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Science and Universities in Switzerland

Swiss Universities
Federal Institutes of Technology

University Institute	Date of Foun- dation	Faculties Departments	Number of Students	Field of Excellence	Nobel Prize winners outstanding persons
Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne EPFL	18..	Architecture, Civil & Environmental Engineering Computer & Communication Sciences Basic Sciences Engineering Sciences & Techniques Life Sciences Humanities Technology Management
Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETHZ	18..	Agriculture and Food Sciences Architecture Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering Biology Chemistry and Applied Biosciences Earth Sciences Humanities, Social and Political Sciences Computer Science Information Technology and Electrical Engineering Mathematics Materials Science Mechanical and Process Engineering Management, Technology and Economics Physics Environmental Sciences		Physics, Computer Science	Albert Einstein Felix Bloch
University of Basel www.unibas.ch	1460	Theology (reformed) Law Medicine Philosophy Science Economics Psychology		Biotechnology	Werner Arber
University of Bern www.unibe.ch	1834	Theology (reformed and old catholic) Law Economics and Social Sciences Human Medicine Veterinary Medicine Philosophy Science		Tourism Political Sciences
University of Fribourg www.unifr.ch (bilingual)	1889	Theology (catholic) Law Economics Arts Science
University of Lausanne http://www.unil.ch	18..	Theology (reformed) Law Philosophy Social and Political Sciences Geological and Environmental Sciences Biology and Medicine Science
University of Neuchâtel http://www.unine.ch	18..	Philosophy and Humanities Science Law Economics and Social Sciences Theology (reformed)	3262	Nanosciences and Microtechnology Biology Hydrogeology Ethnology Prehistoric Archeology Law in the health sector	Agassiz Le Corbusier Piaget
University of Zurich www.unizh.ch	1833	Theology (reformed) Medicine Law Philosophy Science
University of St. Gallen http://www.unisg.ch	1938	Management Economics Law Humanities
University of Lugano www.unisi.ch	1996	Architecture Communication Sciences Economics Informatics
University of Lucerne http://www.unilu.ch	1938 1993 2001	Theology (catholic) (1938) Humanities (1993) Law (2001)
Total Switzerland			41,000

Important Research Institutes in Switzerland

The research institutes mentioned here do work on university level but are not asscociated to a single university.

CERN Centre Européen de Recherche Nucléaire, Geneva
PSI Paul Scherrer Institut, Würenlingen
IBM Research Institute, Rüschlikon

Nobel Prize Winners from Switzerland

Albert Einstein

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1921
for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect
Albert Einstein was born in Germany, but he studied at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Albert Einstein published his famous works on the photoelectric effect (1904) and on relativity (1905) while working at the Federal Patent Registration Office in Bern.
>For details see: www.nobelprize.org

Werner Arber

Biozentrum [Institute of Biology], University of Basel, Switzerland
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1978
for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics
together with Daniel Nathans and Hamilton O. Smith (both Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA)
>For details see: www.nobelprize.org

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