https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Zurich’s ETH technical institute has further consolidated its place as one of the world's best universities by leapfrogging the UK’s Cambridge University to take sixth place in the latest QS Quacquarelli Symonds global rankings for 2020. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190619/zurichs-eth-uni-overtakes-cambridge-in-new-global-rankings Wed, 19 Jun 2019 12:19:02 +0200 zurichs-eth-uni-overtakes-cambridge-in-new-global-rankings A new report shows the increase in the cost of buying apartments in Switzerland over the last 11 years, with the country’s largest city affected by the largest increases. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181016/zurich-property-prices-have-almost-doubled-since-2007 Tue, 16 Oct 2018 12:50:39 +0200 zurich-property-prices-have-almost-doubled-since-2007 Switzerland’s technology institute ETH Zurich has once again been named the best university in continental Europe in a ranking of the top 500 universities worldwide by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170816/eth-zurich-named-top-university-in-continental-europe-in-prestigious-ranking Wed, 16 Aug 2017 11:57:15 +0200 eth-zurich-named-top-university-in-continental-europe-in-prestigious-ranking Switzerland’s federal technology institute ETH Zurich has the best reputation in continental Europe, according to the World Reputation Rankings 2017 carried out by the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE). https://www.thelocal.ch/20170615/eth-zurich-has-best-reputation-in-continental-europe Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:03:37 +0200 eth-zurich-has-best-reputation-in-continental-europe Switzerland made more European patent applications per capita in 2016 than any other country, confirming its long-held status as a world-leading innovator. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170307/swiss-are-european-patent-champions-once-again Tue, 07 Mar 2017 12:31:03 +0100 swiss-are-european-patent-champions-once-again Switzerland’s two federal technology institutes have been named the most international universities in the world by the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE), which warns the standing of US universities is under threat from US immigration policy. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170201/switzerland-boasts-top-two-most-international-universities-in-the-world Wed, 01 Feb 2017 09:53:57 +0100 switzerland-boasts-top-two-most-international-universities-in-the-world The melting of the mighty Aletsch glacier is causing the land attached to it to slip at a dramatic rate, according to new research by the Federal Technology Institute in Zurich (ETH Zurich). https://www.thelocal.ch/20170124/swiss-scientists-melting-glacier-makes-the-earth-move Tue, 24 Jan 2017 12:12:27 +0100 swiss-scientists-melting-glacier-makes-the-earth-move Business is booming for Switzerland’s startups, if the latest figures from federal technology institute EPFL are anything to go by. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161214/epfl-startups-raise-record-funds-in-2016 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 13:09:02 +0100 epfl-startups-raise-record-funds-in-2016 Swiss workers are less than impressed with their employers, according to research from Zurich’s federal technology institute, ETH Zurich. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161013/study-most-swiss-workers-are-cynical-about-employer Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:11:54 +0200 study-most-swiss-workers-are-cynical-about-employer The traditional Swiss style of chalet so beloved by tourists visiting the alpine country is actually the creation of foreign architects, a researcher at federal technology institute ETH Zurich has found. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160908/typical-swiss-chalets-not-actually-swiss-says-researcher Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:45:25 +0200 typical-swiss-chalets-not-actually-swiss-says-researcher ETH Zurich has reached its highest ever position in the QS World University Rankings, confirming its status as continental Europe’s best university. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160906/eth-zurich-crowned-best-uni-in-continental-europe-again Tue, 06 Sep 2016 11:30:28 +0200 eth-zurich-crowned-best-uni-in-continental-europe-again Lausanne’s federal technology institute EPFL is once again the world’s top young university, according to the London-based Times Higher Education (THE) rankings, published on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160407/school-with-163-year-history-named-top-young-university Thu, 07 Apr 2016 14:06:27 +0200 school-with-163-year-history-named-top-young-university Switzerland’s federal technology institute ETH Zurich has been named the fourth best university in Europe, the only establishment outside the UK to place in the top five of the prestigious rankings. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160310/eth-zurich-named-top-non-uk-university-in-europe Thu, 10 Mar 2016 17:15:37 +0100 eth-zurich-named-top-non-uk-university-in-europe Confirming itself as a country of innovation and invention, Switzerland made more European patent applications per capita than any other nation in 2015. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160304/switzerland-tops-invention-table-in-europe Fri, 04 Mar 2016 13:22:15 +0100 switzerland-tops-invention-table-in-europe Switzerland's top-ranked universities, the federal institutes of technology in Zurich (ETH) and Lausanne (EPFL) created a total of 43 startup companies in 2015. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160106/zurich-and-lausanne-unis-create-43-startups Wed, 06 Jan 2016 10:09:53 +0100 zurich-and-lausanne-unis-create-43-startups Higher education institutions across Switzerland are creating new access courses to medicine to address the shortage of doctors in the country. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151015/new-courses-address-shortage-of-swiss-doctors Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:17:10 +0200 new-courses-address-shortage-of-swiss-doctors Switzerland’s federal institute of technology, ETH Zurich, now ranks among the top ten universities in the world, according to the authoritative 2015/16 QS World University Rankings, released on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150915/qs-list-eth-zurich-sails-into-top-ten Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:31:19 +0200 qs-list-eth-zurich-sails-into-top-ten A PHD student at the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich has devised a fibre with similar properties to merino wool from gelatine gathered from slaughterhouse waste. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150730/swiss-researcher-creates-yarn-from-abattoir-waste Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:47:09 +0200 swiss-researcher-creates-yarn-from-abattoir-waste Scientists have discovered four large craters at the bottom of Lake Neuchâtel that rate among the largest of their kind in the world. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150519/scientists-discover-craters-beneath-lake-neuchtel Tue, 19 May 2015 12:38:15 +0200 scientists-discover-craters-beneath-lake-neuchtel Switzerland’s EPFL has been named to a list of the seven “fastest rising young universities in the world” by UK-based Times Higher Education. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150327/epfl-among-fastest-rising-young-universities Fri, 27 Mar 2015 10:05:04 +0100 epfl-among-fastest-rising-young-universities