This list of universities in Switzerland lists all public and private higher education institutions accredited and coordinated according the ''Federal Act on Funding and Coordination of the Swiss Higher Education Sector'' (short: Federal Higher Education Act, HEdA). This includes all 12 publicly funded Swiss universities (10

cantonal The 26 cantons of Switzerland (german: Kanton; french: canton ; it, cantone; Sursilvan and Surmiran: ; Vallader and Puter: ; Sutsilvan: ; Rumantsch Grischun: ) are the member states of the Swiss Confederation. The nucleus of the Swiss Con ...

universities and 2

federal Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

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 The Swiss University Conference (SUC) is the joint organisation of the canton (country subdivision), cantons and the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation for university coordination and quality control. Formal basis and history The legal basis fo ...

and its accreditation body the CRUS-OAQ is responsible for their recognition; an accreditation also defines the right to call itself accordingly.

Universities

Universities of Applied Sciences

There are ten public and one private Universities of Applied Sciences (or german:

Fachhochschule A ''Fachhochschule'' (; plural ''Fachhochschulen''), abbreviated FH, is a university of applied sciences (UAS), in other words a German tertiary education institution that provides professional education in many applied sciences and applied arts ...

(FH), french: Haute école specialisée (HES), and it, scuola universitaria professionale (SUP)) in Switzerland. ;Public *

Bern University of Applied Sciences The Bern University of Applied Sciences (BUAS, German: ''Berner Fachhochschule BFH'', French: ''Haute école spécialisée bernoise HESB'') is a public vocational university with a strong national and international profile. It comprises six depa ...

, BFH (german: Berner Fachhochschule), German-speaking * Fachhochschule Graubünden, FHGR *

University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland The University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (german: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, FHNW) is a university of applied sciences in Switzerland. It is one of the largest universities in the country in terms of student enrollment. I ...

, FHNW (german: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz), German-speaking and English-speaking *

University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland The University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland (german: Fachhochschule Ostschweiz, FHO) is a governing body of the four Universities of Applied Science in Eastern Switzerland. They are located in St. Gallen, Rapperswil, Chur , neig ...

, OST (german: OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule), German-speaking *

University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (french: HES-SO Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale) is situated in Western Switzerland. It is formally accredited by the Swiss Accreditation Council. The universit ...

, HES-SO (french: Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale), French- and German-speaking in Fribourg only *

Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (german: Hochschule Luzern) (HSLU) is one of seven regional, public-funded universities of applied sciences founded in 1997 in its current form. The University was called University of Applied Scienc ...

, HSLU (german: Hochschule Luzern), German-speaking * University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, SUPSI ( it, Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana), Italian-speaking *

Zurich University of Applied Sciences The Zürich University of Applied Sciences (German: ''Zürcher Fachhochschule'', ZFH) is a governing body composed of four separate universities. It is located in the city of Winterthur, with facilities in Zürich and Wädenswil, is the second la ...

, ZFH, german: Zürcher Fachhochschule, German-speaking *

, ZHAW (german: Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften) *

Zurich University of the Arts Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK, german: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) has approximately 2,500 students, which makes it the largest arts university in Switzerland. The university was established in 2007, following the merger between Zurich' ...

ZHdK (german: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) ;Private *

Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences The Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences Switzerland (Kalaidos UAS) is a University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland with the departments of Business and Management, Law, Health, Music and Applied Psychology. It was founded in 1997 and today ...

(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) * Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne, ECAL, 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 Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK, german: Zürcher Hochschule der Künste) has approximately 2,500 students, which makes it the largest arts university in Switzerland. The university was established in 2007, following the merger between Zurich ...

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 Franklin University Switzerland is a private university in Lugano, Switzerland. Founded in 1969, Franklin is one of the oldest American institutions of higher education in Europe and the first to be established in Switzerland. Franklin offers Bac ...

(university institute) *Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zürich, HWZ (university of applied sciences institute) *Hochschulinstitut Schaffhausen, HSSH (university institute) *

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, or the Geneva Graduate Institute (french: Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement), abbreviated IHEID, is a government-accredited postgraduate institution ...

of Geneva, IHEID (university institute) *Schweizerisches universitäres Institut für traditionelle chinesische Medizin, SWISS TCM UNI (university institute) *Stiftung Universitäre Fernstudien Schweiz, Brig (university institute) *

SBS Swiss Business School SBS Swiss Business School is a private business school located in Zurich, Switzerland with affiliated campuses in Latvia, Kazakhstan, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Argentina, India, Myanmar and Spain. History SBS Swiss Business School was f ...

(university of applied sciences institute) *Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen, SFISM *Staatsunabhängige Theologische Hochschule Basel, STH Basel (university institute)

Accredited institutions according to article 75 paragraph 3 HEdA

*Theologische Hochschule Chur, THC

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 The ''Academic Ranking of World Universities'' (''ARWU''), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. The league table was originally compiled and issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong University ...

(2014–2015).Rankings: top of the class
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The Economist ''The Economist'' is a British weekly newspaper printed in demitab format and published digitally. It focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, technology, and culture. Based in London, the newspaper is owned by The Econo ...

'', 28 March 2015 (page visited on 7 April 2015).

Switzerland Top Universities in 2020/21

A list of Switzerland top universities in 2020 as per three major ranking platforms ARWU (Academic Ranking of World Universities), THE (Times Higher Education) and the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds).

Notes and references

External links

Official portal of swissuniversitiesThe State Secretariat for Education, Research and InnovationResults of University Rankings
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