List of universities in Switzerland

The University of Basel is the oldest institution of higher learning in Switzerland.

This list of universities in Switzerland lists all public and private higher education institutions accredited and coordinated according to the Federal Act on Funding and Coordination of the Swiss Higher Education Sector (short: Federal Higher Education Act, HEdA).^[1]

This includes all 12 publicly funded Swiss universities (10 cantonal universities and 2 federal institutes of technology) and a number of public and private Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences and other education institutions as higher education institutions. The Swiss University Conference and its accreditation body the CRUS-OAQ is responsible for their recognition; an accreditation also defines the right to call itself accordingly.^[2][1][3]eimt

Universities

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FernUni

IHEID

ETH

EPFL

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Zürich

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St. Gallen

Svizzera italiana

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Lucerne

Lausanne

Neuchâtel

Geneva

Fribourg

Bern

Basel

  

Locations of the Universities of Switzerland

Universities of Applied Sciences

There are ten public and one private Universities of Applied Sciences (or German: Fachhochschule (FH), French: Haute école specialisée (HES), and Italian: scuola universitaria professionale (SUP)) in Switzerland.

Public

• Bern University of Applied Sciences, BFH (German: Berner Fachhochschule), German-speaking
• Fachhochschule Graubünden, FHGR
• University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, FHNW (German: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz), German-speaking and English-speaking
• University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland, OST (German: OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule), German-speaking
• University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland, HES-SO (French: Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale), French- and German-speaking in Fribourg only
• Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, HSLU (German: Hochschule Luzern), German-speaking
• University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, SUPSI (Italian: Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana), Italian-speaking
• Zurich University of Applied Sciences, ZHAW (German: Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften)
• Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK (German: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste)

Private

• Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences (German: Kaleidos Fachhochschule)

Higher education institutions of art and music

• Accademia Teatro Dimitri, Verscio (part of the SUPSI)
• Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana, CSI, Lugano (part of the SUPSI)
• École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ÉCAL), Lausanne (part of the HES-SO)
• Dipartimento ambiente costruzioni e design, Canobbio (part of the SUPSI)
• HES-SO Valais-Wallis – Edhéa Ecole de design et haute école d’art, Sierre (part of the HES-SO)
• Haute école d'art et de design Genève, HEAD, Geneva (part of the HES-SO)
• Haute école de musique de Genève, HEM, Neuchâtel (part of the HES-SO)
• Haute Ecole de Musique de Lausanne, HEMU, Lausanne, Fribourg, Sion (part of the HES-SO)
• HE-Arc Conservation-restauration, Lausanne (part of the HES-SO)
• Hochschule der Künste, Bern, HKB (part of the BFH)
• Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst FHNW (part of the FHNW)
• Hochschule für Musik FHNW (part of the FHNW)
• Hochschule Luzern – Departement Design & Kunst (part of the HSLU)
• Hochschule Luzern – Departement Musik (part of the HSLU)
• La Manufacture – Haute école des arts de la scène, Lausanne (part of the HES-SO)
• Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK
• Kalaidos Musikhochschule (part of the Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences)

Universities of teacher education

According to diploma recognition by the EDK / CDIP:

• Haute école pédagogique des cantons de Berne, du Jura et de Neuchâtel, HEP-BEJUNE
• Haute école pédagogique du canton de Vaud, HEP Vaud
• Pädagogische Hochschule Wallis | Haute école pédagogique du Valais, HEP-VS | PH-VS
• Haute école pédagogique Fribourg | Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, HEP | PH FR
• Hochschulinstitut IVP NMS
• Interkantonale Hochschule für Heilpädagogik Zürich, HfH
• Pädagogische Hochschule Graubünden | Alta scuola pedagogica dei Grigioni | Scola auta da pedagogia dal Grischun, PHGR
• Pädagogische Hochschule Bern, PHBern
• Pädagogische Hochschule Luzern, PH Luzern
• Pädagogische Hochschule Nordwestschweiz, PH FHNW
• Pädagogische Hochschule St. Gallen, PHSG
• Pädagogische Hochschule Schaffhausen, PHSH
• Pädagogische Hochschule Schwyz, PHSZ
• Pädagogische Hochschule Thurgau, PHTG
• Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich, PH Zürich
• Pädagogische Hochschule Zug, PH Zug
• Schweizer Hochschule für Logopädie Rorschach, SHLR
• SUPSI – Dipartimento formazione e apprendimento (Ticino), SUPSI-DFA
• Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training, SFUVET

Other institutions of the higher education sector

• Franklin University Switzerland, FUS (university institute)^[4]
• Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies of Geneva, IHEID (university institute)
• Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zürich, HWZ (university of applied sciences institute)
• Hochschulinstitut Schaffhausen, HSSH (university institute)
• International Institute for Management Development, IMD (university institute)
• Schweizerisches universitäres Institut für traditionelle chinesische Medizin, SWISS TCM UNI (university institute)
• Staatsunabhängige Theologische Hochschule Basel, STH Basel (university institute)
• Stiftung Universitäre Fernstudien Schweiz, Brig (university institute)
• Swiss Business School, SBS (university of applied sciences institute)
• Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen, SFISM
• Swiss UMEF (university of applied sciences institute)
• Theologische Hochschule Chur (university institute)
• European Institute of Management and Technology (EIMT)
• IPEM Technological University
• Educrest Institute of Early Childhood Education

International rankings for the public universities

ARWU

In relation to its population size, Switzerland is the country with the highest number of universities among the 100 best of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (2014–2015).^[5]

Switzerland Top Universities in 2020/21

A list of Switzerland top universities as per three major ranking platforms ARWU (Academic Ranking of World Universities), THE (Times Higher Education) and the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds).^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of largest universities by enrollment in Switzerland
• Education in Switzerland
• Science and technology in Switzerland
• List of colleges and universities by country
• List of colleges and universities

References

1. "SR/RS 414.20 Federal Act on Funding and Coordination of the Swiss Higher Education Sector (Higher Education Act, HEdA) of 30 September 2011" (in German, French, Italian, and English). Berne, Switzerland: The federal Council. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
2. "Members" (in German, French, Italian, and English). Berne, Switzerland: swissuniversities. 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. "Recognised or Accredited Swiss Higher Education Institutions" (in German, French, Italian, and English). Berne, Switzerland: swissuniversities. 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
4. "Franklin University Switzerland Swiss Accreditation" (PDF).
5. Rankings: top of the class, The Economist, 28 March 2015 (page visited on 7 April 2015).

External links

• Official portal of Swissuniversities
• The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
• Results of University Rankings