Swiss universities top ‘most international’ list

Switzerland’s two federal technology institutes have claimed the top two slots in a ranking of the world’s most international universities; a third Swiss institution has ranked 15th.  The magazine Times Higher Education regularly publishes rankings as well as overall comparisons of universities worldwide. Its latest list compares internationality – that is, the proportion of international students and faculty members, as well as the share of publications published by at least one author from another country.  Federal technology institute ETH Zurich came in first, followed by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). The University of Zurich captured the 15th slot.  “A striking feature of the upper reaches of the 150-institution table is the prominence of universities from relatively small, export-reliant countries, where English is an official language or is widely spoken,” noted the magazine on the day it released the list. “Of all the countries in the ...