List of universities 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]

Universities

50km
31miles
FernUni
IHEID
ETH
EPFL
Zürich
St. Gallen
Svizzera italiana
Lucerne
Lausanne
Neuchâtel
Geneva
Fribourg
Bern
Basel
Locations of the Universities of Switzerland
Institution Abbreviation Location Founded Language Type Enrollment (2024–25)
University of Basel UNIBAS Basel 1460 German / English Public (cantonal) 13,325 [4]
University of Bern UNIBE Bern 1834 German / English Public (cantonal) 19,741 [5]
University of Fribourg UNIFR Fribourg 1889 French / German Public (cantonal) 9,872 [6]
University of Geneva UNIGE Geneva 1559 French / English Public (cantonal) 18,241 [7]
University of Neuchâtel UNINE Neuchâtel 1838 French / English Public (cantonal) 4,514 [8]
University of Lausanne UNIL Lausanne 1537 French / English Public (cantonal) 17,197 [9]
University of Lucerne UNILU Lucerne 2000 German / English Public (cantonal) 4,131 [10]
Università della Svizzera Italiana USI Lugano 1995 Italian / English Public (cantonal) 4,749 [11]
University of St. Gallen HSG St. Gallen 1898 German / English Public (cantonal) 9,992 [12]
University of Zurich UZH Zürich 1833 German / English Public (cantonal) 28,664 [13]
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne EPFL Lausanne 1853 French / English Public (federal) 14,072 [14]
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETH / ETHZ Zürich 1855 German / English Public (federal) 26,198 [15]

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
Private

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

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).[17]

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).

World rankings
University Location ARWU
(2020) 		THE
(2020) 		QS
(2021)
ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich 20 14 6
EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) Lausanne 83 43 14
University of Zurich Zürich 56 73 69
University of Basel Basel 88 92 149
University of Geneva Geneva 59 149 106
University of Lausanne Lausanne 101–150 191 169
University of Bern Bern 101–150 109 114
University of Fribourg Fribourg 401–500 351–400 601–650
Università della Svizzera Italiana Lugano 701–800 251–300 273
University of St. Gallen (HSG) St.Gallen – 401–500 428
University of Neuchâtel Neuchâtel 901–1000 401–500 –

See also

References

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