Rankings
EPFL is ranked Nr. 32 in the US News and World Report ranking of the World's Best Universities. QS World University Rankings has placed EPFL 29th in their 2012 rankings. It reaches the 101 - 150 rank range of the 2011 Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Jiao Tong University). According to a study conducted by Times Higher Education (THE) based on the publication and citation data provided by Thomson Reuters, EPFL is ranked Nr.1 in Europe in the field of Engineering (November, 2010). Leiden Rankings also rank EPFL Nr.1 in Europe (2011-2012).
EPFL is evaluated as continental Europe's #1 and world's #18 university in the field of Engineering, Technology and Computer Sciences in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2012 (Europe's #1 and world's #15 in 2009). EPFL is in the heart of Europe and is one of Europe's leading institutions of science and technology and is a member of Top Industrial Managers for Europe network.
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