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Studying in Switzerland
Overview
Universities 
Universities of Applied Sciences
Overview
Switzerland offers two basic kinds of tertiary education institutions.There are the 10 cantonal universities and the two federal institutes of technology in Zurich (ETHZ) and Lausanne (EPFL). These are the so-called university institutes some of whose histories, particularly in the case of the cantonal universities, go back to the 15th century. The oldest university in Switzerland in Basel was founded in 1460.
Then there are the seven Universities of Applied Sciences which have emerged since 1997 from a concentration of around 70 upper technical schools consisting of technical schools and higher commercial comprehensive schools. In 2003 they will have gone through their first stage of development.
Both types of institution complete a dense network of education outlets in Switzerland, offering Swiss and foreign students high quality tertiary education possibilities.
The tertiary education landscape in Switzerland
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Further information:
Higher education in Switzerland, Edition 2001. Published by the Federal Office for Education and Science in cooperation with the Federal Office for Professional Education an Technologie and Presence Switzerland, Berne 2001. Order
Switzerland's Tertiary Education Policy. Swiss National Report for the OECD-Review of Swiss Tertiary Education Policy; published by the Confederation and the Cantons, Berne 2002
Review of the Swiss tertiary education system, Examiner's report, July 2003
Important addresses:
Federal Office for Education and Science(responsible for carrying out the Federal Law on the promotion of universities and cooperation in the university sphere)
Hallwylstrasse 4, CH-3003 Bern
Tel. +41 (0)31 322 96 91
Fax +41 (0)31 322 78 54
The ETH-Board (ETH steering group)
Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology
(Responsible for federal policy on professional training, technical schools and technology)
Effingerstrasse 27, 3003 Bern
Tel. +41 (0)31 324 90 12
Fax +41 (0)31 324 92 47
Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education
(Grouping of the 26 members of cantonal governments responsible for education, training, culture and sport)
Zähringerstrasse 25
P.O. Box 5975, 3001 Bern
Tel. +41 (0)31 309 51 11
Fax +41 (0)31 309 51 50
Swiss University Conference (SUC)
(Federal and cantonal body for cooperation on university policy)
Sennweg 2, 3012 Bern
Tel. +41 (0)31 306 60 60
Fax +41 (0)31 302 17 92
Rector's Conference of the Swiss Universities (CRUS)
(Organization representing all Swiss universities in political, economic, social and cultural circles and within the public)
Sennweg 2, 3012 Bern
Tel. +41 (0)31 306 60 36
Fax +41 (0)31 306 60 50