14 Best universities for Automotive Engineering in Switzerland

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Switzerland ranked based on their research performance in Automotive Engineering. A graph of 99.7K citations received by 3.4K academic papers made by 14 universities in Switzerland was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Automotive Engineering

#15 in Europe

#57 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

2. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Automotive Engineering

#31 in Europe

#95 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

3. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Automotive Engineering

#281 in Europe

#881 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

4. University of Neuchatel

Switzerland | Neuchatel

For Automotive Engineering

#326 in Europe

#1025 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 4,282

5. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Automotive Engineering

#352 in Europe

#1116 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

6. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Automotive Engineering

#370 in Europe

#1169 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

7. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Automotive Engineering

#403 in Europe

#1280 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

8. Bern University of Applied Sciences

Switzerland | Bern

For Automotive Engineering

#420 in Europe

#1333 in the World

Enrollment: 6,970

9. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Automotive Engineering

#442 in Europe

#1416 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,908

10. University of Fribourg

Switzerland | Fribourg

For Automotive Engineering

#496 in Europe

#1628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 10,366

11. University of St. Gallen

Switzerland | St. Gallen

For Automotive Engineering

#497 in Europe

#1631 in the World

Enrollment: 7,666

12. University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland

Switzerland | Brugg

For Automotive Engineering

#582 in Europe

#2020 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 12,646

13. University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Italian Switzerland

Switzerland | Manno

For Automotive Engineering

#597 in Europe

#2081 in the World

14. University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland

Switzerland | Delemont

For Automotive Engineering

#606 in Europe

#2143 in the World

Enrollment: 21,038

The best cities to study Automotive Engineering in Switzerland based on the number of universities and their ranks are Zurich, Lausanne, Neuchatel, and Basel.