List of universities in Switzerland

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This article lists universities in Switzerland.

[edit] Official higher education institution

According with the Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities CRUS^[1], there are 12 official higher education institutions in Switzerland (10 cantonal universities and 2 federal institutes of technology plus a number of Universities of Applied Sciences):

University of Basel (Basel), German-speaking
University of Berne (Berne), 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
Università della Svizzera Italiana (Lugano), Italian-speaking
University of St. Gallen (HSG) (St. Gallen), German-speaking
University of Zurich (Zürich), German-speaking
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) (Zürich), German-speaking
EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne) (Lausanne), French-speaking
various Universities of Applied Sciences (Fachhochschulen)
- Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, (Lucerne), German-speaking
- Zurich University of Applied Sciences, (Zurich), German-speaking

[edit] Other institutions of higher education

The CRUS considers as institutions of higher education:

the European University Geneva
the Schiller International University (SIU)
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

[edit] Private colleges

There are a number of private colleges which offer courses based on the Anglo-American system. The studies and examinations offered by these colleges may or may not be recognized in Switzerland. The CRUS warns that some of these colleges may even offer courses which are not serious, and advises anyone interested in following such a course to make careful investigations if the institution is recognized by the Swiss University Conference.