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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

EPFL

#45
Consensus rank
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.

QS World University Rankings 2027
#22
Source: Publisher's page · Published 2026-06-18
Times Higher Education 2026
#35
Source: Publisher's page · Published 2025-10-09
U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026
#86
Source: Publisher's page · Published 2025-06-25

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.

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