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The ETH Zurich Foundation is a legal entity on its own (a Swiss non-profit foundation) and as such not part of the ETH Zurich. Its purpose is to raise funds to support chosen institutes, projects, faculty and students at the ETH Zurich. It receives charitable donations from companies, foundations and private individuals.
The University of Basel is the oldest institution of higher learning in Switzerland.. This list of universities in Switzerland lists all public and private higher education institutions accredited and coordinated according to the Federal Act on Funding and Coordination of the Swiss Higher Education Sector (short: Federal Higher Education Act, HEdA).
Total students Year Remarks 1: University of Zurich: University 28,121 [2] 2021 2: ETH Zurich: University 24,530 [3] 2021 3: University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland: University of Applied Sciences and Arts 21,270 [4] 2022 4 University of Bern: University 19,297 [5] 2022 5 University of Geneva: University 17,744 [6] 2022 Excl ...
École spéciale de Lausanne, 1857 Louis Rivier, founding member of École spéciale de Lausanne. The roots of modern-day EPFL can be traced back to the foundation of a private school under the name École spéciale de Lausanne in 1853 at the initiative of Louis Rivier, a graduate of the École Centrale Paris and John Gay, the then professor and rector of the Académie de Lausanne.
1854: A Parliamentary resolution establishes a federal polytechnic school in Zurich, on the basis of the 1848 constitution. 15 October 1855: Opening of the ‘Swiss Federal Polytechnic School’ with six divisions, including the Engineering School and – although not originally envisaged – the ‘Building School’.
The Zentrum campus of the ETH Zurich at night. The campus of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the University of Lausanne , at the shores of Lake Geneva . The education system in Switzerland is very diverse, because the constitution of Switzerland delegates the authority for the school system mainly to the cantons .
The Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS) is a political science research institute founded in 1997 and based in Zürich. It is joint initiative between the institute of political science of the University of Zurich and the political science chairs of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology .
The universities are to guarantee academic excellence and have committed themselves to build a network with UNITECH International, which goes beyond traditional programs. Chalmers University, Sweden [3] ETH Zurich, Switzerland [4] Politecnico di Milano, Italy [5] RWTH Aachen, Germany [6] Loughborough University, United Kingdom [7]