ETH has the best reputation among universities in continental Europe

(CONNECT) ETH ranks 12th in the World Reputation Rankings 2025: Top Universities by Prestige. It has thus maintained its rating from the previous year. In fact, its computer science reputation is the fourth best in the world. Overall, only the University of Oxford (2nd place) and the University of Cambridge (4th place) have a better reputation in Europe. It is followed by Imperial College in 14th place and the Technical University of Munich in 27th place.

Harvard University tops this ranking, compiled for the 14th time by the London-based magazine Times Higher Education. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is in joint second place with Oxford University, while two European countries - Poland and Portugal - make their debut in the world rankings, along with Chile and Malaysia.

For the first time, this ranking list includes a total of 300 universities. According to the publisher, it is based on the "world's largest invitation-only academic opinion survey", with responses from more than 55,000 academics worldwide. Additional indicators were introduced this year to enable a more sound assessment.

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne moved up one place compared to the previous year to 32nd place. In computer sciences and physics, it is even ranked 20th. The University of Zurich is ranked 82nd. Their top-rated fields of activity are psychology (37), medicine (60) and life sciences (63).

The University of Geneva follows in the range of places between 101 and 150. The universities of Lausanne, Bern and Basel are ranked between 151st and 200th. ce/mm