18 Best universities for Civil Engineering in Switzerland

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Switzerland ranked based on their research performance in Civil Engineering. A graph of 497K citations received by 16.6K academic papers made by 18 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 Civil Engineering

#5 in Europe

#30 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

2. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Civil Engineering

#8 in Europe

#49 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

3. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Civil Engineering

#76 in Europe

#251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

4. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Civil Engineering

#95 in Europe

#292 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

5. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Civil Engineering

#185 in Europe

#515 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

6. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Civil Engineering

#189 in Europe

#529 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

7. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Civil Engineering

#199 in Europe

#565 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

8. University of Neuchatel

Switzerland | Neuchatel

For Civil Engineering

#434 in Europe

#1233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 4,282

9. University of Fribourg

Switzerland | Fribourg

For Civil Engineering

#493 in Europe

#1469 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 10,366

10. University of St. Gallen

Switzerland | St. Gallen

For Civil Engineering

#523 in Europe

#1564 in the World

Enrollment: 7,666

11. University of Italian-speaking Switzerland

Switzerland | Lugano

For Civil Engineering

#561 in Europe

#1733 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 3,017

12. University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland

Switzerland | Delemont

For Civil Engineering

#631 in Europe

#2077 in the World

Enrollment: 21,038

13. Bern University of Applied Sciences

Switzerland | Bern

For Civil Engineering

#645 in Europe

#2151 in the World

Enrollment: 6,970

14. Lucerne University of Applied Sciences

Switzerland | Lucerne

For Civil Engineering

#679 in Europe

#2326 in the World

Enrollment: 7,066

15. University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Italian Switzerland

Switzerland | Manno

For Civil Engineering

#682 in Europe

#2345 in the World

16. University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland

Switzerland | Brugg

For Civil Engineering

#748 in Europe

#2677 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 12,646

17. Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Switzerland | Geneva

For Civil Engineering

#778 in Europe

#2812 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 692

18. University of Lucerne

Switzerland | Lucerne

For Civil Engineering

#812 in Europe

#2958 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 2,944

The best cities to study Civil Engineering in Switzerland based on the number of universities and their ranks are Zurich, Lausanne, Bern, and Geneva.

Engineering subfields in Switzerland

Acoustical Engineering18

Aerospace Engineering17

Agricultural Engineering5

Applied/Engineering Physics9

Architectural Engineering10

Automation and Control engineering7

Automotive Engineering12

Biochemical Engineering8

Biomedical Engineering13

Biotechnology14

Chemical Engineering16

Computer Engineering11

Computer Networking18

Construction Management4

Electrical Engineering18

Electronic Engineering15

Engineering Management7

Environmental Engineering12

Firefighting and Fire Science3

Geotechnical Engineering15

Human-Computer Interaction16

Industrial Engineering4

Landscape Architecture7

Marine Engineering5

Materials Science18

Mechanical Engineering18

Metallurgical Engineering18

Mining Engineering5

Nanotechnology16

Nuclear Engineering6

Operations Research12

Optical Engineering18

Petroleum Engineering8

Polymer science and Plastics engineering8

Product and Industrial Design7

Reliability and Quality Engineering11

Remote Sensing14

Renewable Energy Engineering12

Structural Engineering18

Systems Engineering16

Technical Drawing6

Telecommunications17

Transportation Engineering10