ETH Zurich CS Enrollment Grew 3x Faster Than Mechanical Engineering Since 2015
randal_olson · x · 2026-09-30
Data scientist Randall Olson shares figures showing ETH Zurich's CS enrollment grew 3x as much as mechanical engineering's from 2015 to 2024, with both now sitting about 60% above 2015 levels. He asks whether AI is pushing students out of CS, robotics is pulling them in, or something else is at work.
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