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Switzerland

Friends at an open-air café table on the Münsterplattform terrace in Bern's old town

Switzerland is a small country with very strong universities. According to the Swiss education server educa.ch, you can choose from:

10 cantonal universities – including those in Zurich, Geneva, Lausanne, Bern and Basel,
2 federal institutes of technology – ETH Zurich and EPFL in Lausanne,
universities of applied sciences (Fachhochschulen, hautes écoles spécialisées) – currently 8 public and 1 private, with practice-oriented programmes,
universities of teacher education (Pädagogische Hochschulen, hautes écoles pédagogiques) – where teachers are trained; formally they belong to the universities of applied sciences.

Together they offer more than 4,000 programmes. You'll find them all in the studyprogrammes.ch search engine.

Universities in Switzerland – profiles

Sources: European Commission – Study in Europe (education.ec.europa.eu/study-in-europe), Eurostat, official national study and residence portals and authorities, Eurodesk, enic-naric.net, studentnews.eu. As of September 2026.

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