List of universities in Switzerland

This article lists universities in Switzerland.

Official higher education institution

According with the Swiss law on publicly financed Swiss Universities and the body CRUS,^[1] there are 12 general higher education institutions in Switzerland (10 cantonal universities and two federal institutes of technology plus a number of specialized universities, e.g., Universities of Applied Sciences:

• University of Basel (Basel), German-speaking
• University of Bern (Bern), German-speaking
• University of Fribourg (Fribourg), French- and German-speaking
• University of Geneva (Geneva), French-speaking
• University of Neuchâtel (Neuchâtel), French-speaking
• University of Lausanne (Lausanne), French-speaking
• University of Lucerne (Lucerne), German-speaking
• University of Lugano (Lugano), Italian/English-speaking
• University of St. Gallen (HSG) (St. Gallen), German-speaking
• University of Zurich (Zürich), German-speaking
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (Zurich), German/English-speaking
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (Lausanne), French-speaking

Universities of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschulen according to the law FHSG)

• Berner Fachhochschule, BFH
• Ecole d'ingénieurs et d'architectes de Fribourg | Hochschule für Technik und Architektur Freiburg (HES-SO),French and German-speaking
• Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, FHNW (German: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz)
• Fachhochschule Ostschweiz, FHO
• Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale, HES-SO, (Western Switzerland), French-speaking
• Hochschule Luzern, HSLU, German-speaking
• Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana, (SUPSI), Italian-speaking
• Zürcher Fachhochschule, ZFH
• Fachhochschule Les Roches-Gruyères, HES-LRG
• Kalaidos Fachhochschule

Fine arts universities

• Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana, Lugano (Teilschule der SUPSI)
• Conservatoire de Musique de Genève
• Dipartimento Ambiente, Costruzioni e Design, Canobbio (Teilschule der SUPSI)
• Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne ECAL (Teilschule der HES-SO)
• Ecole cantonale d'art du Valais, Sierre ECAV
• Haute école d'arts appliqués Arc, La Chaux-de-Fonds (Teilschule der HES-SO)
• Haute école d'arts appliqués du Canton de Vaud, Lausanne (Teilschule der HES-SO)
• Haute école d'arts et de design, Genève (Teilschule der HES-SO)
• Haute école de musique de Lausanne - HEMU (Teilschule der HES-SO)
• Hochschule der Künste Berne (Teilschule der BFH)
• Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Basel (Teischule der FHNW)
• Hochschule für Musik Basel und Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (Teilschule der FHNW)
• Hochschule Luzern – Design & Kunst (Teilschule der HSLU)
• Hochschule Luzern – Musik (Teilschule der HSLU)
• Scuola Teatro Dimitri, Verscio (Teilschule der SUPSI)
• Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (Teilschule der ZFH)

Pedagogical universities (diplomae regognized by EDK)

• Alta Scuola Pedagogica Ticino
• Haute école pédagogique des cantons de Bern, du Jura et de Neuchâtel
• Haute école pédagogique du canton de Vaud
• Pädagogische Hochschule Wallis
• Haute école pédagogique fribourgeoise
• Interkantonale Hochschule für Heilpädagogik Zürich
• Pädagogische Hochschule Graubünden
• Pädagogische Hochschule Bern
• Pädagogische Hochschule Nordwestschweiz (Teilschule der FHNW)
• Pädagogische Hochschule Rorschach
• Pädagogische Hochschule St. Gallen
• Pädagogische Hochschule Schaffhausen
• Pädagogische Hochschule Thurgau
• Pädagogische Hochschule Zentralschweiz
• Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich (Teilschule der ZFH)
• Schweizer Hochschule für Logopädie Rorschach SHLR
• Eidgenössisches Hochschulinstitut gemäss Berufsbildungsgesetz (BBG), Art. 48
• Eidgenössisches Hochschulinstitut für Berufsbildung, EHB

Institutions accredited by the Swiss University Conference (SUK)

• Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano
• Theologische Hochschule Chur (THC)
• Franklin College Switzerland (programme accreditation)

Other institutions of higher education

The Swiss university law considers as institutions of higher education according to articles 3 and 12 further:

• Stiftung Fernstudien Schweiz, Brig
• the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Institut universitaire de hautes études internationales et du développement IHEID) in Geneva
• the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (Institut de hautes études en administration publique - Idheap) in Lausanne
• the Graduate Institute Kurt Bösch (Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch, IUKB) in Sion

List of private colleges

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• IFM University Institute of Finance and Management
• BHMS - Business & Hotel Management School - Lucerne
• LUG - Leman University Geneva
• BSL - Business School Lausanne
• Hotel and Tourism Management Institute
• Montreux School of Business (MSB), Montreux
• DCT University Center
• European Graduate School - EGS University
• European University
• Franklin College Switzerland
• Geneva Business School
• HIM, Hotel Institute Montreux
• International Hotel and Tourism Training Institute - IHTTI Part of Swiss Education Group
• IMI
• IMD
• International University in Geneva
• Victoria University
• SBS Swiss Business School, IACBE accredited and Eduqua Certified
• Swiss Hotel Management School
• Swiss Management Center
• UBIS University of Business and International Studies
• UGSM-Monarch Business School
• Webster University Geneva

International rankings

According to the THE–QS World University Rankings:

NR = no ranking or ranking outside top 200.

SMBG, a leading education company in France is publishing since 2007 a universal selection of 1,000 business schools, listed according to their capacity for international influence, split along principal global academic axes and grouped into 9 geographic zones. These 1,000 business schools represent more than 150 countries and 97% of the world’s population.^[2]

The list features the following Swiss universities:

• Educatis University, Graduate School of Management
• GSDIR - Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations
• GSBA - Graduate School of Business Administration Zürich
• IIMT - International Institute of Management in Technology, University of Fribourg
• IMD - International Institute for Management Development
• International University in Geneva
• Victoria University in Neuchatel
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - ETH Zurich, Department of Management Technology and

Economics

• Universität St. Gallen
• Université de Genève - HEC Genève
• Université de Lausanne - HEC Lausanne
• Business management university of Geneva

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Universities and colleges in Switzerland

• 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
• myScience.ch - The Swiss Portal for Research and Innovation

References

External links

• Swissuniversity.ch a portal on universities in Switzerland
• Swiss Universities Handbook
• The State Secretariat for Education and Research
• The Ranking Forum of Swiss Universities