USI key figures: overview
Data related to the academic year 2020-2021 (autumn semester).
| Quick facts | ||
| 4 | Campuses | |
| 5 | Faculties | |
| 24 | Institutes | |
| 104,5 | Budget (millions of CHF) | |
| People | ||
| 3'350 | Students | |
| 10'347 | Graduates | |
| 127 | Professors | |
| 239 | Lecturers | |
| 642 | Assistants | |
| 253 | Administrative staff | |
| 99 | Countries represented | |
| Rankings | ||
| 20th | THE World's Best Small Universities 2020 | |
| 26th | QS Top 50 under 50 2021 | |
| 54th | THE World's Best Young University 2020 | |
| 240th | QS World University Rankings 2022 | |
| 251-300 | THE World University Rankings 2021 | |
| Education | ||
| 6 | Bachelor's degrees | |
| 24 | Master's degrees | |
| 13 | Doctoral programmes | |
| 9 | Advanced Studies programmes | |
| 1/9 | Teacher / student ratio | |
| 93,2% | Graduates with employment 1 year from graduation | |
| Research | ||
| 21 | Millions of CHF of competitive research per year | |
| 342 | Doctoral students | |
| 208 | Ongoing research projects | |
| 1'598 | Completed research projects | |
| Third mission | ||
| 59 | Start-ups supported | |
| 120 | Public events per year | |
| 3,2 CHF | Impact on the region for each CHF invested by the Canton |
