École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
EPFL
#45
Consensus rank
across four world rankings
across four world rankings
96.7 / 100
Key facts
Figures as published by the institution or the ranking publishers.
- Location
- Lausanne, Switzerland
- Founded
- 1853
- Total students
- ≈ 12,000
- International students
- ≈ 57%
- Official site
- www.epfl.ch
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in the four world rankings
Each figure is the institution's position in that publisher's latest released edition.
Subject rankings
QS subject positions, best first.
Engineering - Electrical & Electronic #10
Architecture & Built Environment #11
Engineering - Chemical #11
Engineering - Civil & Structural #11
Engineering & Technology #12
Natural Sciences #12
Chemistry #12
Engineering - Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing #13
Materials Science #13
Statistics & Operational Research #13
Computer Science & Information Systems #15
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence #15
Physics & Astronomy #15
Mathematics #17
Environmental Sciences #36
Biological Sciences #37
Business & Management Studies #137
Medicine #138
Life Sciences & Medicine #164
Social Sciences & Management #202
Geophysics —
Accounting & Finance —
Psychology —
Sociology —
Sources & verification
Every figure on this page is reproduced from the publisher's own release. Nothing is estimated.
- QS World University Rankings · 2027 edition · Published 2026-06-18
- Times Higher Education · 2026 edition · Published 2025-10-09
- U.S. News Best Global Universities · 2026 edition · Published 2025-06-25