Some key figures
52 years
over 16’000
over 120
over 370
laboratoires focused on disciplines ranging from mathematics to life science to architecture and engineering
over 350
5%
N° 14
University in the world, according to QS ranking, alongside with Columbia and Yale Universities
over 4’200
scholarly publications in 2020, making a prolific average of one publication per professor per month
161
25
over 1.6 billion CHF
over 1 billion CHF
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