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 ranking. The rankings are based on a set 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 based on 13 performance indicators. Here’s how it compares globally in each category:
Global Universities:
- #33 – Best Global Universities (tie)
- Global score: 79.4
Key Indicators:
- #15 – Global research reputation
- #2 – Regional research reputation
- #86 – Publications
- #235 – Books
- #19 – Conferences
- #186 – Normalized citation impact
- #77 – Total citations
- #61 – Number of publications among the top 10% most cited
- #73 – Percentage of total publications among the top 10% most cited
- #996 – International collaboration (relative to country)
- #125 – International collaboration
- #71 – Number of highly cited papers in the top 1%
- #180 – Percentage of highly cited papers in the top 1%
