Developments
On 4 December 2003, the Swiss University Conference (SUC) issued guidelines for the coordinated reform of teaching at Swiss universities in accordance with the Bologna Process. The changeover to the Bologna study system is largely completed. Since the academic year 2007 / 2008 all new students enrol in a Bachelor course (including medicine).
In addition, within the framework of the Bologna Declaration, Switzerland has spoken in favour of the establishment of systematically organised accreditation and quality assurance systems in higher education. As a result, the universities have introduced their own quality assurance measures for teaching and research, which are being evaluated by the Center of Accreditation and Quality Assurance of the Swiss Universities (OAQ).
Higher education landscape
The implementation of the new constitutional provisions (Federal Constitution Article 63a) will lead to simplification and standardisation of the coordination of the whole Swiss university domain (traditional universities, universities of applied sciences and universities of teacher education). In this way, suitable framework conditions are to be established for a competitive, permeable higher education landscape which meets high quality standards. These far-reaching reforms will also entail changes for the traditional universities.
Further information
Institutions responsible for Swiss Universities
Universities and other higher education institutions
