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Universities in Switzerland

Switzerland has 47 universities on the map. The oldest dates to 1460. 3 were founded before 1600. Below: how they spread across the centuries, and the country’s oldest institutions. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-22.

UNIVERSITIES47

OLDEST1460

FOUNDED 1900+31

By founding era

Before 12000 · 0%

1200–15993 · 6%

1600–18999 · 19%

1900 or later31 · 66%

Date unknown4 · 9%

Oldest universities in Switzerland

The country’s earliest institutions — the deepest roots of higher education here.

1460University of Basel

1537University of Lausanne

1559University of Geneva

1622Santa Maria

1833University of Zurich

1834University of Bern

1835Haute école de musique de Genève

1838University of Neuchâtel

1849Carolinum Zürich

1855ETH Zurich

1889University of Fribourg

1898University of St. Gallen

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