 – Mathematics (tie)
  • #87 – Mechanical Engineering
  • #6 – Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
  • #50 – Microbiology
  • #79 – Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • #66 – Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (tie)
  • #116 – Neuroscience and Behavior (tie)
  • #62 – Optics (tie)
  • #134 – Pharmacology and Toxicology (tie)
  • #71 – Physical Chemistry
  • #17 – Physics
  • #48 – Plant and Animal Science (tie)
  • #129 – Polymer Science
  • #157 – Psychiatry/Psychology (tie)
  • #155 – Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging (tie)
  • #75 – Social Sciences and Public Health
  • #93 – Space Science
  • #15 – Water Resources

2024-2025 Indicator Rankings

ETH Zurich’s overall ranking is determined by 13 performance indicators. Below is how it compares to other universities in each category:

  • Global Universities:
    • #33 – Best Global Universities (tie)
    • Global score: 79.4
    • Global research reputation: #15
    • Regional research reputation: #2
    • Publications: #86
    • Books: #235
    • Conferences: #19
    • Normalized citation impact: #186
    • Total citations: #77
    • Number of publications among the top 10% most cited: #61
    • Percentage of total publications among the top 10% most cited: #73
    • International collaboration (relative to country): #996
    • International collaboration: #125
    • Number of highly cited papers in the top 1% most cited: #71
    • Percentage of highly cited papers in the top 1% most cited: #180

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