As of November 2019, 21 Nobel Prize winners including Einstein, 2 Fields Medal winners, 2 Pritzker Prize winners and 1 Turing Prize winner have studied and worked here.
The university ranks 6th in the 2021QS World University Rankings, 13th in the 2020THE World University Rankings, and 20th in the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).