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ETH Zurich ranked top university in Europe

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ETH Zurich was the top ranked European university, coming in eleventh. Keystone / Georgios Kefalas

The Swiss federal technology institute ETH Zurich remains the best university in continental Europe, according to the latest rankings published by the magazine Times Higher Education. As in previous years, it is in eleventh place.

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The second best Swiss university in the ranking is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), which has moved up one place since the last ranking to 32nd place in the World University Ranking 2025.

American and British universities top the list: first place is held by Oxford University (UK) for the ninth time in a row. This is followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US) and Harvard University (US).

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No other Swiss university features in the top 100. The University of Zurich (UZH), which was included, decided to withdraw in March. At the time, the UZH criticised the fact that such rankings create false incentives.

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The evaluation of universities is based on a total of 18 indicators that take into account teaching, research, the transmission of knowledge and the international orientation of institutions. The ranking list includes a total of 2,092 universities.

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