ETH Zurich
Founded in 1855 as the Federal Polytechnic School and named ETH Zurich since 1911, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology is where Switzerland’s computer science began. Its history in computing is told on The first machines, and its AI centre on Where AI is studied.
University of Zurich
The University of Zurich was founded in 1833, the first university in Europe founded by a democratic state. In the 1860s the Russian student Nadeshda Suslowa studied medicine there, and she became the first woman in the German-speaking world to earn a doctorate.
IBM Research Europe – Zurich
IBM has maintained a research laboratory in Switzerland since 1956. Its researchers won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986 and 1987, as described on People.
Sources
- ETH Zurich, A brief overview of more than 150 years of ETH Zurich history
- University of Zurich, History of the University of Zurich
- IBM Research Europe – Zurich, Background & historical highlights
- ETH AI Center, About us
Sources checked on: 1 November 2026