I would like to attend graduate school in Switzerland, mostly likely
for cognitive science and/or communication studies. I do not know how
to locate the top five universities in Switzerland. I am from the US,
a native English speaker, and will begin learning the appropriate
language (German, French, Italian) for the graduate school that I
choose. Hence, choosing a particular school is a huge time committment
based on my language committment.

Hi aaronshaffer,

According to Academic Ranking of World Universities 2006 by the
Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm
http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2006/ARWU2006_TopEuro.htm

the following are the top universities in Switzerland:


Swiss Federal Institute of Technolgy - Zurich
http://www.ethz.ch/index_EN
 

University of Zurich
http://www.unizh.ch/index.en.html


University of Basel
http://www.unibas.ch/index.cfm?o_lang_id=2


Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Lausanne
http://www.epfl.ch/
 
 
University of Geneva
http://www.unige.ch/en/


University of Bern
http://www.unibe.ch/eng/
 
 
University of Lausanne
http://www.unil.ch/central/page2192_en.html



Search criteria:
"top 5 universities" switzerland
"top 500 universities" world
   

I hope this is helpful. If you have any questions regarding my answer
please don't hesitate to ask before rating.

Best regards,
Rainbow

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