Swiss Education, Research & Innovation

and its International Dimension

SERI International Relations, 31.03.2014

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Swiss ERI Landscape – Map

12 tier-one universities (10 cantonal + 2 federal)

8 universities of applied sciences UAS (7 public + 1 private)

University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern SwitzerlandZurich University of Applied SciencesUniversity of Applied Sciences of Eastern SwitzerlandLucerne University of Applied Sciences and ArtsUniversity of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern SwitzerlandBern University of Applied SciencesUniversity of Applied Sciences Western SwitzerlandKalaidos University of Applied Sciences

Total number of students in UAS: 72,568Total number of professors in UAS: 3,855

Total number of students in tier-one universities: 137,714Total number of professors in tier-one universities: 3,357

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Univ. St. Gallen:7,809 students,80 professors

Univ. della Svizerra italiana;2,918 students,69 professors

ETH Zurich:17,309 students,428 professors

Univ. Zurich:26,351 students,526 professors

Univ. Basel:12,982 students,260 professors

Univ. Neuchâtel:4,345 students,112 professors

Univ. Bern:15,406 students,374 professors

Univ. Fribourg:10,084 students,221 professors

Univ. Geneva:15,514 students,486 professors EPF Lausanne:

9,395 students,290 professors

Univ. Lausanne:12,947 students,454 professors

Univ. Lucerne:2,654 students,57 professors

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Source: Factsheet Switzerland – The place for education, research and innovation, 2013

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Swiss ERI Landscape – Total Funding

Education• Total Swiss expenditure in 2010: 5.6% of GDP

2nd in OECD, in relation to the number of pupils / students

R&D• Total Swiss expenditure in 2008: 3% of GDP

Significantly above OECD average (2.4%)24% increase since 2004State accounts only for 1/3, the other 2/3 are mostly

financed and pursued by the private sectorState acts in a subsidiary capacity!

Source: Factsheet Education, Research, Innovation (ERI): Facts & Figures, 2013

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Swiss ERI Landscape – Fed. Funding I

1991-1995 1995-1999 1999-2003 2003-2007 2007-2011 2011-20150

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National Defense

Transport

Finances and Taxation

Education and Research

Agriculture and Food

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Instit. and Finan. Re-quirements

Order and Public Safety

Economy

Environmental Protection and Spatial Planning

Culture and Leisure

Health Source: Factsheet Education, Research, Innovation (ERI): Facts & Figures, 2013

% of GDP

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Swiss ERI Landscape – Federal funding

EU research

EU education

Space affairs

International cooperation

Management of education system

Umbrella associations for CET

Scholarships

Institutions under art. 16

Science and society

CTI

SNSF

Universities of applied sciences

Cantonal universities

ETH domain

VET/PET

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2013-20162008-2011

Total 2013 – 2016: CHF 26 billion

International context ~20%

Source: Swiss ERI Dispatch 2013 – 2016

Funding of universities by source

ETHZ / EPFL

Uni FH PH0

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Third party

Confederation competitive funds: SNSF, CTI; EU

Confederation: basic funding

From other Can-tons

Home Cantons

Quelle: BFS, SBFI

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Swiss ERI Landscape – International

• Roughly 25% of students (tier-one universities and UAS combined) are from abroad

• Roughly 50% of university professors and 20% of UAS professors are from abroad

• Roughly 50% of PhD students at tier-one universities are from abroad

• Roughly 70% of all Swiss publications result from international cooperationSubstantial increase over the past 25 years (50%

in the period 1981 – 1985)

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Swiss ERI Network – Map

swissnexscience consulate (financed by SERI and private sector participation)

San Francisco

Singapore

Shanghai

Boston

Bangalore

Science & Technology Counsellors with Science Sectionfull-time ERI at the Swiss Embassy (financed by SERI)

Pretoria

Paris SERI/ESA

Brussels/EU

Washington, D.C.

Moscow

New Delhi

Beijing SeoulTokyo

Science & Technology Counsellorspart-time ERI at the Swiss Embassy (financed by FDFA and SERI project funds)

Santiago de Chile

Canberra

Ottawa London BerlinVienna

RomeMadridBern

Brasilia

Rio de JaneiroSão Paulo

New York

Guangzhou