Official Higher Education Institution
According with the Swiss law on publicly financed Swiss Universities and the body CRUS, 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 Lausanne (Lausanne), French-speaking
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (Zurich), German/English-speaking
Read more about this topic: List Of Universities In Switzerland
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