Ranked 11th in the world for Architecture & Built Environment
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Architecture & Built Environment, 2026
Full ranking profile 51 placements
Every placement the Index records for EPFL. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Architecture & Built Environment | Quacquarelli Symonds | =11 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Engineering & Technology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =12 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =12 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Computer Science & Information Systems | Quacquarelli Symonds | =15 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =17 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =19 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =19 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =22 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =27 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =31 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =31 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =32 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =38 |
| NTU 2025 Energy Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | =38 |
| NTU 2025 Physics | National Taiwan University | =38 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =44 |
| NTU 2025 Space Science | National Taiwan University | =45 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =48 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =50 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =59 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =64 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =71 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =72 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =72 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =73 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =76 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =78 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =80 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =84 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =85 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =88 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =107 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =107 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =129 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =138 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =156 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =169 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =188 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =189 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =190 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =196 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =216 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =223 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =229 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =279 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =300 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =327 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =364 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =439 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =451 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =451 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.
In their own words
EPFL on the subject of its own standing, quoted from its published material.
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chemistry at EPFL is ranked number one in Europe.
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