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University of Zurich
Rämistrasse 71, Zürich CH-8006 Switzerland |
#67 in Best Global Universities (tie)
University of Zurich Data
Total number of students
25,255
Number of international students
5,710
Total number of academic staff
4,706
Number of international staff
2,629
Number of undergraduate degrees awarded
2,497
Number of master's degrees awarded
2,065
Number of doctoral degrees awarded
831
Number of research only staff
2,918
Number of new undergraduate students
4,990
Number of new master's students
2,472
Number of new doctoral students
804
University of Zurich Rankings
University of Zurich is ranked #67 in Best Global Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
University of Zurich Rankings
University of Zurich Subject Rankings
- #95in Arts and Humanities
- #29in Biology and Biochemistry
- #118in Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology
- #74in Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
- #44in Cell Biology
- #194in Chemistry (tie)
- #97in Clinical Medicine (tie)
- #99in Computer Science
- #54in Economics and Business
- #89in Endocrinology and Metabolism
- #67in Environment/Ecology
- #142in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- #86in Geosciences
- #34in Immunology
- #75in Infectious Diseases (tie)
- #425in Materials Science (tie)
- #50in Mathematics
- #32in Microbiology (tie)
- #70in Molecular Biology and Genetics (tie)
- #49in Neuroscience and Behavior
- #92in Oncology (tie)
- #279in Pharmacology and Toxicology (tie)
- #458in Physical Chemistry
- #60in Physics (tie)
- #41in Plant and Animal Science (tie)
- #47in Psychiatry/Psychology
- #109in Public, Environmental and Occupational Health (tie)
- #49in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging
- #73in Social Sciences and Public Health
- #149in Space Science (tie)
- #113in Surgery
2022-2023 Indicator Rankings
Thirteen indicators were used to calculate University of Zurich's overall Best Global Universities rank. Here is a breakdown of how this institution ranked relative to other schools for each indicator.
Global score
73.3
Global research reputation
#97
Regional research reputation
#47
Publications
#108
Books
#129
Conferences
#498
Normalized citation impact
#111
Total citations
#80
Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#81
Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#96
International collaboration - relative to country
#953
International collaboration
#101
Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#80
Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#147
Arts and Humanities overall score
58.8
Arts and Humanities global research reputation
#73
Arts and Humanities regional research reputation
#54
Arts and Humanities publications
#93
Arts and Humanities books
#153
Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact
#152
Arts and Humanities total citations
#97
Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#100
Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#150
Arts and Humanities international collaboration - relative to country
#281
Arts and Humanities international collaboration
#84
Biology and Biochemistry overall score
65.9
Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation
#75
Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation
#17
Biology and Biochemistry publications
#75
Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact
#32
Biology and Biochemistry total citations
#33
Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#36
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#31
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#209
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration
#10
Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#33
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#50
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology overall score
39.3
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology publications
#250
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology conferences
#197
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology normalized citation impact
#41
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology total citations
#169
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#151
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#41
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology international collaboration - relative to country
#163
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology international collaboration
#16
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#88
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#42
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems overall score
63.6
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems publications
#103
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems conferences
#119
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems normalized citation impact
#53
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems total citations
#82
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#81
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#42
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems international collaboration - relative to country
#206
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems international collaboration
#27
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#74
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#53
Cell Biology overall score
57.8
Cell Biology publications
#91
Cell Biology conferences
#27
Cell Biology normalized citation impact
#47
Cell Biology total citations
#61
Cell Biology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#53
Cell Biology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#25
Cell Biology international collaboration - relative to country
#158
Cell Biology international collaboration
#8
Cell Biology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#63
Cell Biology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#76
Chemistry overall score
60.3
Chemistry global research reputation
#98
Chemistry regional research reputation
#51
Chemistry publications
#412
Chemistry normalized citation impact
#272
Chemistry total citations
#341
Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#362
Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#414
Chemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#755
Chemistry international collaboration
#205
Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#177
Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#107
Clinical Medicine overall score
69.4
Clinical Medicine global research reputation
#49
Clinical Medicine regional research reputation
#7
Clinical Medicine publications
#102
Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact
#463
Clinical Medicine total citations
#116
Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#102
Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#326
Clinical Medicine international collaboration - relative to country
#778
Clinical Medicine international collaboration
#102
Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#116
Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#430
Computer Science overall score
61.7
Computer Science global research reputation
#164
Computer Science regional research reputation
#48
Computer Science publications
#281
Computer Science conferences
#318
Computer Science normalized citation impact
#38
Computer Science total citations
#152
Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#158
Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#22
Computer Science international collaboration - relative to country
#470
Computer Science international collaboration
#84
Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#139
Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#102
Economics and Business overall score
59.7
Economics and Business global research reputation
#70
Economics and Business regional research reputation
#28
Economics and Business publications
#90
Economics and Business normalized citation impact
#60
Economics and Business total citations
#71
Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#79
Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#82
Economics and Business international collaboration - relative to country
#159
Economics and Business international collaboration
#41
Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#28
Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#36
Endocrinology and Metabolism overall score
58.4
Endocrinology and Metabolism publications
#139
Endocrinology and Metabolism conferences
#7
Endocrinology and Metabolism normalized citation impact
#60
Endocrinology and Metabolism total citations
#105
Endocrinology and Metabolism number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#117
Endocrinology and Metabolism percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#120
Endocrinology and Metabolism international collaboration - relative to country
#101
Endocrinology and Metabolism international collaboration
#3
Endocrinology and Metabolism number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#124
Endocrinology and Metabolism percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#111
Environment/Ecology overall score
76.2
Environment/Ecology global research reputation
#47
Environment/Ecology regional research reputation
#42
Environment/Ecology publications
#122
Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact
#121
Environment/Ecology total citations
#99
Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#101
Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#149
Environment/Ecology international collaboration - relative to country
#203
Environment/Ecology international collaboration
#9
Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#76
Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#113
Gastroenterology and Hepatology overall score
39.4
Gastroenterology and Hepatology publications
#155
Gastroenterology and Hepatology conferences
#6
Gastroenterology and Hepatology normalized citation impact
#99
Gastroenterology and Hepatology total citations
#137
Gastroenterology and Hepatology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#153
Gastroenterology and Hepatology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#135
Gastroenterology and Hepatology international collaboration - relative to country
#169
Gastroenterology and Hepatology international collaboration
#31
Gastroenterology and Hepatology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#130
Gastroenterology and Hepatology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#106
Geosciences overall score
63.2
Geosciences global research reputation
#84
Geosciences regional research reputation
#66
Geosciences publications
#217
Geosciences normalized citation impact
#21
Geosciences total citations
#128
Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#127
Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#42
Geosciences international collaboration - relative to country
#270
Geosciences international collaboration
#44
Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#80
Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#22
Immunology overall score
61.7
Immunology global research reputation
#75
Immunology regional research reputation
#10
Immunology publications
#72
Immunology normalized citation impact
#16
Immunology total citations
#39
Immunology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#37
Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#12
Immunology international collaboration - relative to country
#194
Immunology international collaboration
#25
Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#28
Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#17
Infectious Diseases overall score
55.8
Infectious Diseases publications
#73
Infectious Diseases conferences
#4
Infectious Diseases normalized citation impact
#89
Infectious Diseases total citations
#81
Infectious Diseases number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#60
Infectious Diseases percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#48
Infectious Diseases international collaboration - relative to country
#179
Infectious Diseases international collaboration
#66
Infectious Diseases number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#65
Infectious Diseases percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#77
Materials Science overall score
35.1
Materials Science global research reputation
#203
Materials Science regional research reputation
#93
Materials Science publications
#714
Materials Science normalized citation impact
#400
Materials Science total citations
#649
Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#596
Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#414
Materials Science international collaboration - relative to country
#465
Materials Science international collaboration
#96
Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#422
Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#291
Mathematics overall score
71.1
Mathematics global research reputation
#100
Mathematics regional research reputation
#72
Mathematics publications
#169
Mathematics normalized citation impact
#10
Mathematics total citations
#40
Mathematics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#77
Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#49
Mathematics international collaboration - relative to country
#145
Mathematics international collaboration
#27
Mathematics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#119
Mathematics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#140
Microbiology overall score
60.0
Microbiology global research reputation
#58
Microbiology regional research reputation
#5
Microbiology publications
#42
Microbiology normalized citation impact
#89
Microbiology total citations
#52
Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#39
Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#88
Microbiology international collaboration - relative to country
#146
Microbiology international collaboration
#30
Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#42
Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#81
Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score
57.2
Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation
#125
Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation
#9
Molecular Biology and Genetics publications
#93
Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact
#61
Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations
#57
Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#56
Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#53
Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration - relative to country
#268
Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration
#41
Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#61
Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#103
Neuroscience and Behavior overall score
61.4
Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation
#31
Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation
#15
Neuroscience and Behavior publications
#47
Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact
#159
Neuroscience and Behavior total citations
#49
Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#53
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#149
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration - relative to country
#243
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration
#22
Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#55
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#156
Oncology overall score
54.5
Oncology publications
#164
Oncology conferences
#132
Oncology normalized citation impact
#77
Oncology total citations
#119
Oncology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#105
Oncology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#49
Oncology international collaboration - relative to country
#257
Oncology international collaboration
#14
Oncology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#94
Oncology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#73
Pharmacology and Toxicology overall score
36.7
Pharmacology and Toxicology global research reputation
#233
Pharmacology and Toxicology regional research reputation
#84
Pharmacology and Toxicology publications
#283
Pharmacology and Toxicology normalized citation impact
#182
Pharmacology and Toxicology total citations
#266
Pharmacology and Toxicology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#191
Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#73
Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration - relative to country
#307
Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration
#48
Pharmacology and Toxicology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#346
Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#357
Physical Chemistry overall score
38.5
Physical Chemistry publications
#521
Physical Chemistry conferences
#92
Physical Chemistry normalized citation impact
#292
Physical Chemistry total citations
#468
Physical Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#515
Physical Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#440
Physical Chemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#543
Physical Chemistry international collaboration
#225
Physical Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#392
Physical Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#319
Physics overall score
74.0
Physics global research reputation
#154
Physics regional research reputation
#86
Physics publications
#170
Physics normalized citation impact
#50
Physics total citations
#66
Physics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#88
Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#92
Physics international collaboration - relative to country
#473
Physics international collaboration
#115
Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#49
Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#59
Plant and Animal Science overall score
81.5
Plant and Animal Science global research reputation
#47
Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation
#12
Plant and Animal Science publications
#39
Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact
#243
Plant and Animal Science total citations
#39
Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#41
Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#256
Plant and Animal Science international collaboration - relative to country
#381
Plant and Animal Science international collaboration
#90
Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#46
Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#242
Psychiatry/Psychology overall score
65.3
Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation
#114
Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation
#38
Psychiatry/Psychology publications
#48
Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact
#110
Psychiatry/Psychology total citations
#46
Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#41
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#94
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration - relative to country
#113
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration
#5
Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#46
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#130
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health overall score
55.8
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health publications
#191
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health conferences
#83
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health normalized citation impact
#72
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health total citations
#155
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#174
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#100
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health international collaboration - relative to country
#256
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health international collaboration
#31
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#134
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#73
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging overall score
63.9
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging publications
#34
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging conferences
#135
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging normalized citation impact
#88
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging total citations
#36
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#40
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#102
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging international collaboration - relative to country
#204
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging international collaboration
#63
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#58
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#133
Social Sciences and Public Health overall score
65.2
Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation
#148
Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation
#27
Social Sciences and Public Health publications
#133
Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact
#77
Social Sciences and Public Health total citations
#98
Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#78
Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#56
Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration - relative to country
#389
Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration
#35
Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#68
Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#60
Space Science overall score
41.9
Space Science global research reputation
#115
Space Science regional research reputation
#14
Space Science publications
#174
Space Science normalized citation impact
#61
Space Science total citations
#142
Space Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#133
Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#65
Space Science international collaboration - relative to country
#242
Space Science international collaboration
#146
Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#150
Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#93
Surgery overall score
51.6
Surgery publications
#113
Surgery conferences
#32
Surgery normalized citation impact
#147
Surgery total citations
#114
Surgery number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#109
Surgery percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#167
Surgery international collaboration - relative to country
#245
Surgery international collaboration
#26
Surgery number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#128
Surgery percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#174