Despite slipping two places compared to last year, ETH Zurich remains continental Europe’s best university for a fourteenth consecutive year in the survey publishedExternal link on Tuesday. It shares eighth place with University College London.
In total, ten Swiss universities featured in the QS ranking of 1,650 institutions. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) came 14th, the same as last year, while the University of Zurich dropped one place to 70th.
Among the other Swiss institutions, the University of Geneva was ranked 105th, the University of Bern 119th, the University of Basel 138th and the University of Lausanne 176th.
The Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), which first appeared in 2020, moved up 33 places to 240th in this year’s ranking.
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The QS ranking is based on various indicators that include the number of specialised publications by researchers and a poll of scientists and employers.
QS first published its university rankings in 2004. Along with the Times Higher Education and Shanghai rankings, it is one of the most cited indicators of university quality.
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