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Annual report 2023
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In February 2023, I had the pleasure of taking up my post as President of swissuniversities - the Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss universities. swissuniversities is the umbrella organisation for all 38 Swiss universities. At the heart of swissuniversities’ activities is the representation of the position and interests of all types of Swiss universities.
In 2023, preparatory work began on the new Education, Research and Innovation (ERI) Message 2025–2028. swissuniversities closely followed the drafting of the ERI Message 2025–2028, in particular by arguing for adequate financial resources to enable universities to fulfil their missions and maintain their level of excellence. Throughout the year, swissuniversities also made a case for Switzerland’s re-association with the European framework programmes, Horizon Europe and Erasmus+. The year 2023 was therefore marked by a number of topical issues that are essential for the future of Switzerland as a scientific centre: for both education and research, favourable framework conditions are essential, both financially and institutionally. The prosperity and independence of Switzerland’s future generations depend on favourable conditions for the creation and transmission of knowledge.
Over the course of a vast number of interviews and meetings at national and international level, I was able to establish that Swiss universities are recognised and appreciated for their quality and performance in research and education. This recognition is the fruit of decades of work and commitment: the fact that Swiss education and research are as robust as they are today is thanks to the foresight of the decision-making bodies in the past. Now it is our turn to secure the future of this unique position and to commit ourselves to its further development.
On behalf of swissuniversities, I would like to thank all the individuals and institutions for their support and good cooperation. I look forward to continuing to work towards constructive solutions and to representing the voice of higher education in the future.
Dr. Luciana Vaccaro
President swissuniversities
The central task of the General Secretariat of swissuniversities is to support the universities. In 2023, it continued to deal with various topics relating to the national and international development of the higher education landscape. Key topics included accompanying the work on the ERI Dispatch, the development of Open Science with a focus on Open Research Data and Open Access, as well as the organisation of specific programmes on current issues relating to teaching, research and international networking. The General Secretariat of swissuniversities also provided services for the verification of diplomas, the registration and organisation of aptitude tests for medical studies and the provision of scholarships. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the staff in the General Secretariat for their competent, committed, and constructive work.
The umbrella organisation is primarily supported by its members. In the various committees, they develop the basis for a common understanding of university matters and thus enable the formulation of consolidated positions. In 2023, swissuniversities reviewed the content and composition of the various delegations and delegates on specific issues. Their roles and potential synergies were analysed in a survey. The results of this evaluation will lead to adjustments to the committees in spring 2024.
swissuniversities welcomed two new members in 2023: the Pädagogische Hochschulinstitut NMS Bern, PH NMS Bern, and the Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training, SFUVET. This means that swissuniversities now counts 38 members.
The Swiss higher education landscape is constantly evolving and is in a good position to meet current and future challenges thanks to a culture of cooperation. On behalf of the General Secretariat, I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to constructive solutions in the interests of the universities and Switzerland by participating in discussions and working on projects.
Dr. Martina Weiss
Secretary General swissuniversities
swissuniversities at a glance
Consultation on the Dispatch on the Promotion of Education, Research and Innovation (ERI) 2025–2028
Every four years, the Federal Council submits a dispatch on the promotion of education, research and innovation (ERI) to the Federal Assembly, in conjunction with the legislative programme. This message is of strategic importance for the universities and other players in the ERI sector, as it defines the priorities, objectives and measures for the new period and requests the funding needed to implement them.
The year under review saw the first ever consultation on the ERI 2025–2028 message. The consultation ran from June to September and swissuniversities submitted a statement in this context.
swissuniversities welcomes the strategic importance accorded by the Federal Council to education and research and appreciates their importance for our country. The umbrella organisation is aware of the Confederation’s delicate financial situation, but considers that this should not lead to substantial financial cuts in the ERI sector. However, the contributions for the ERI sector proposed in the ERI 2025–2028 message will lead to a painful dismantling of the services provided by Swiss universities. This situation jeopardises the quality of the universities and their contribution to Switzerland’s attractiveness as a centre of research and innovation. Knowledge is our country’s most important resource and the key to its prosperity. swissuniversities calls on the public authorities to guarantee adequate funding for universities and institutions promoting research and innovation. Without such investments, the universities cannot guarantee the maintenance and development of top-quality education, research and innovation in our country.
Promoting young talent
The promotion of young talent is a fundamental mission of higher education institutions: it enables them to guarantee the excellence of their teaching and research and to train qualified personnel for society and the economy. In this way, they are able to ensure that their responses to current societal, cultural, technological and economic challenges are relevant.
The doctorate is the main tool for qualifying these young people. In order to monitor the development of the quality and attractiveness of doctoral education, swissuniversities has carried out a review of the implementation of its position on doctoral education in 2023. This assessment, based on a survey conducted among swissuniversities members, identified current challenges, including the implementation of thesis co-supervision. The report also highlighted the good practices developed by the institutions of higher education, such as the guarantee of protected time for doctoral candidates to advance their research.
Mobility is another fundamental element in the training of young researchers. The programme P-1 "Doctoral Education" continued to be deployed and supported doctoral students in their mobility projects. A mid-term-report emphasised the need to ensure long-term support for mobility - in the many forms it can take - within higher education institutions, which need to take a systemic approach to these issues in the overall context of the promotion of young talent.
The P-1 programme also supports doctoral programmes at universities of teacher education and universities of applied sciences in order to offer young people from these institutions the opportunity to have access to doctoral education. An assessment carried out by independent experts highlighted the positive impact of the programme and the importance of continuing these efforts, in particular to give the supported projects time to become sustainable and to reach out to smaller institutions and smaller disciplines.
In this way, universities, universities of applied sciences and universities of teacher education are committed to promoting optimal working, teaching and research conditions that enable young researchers to develop their full potential. swissuniversities published a position paper on the common challenges faced by these three types of institution with their complementary profiles in terms of promoting the next generation of researchers, for example in terms of promoting quality and career planning. The position paper also highlights the specific strengths of each of them and the relevance of facilitating the mobility of researchers from one to the other.
Initial discussions on a programme to promote young researchers for the years 2025-2028 have been taking place over the past year. With this programme, the institutions of higher education will continue their commitment to promoting young talent, particularly in the postdoctoral phase and in cooperative doctoral programmes.
Scientific policy advice
On 8 December 2023, the framework agreement for scientific advice was signed by the Federal Chancellery, the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation and the six scientific organisations swissuniversities, the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, the ETH Board, Innosuisse, the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Science Council. Already in the run-up to crises, this creates clarity regarding the cooperation process and ensures broad support in the scientific community. Ad hoc scientific advisory bodies may be involved in crises if the Federal Council deems it appropriate when activating an interdepartmental crisis organisation.
"Red telephone" at swissuniversities
Together with the federal government, the scientific organisations have drawn up regulations, including a code of conduct that clarifies the division of roles between science and politics in future crises. The Federal Chancellery suggested for the federal administration to have a clearly defined contact point at one of the participating scientific organisations. This would then also act as a central coordination centre in future crisis situations. The presidents of the ERI institutions have agreed that this central coordination office should be anchored at swissuniversities. swissuniversities will be contacted as an interface to the federal government in the event of a crisis and will ensure coordination between the ERI institutions. The six major scientific organisations in Switzerland will jointly propose experts for participation in an advisory body. The Confederation subsequently confirms the named experts as members of this committee.
To ensure that the planned processes and structures are in place in the event of a crises, a network of researchers must be in dialogue with politicians and the administration even in non-crisis times. From this network, an ad hoc advisory body on a specific topic can be quickly constituted in a structured process. The scientists, supported by the universities and other research institutions, put their scientific expertise at the service of society, politics and administration. This promotes exchange between the various stakeholders, particularly with regard to major societal challenges such as digitalisation, climate change, energy, health and economic crises.
Launch of the Open Access Strategy Review
The National Open Access Strategy for Switzerland was created and adopted in 2017 by swissuniversities and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) on the basis of a mandate from the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI). The strategy pursues the vision that all scholarly publications financed by public funds must be freely accessible on the internet by 2024.
To formulate an Open Access Strategy from 2025 onwards, the Open Access Strategy Review was launched in 2023 with the aim of evaluating and updating the strategic parameters of the current strategy. The revised version of the open access strategy takes into account the experiences made in recent years as well as current developments in order to continue the open access transformation on an updated basis.
Activities within the delegation open science and swissuniversities bodies began in 2023. An internal consultation on the first draft of the revised Open Access Strategy took place in winter 2023. The external consultation, to which the universities, ERI partner organisations, and other stakeholders were invited, took place from December 2023 to January 2024. The results from this revision of the strategy will also be incorporated into the planning of the PgB Open Science II programme for the period 2025–2028.
Launch of the Open Access Strategy Review
The Swiss Roadmap for Research Infrastructures 2023 was published at the beginning of June 2023. In particular, it sets out the ten infrastructure projects for which swissuniversities has submitted applications for federal funding for joint infrastructures between universities and other institutions in the higher education sector that meet needs of national importance. In this context, it is gratifying that the ERI message 2025–2028, as it was submitted for consultation between June and September, for the first time provides for funding under Art. 47, para. 3 LEHE for these projects.
swissuniversities hopes that the funds eventually made available will cover the needs that have emerged in view of the outstanding joint university infrastructure projects. These projects fulfil needs of national importance – both in terms of scientific quality, relevance and feasibility as well as in terms of their accessibility for various user groups. The universities are therefore eagerly awaiting the funding decisions to be made by SERI in 2024.
In this context, two round tables bringing together the ERI partners were also organised in 2023 and an ad hoc working group was set up under the aegis of SERI with a view to adapting the roadmap process. swissuniversities was able to get involved in this framework and welcomes the continuation of the discussions and work in 2024.
Participation of universities in alliances
The European Universities Initiative was officially launched by the European Council at its meeting on 14 December 2017. The Commission published the first call for proposals in 2018 with the aim of reaching 60 alliances over time. Swiss universities were initially excluded from this and other EU programmes. The opening of the calls for proposals from 2022 for the Bologna area enabled Swiss universities to participate in these university alliances with funding from the federal government. As these alliances are very interesting for Swiss universities, many took part in the 2022 and 2023 calls.
4 and 5 projects from European universities with Swiss participation were selected by the EU for the 2022 and 2023 calls. In view of this success, Movetia was forced to prioritise its other activities, as there were not enough funds available to cover the Swiss contribution to the alliances, particularly for 2023.
The latest call for proposals, launched on 3 October 2023, will in particular promote projects that aim to establish a new major transnational cooperation under this programme in order to reach the number of 60 alliances. The submission deadline is February 2024 and the decision is expected in June 2024.
DACH meeting in Bern and meeting with international delegations
At their annual meeting in Bern, the board members of the Rectors’ Conferences of Austria, Switzerland and Germany exchanged views on current developments in higher education policy in their countries. The focus was on promoting young academics and planning careers in research, alleviating the shortage of skilled labour and the relationship between academic and vocational education, as well as the risks and opportunities of using artificial intelligence and chatbot technologies at universities. Particular attention was paid to the role of universities in society. The meeting took place on 21 and 22 September. The President of the National Council, Martin Candinas, was the guest of honour at the joint dinner. Participants were able to benefit from a tour of the Federal Palace led by him. The next meeting in September 2024 will take place in Austria.
On 1 March, the General Secretariat of swissuniversities welcomed a seven-member delegation from NAWA (Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange), which was on a three-day exchange trip to Switzerland. Swissuniversities also took part in a Franco-Swiss meeting in Paris on 5 and 6 October, which was initiated by the French Embassy in Switzerland and the Swiss Embassy in France
Research Assessment
The criteria for research assessment are to be expanded. This is becoming increasingly important for higher education institutions, as set out in the Coordination of the entire Swiss higher education sector 2025–2028. swissuniversities therefore signed the agreement on the reform of research assessment in September 2022, which is coordinated at the European level. Its objectives are in line with swissuniversities’ endeavours to promote early-career researchers, scientific integrity, fair recruitment procedures and careers diversity, which are key to the success of Swiss higher education institutions and their impact on society. Moreover, the reform of research assessment contributes significantly to the further development and consolidation of Open Science in Switzerland.
The widening of evaluation criteria and related discussions with research communities are carried out within higher education institutions and take into account disciplinary diversity. swissuniversities supports the reform of research assessment through inter-institutional exchange at the national level. At the international level, the «Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment» (CoARA) was founded, as well as the consortium of the agreement, which promotes the discourse on research assessment and drives forward the implementation of the agreement. swissuniversities is a member of CoARA and joined a working group on «Reforming Academic Career Assessment» in 2023.
Compensation for disadvantages
Disadvantage compensation involves adapting study and/or examination conditions with the aim of compensating for students’ disadvantages due to impairments. At swissuniversities, the transversal topic is addressed at various points, including as part of P-7 Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunities in Higher Education Development (2021-2024), and from various perspectives. From an institutional perspective, the Chamber of Universities of Teacher Education has commissioned a group of experts to develop a concept for the development of a national standard for dealing with compensation for disadvantages at universities of teacher education. On the other hand, the General Secretariat, on behalf of the Teaching Delegation and in collaboration with specialists at the higher education institutions, has begun to draw up recommendations for a common approach and practice in dealing with compensation for disadvantages at Swiss universities. Work that has already been done on the topic, such as the guidelines for universities from the Netzwerks Studium und Behinderung, will be taken into account.
In addition, a pending Federal Supreme Court ruling on the appeal by Inclusion Handicap regarding the extension of the time limit for the aptitude test for medical studies is eagerly awaited. This could have decisive consequences for the test concept and current admission practice for medical studies.
Funded projects within the framework of PgB Open Science
In 2023, the Open Science I programme was able to continue its work to promote open access to scientific research with a large number of grants and project completions. In Phase A, Open Access (OA), 3 further projects were approved that will be dedicated to implementing the action lines "Alternative forms of publication" and "Setting up of shared services and e-infrastructures" by the end of 2024. Five OA projects launched earlier were successfully completed in 2023. The "Regulatory Framework" project on the legal analysis of secondary publication rights was also successfully completed in October 2023 after a year of work. The final report describes the situation in other European countries and contains proposals for legal solutions with regard to secondary publication rights in Switzerland.
In Phase B of the programme, which deals with open research data (ORD), the first projects were launched in 2023 in accordance with the action plan: 40 Swiss Open Research Data Grants (CHORD) projects began their work on the (further) development of ORD practices. In January 2023, 25 projects from action line B5.2 Data Stewardship began implementing their action plans in 31 higher education institutions - providing a concrete example of cooperation between higher education institutions in the field of ORD. Shortly before the end of the year, the ROADS project was launched with the aim of developing good practices for research data management (RDM) training at Swiss higher education institutions.
Refugees at universities
The Russian war of aggression in Ukraine since 2022 has also triggered a discussion at Swiss universities about how to deal with refugees from Ukraine. The higher education landscape quickly and pragmatically established structures to accommodate the large number of Ukrainian students. Building on this experience, various initiatives have emerged over the past year to consolidate the existing structures and make them accessible to refugees. These include, for example, the "Compass" project at the University of Bern and the cross-university collaboration "Campus Lucerne". swissuniversities is closely following the development of this topic and is supporting coordination between universities with the "Uni4Refugees" project. In addition, close contact with the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) and SERI enables a holistic approach to the issue of refugees’ access to Swiss universities.
Furthermore, collaboration in the "EQPR" (European Qualification Passport for Refugees) project was discussed with the European Commission and SERI in 2023. This complementary document makes it possible to coordinate and simplify the recognition of qualifications of refugees with European partners and thus use resources more efficiently.
Special programme for nursing
In 2022, swissuniversities was commissioned by the Swiss University Conference SHK to develop a concept for a special programme to increase the number of Bachelor’s degrees in nursing UAS as part of the implementation of the nursing initiative.
On the basis of this concept, swissuniversities 2023 prepared the application for the first part of the special programme for immediate measures to promote measures to increase attractiveness, financed with project-linked funds. The projects of the universities of applied sciences must be able to be implemented within just six months from summer 2024. For this reason, only quickly realisable adjustments to the curriculum and communication measures are proposed.
The first part of the special programme should therefore not be competitive. No call for proposals is planned, but rather the submission of one project per university of applied sciences with an existing or planned degree programme in nursing. Participation by the universities is voluntary (opting-in).
The implementation of the first part serves to prepare for the second, longer part from 2025, which will focus on increasing the number of Bachelor’s degrees. The increase in study places will be based on the needs analyses of the cantons.
Artificial intelligence in teaching
Technologies based on artificial intelligence (AI) are also becoming increasingly important in the academic context of teaching. They harbour enormous potential for academic work and will have a profound impact on the expectations of university graduates in the world of work. The ability to utilise this potential, but also to understand how these technologies work and the risks associated with them, is becoming an important skill for all members of the academic community.
The rapid and continuous development of available tools and the lack of routine mean that there are still no universal or clear answers to the many questions raised. For this reason, it is important that universities follow the development of tools, adapt their practices and continue to integrate these technologies. They will also ensure that they accompany and support their staff in this process. Finally, the exchange of good experiences, which began in the swissuniversities committees in 2023, will be continued and intensified in the coming years.
Microcredentials and Verifiable Credentials
In 2023, the Teaching Delegation set up two ad hoc working groups. The Microcredentials group - consisting of nine representatives from the three types of higher education institutions - was tasked with developing a common understanding of microcredentials for education and training at Swiss universities. According to the European Commission, microcredentials are small learning units that lead to the recognition of competences. These short formats can lead to the parcelling out of existing courses, but also to the creation of new courses and formats. This new tool, which is available to universities, brings with it a number of challenges, particularly with regard to recognition between institutions.
The Verifiable Credentials group was set up precisely with the aim of facilitating the exchange of data between universities. The credentials that are exchanged between institutions or submitted by students are usually in the form of physical or scanned paper documents or PDF files. The Verifiable Credentials Group - to which each institution was invited to delegate a representative - was tasked with examining the needs and technical possibilities with a view to developing a decentralised system that enables the secure transmission of verified and verifiable documents between Swiss universities. Both groups will continue their work in 2024.
Milestones
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Balance Sheet at 31 December
(in CHF)
| Assets | 2023 |
2022 |
| Current assets | 0 |
0 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 17’374’891 |
19’465’518 |
| Accounts receivable | 2’121 |
651’231 |
| Other current receivables | 152’664 |
205’522 |
| Prepaid expenses/accrued income | 293’273 |
314’285 |
| Total current assets | 17’822’949 |
20’636’557 |
| Fixed assets | 0 |
0 |
| Financial fixed assets | 40’040 |
40’040 |
| Other long-term receivables | 115’027 |
0 |
| Tangible fixed assets | 138’568 |
136’991 |
| Intangible fixed assets | 84’597 |
28’357 |
| Total fixed assets | 378’232 |
205’388 |
| Total assets | 18’201’180 |
20’841’945 |
| Liabilities & equity | 2023 |
2022 |
| Current liabilities | 0 |
0 |
| Accounts payable | 51’926 |
323’295 |
| Current interest-bearing liabilities | 1’288’747 |
1’072’667 |
| Other current liabilities | 224’775 |
129’583 |
| Accrued expenses/deferred income | 2’115’655 |
876’400 |
| Current provisions | 0 |
311’300 |
| Total current liabilities | 3’681’103 |
2’713’245 |
| Long-term liabilities | 0 |
0 |
| Other long-term liabilities | 11’743’690 |
15’752’494 |
| Long-term provisions | 327’135 |
474’773 |
| Long-term provisions | 12’070’825 |
16’227’267 |
| Total liabilities | 15’751’928 |
18’940’512 |
| Equity | 0 |
0 |
| Reserves | 1’427’029 |
1’430’876 |
| Retained surplus/loss b/fwd | 474’404 |
231’005 |
| Surplus/loss for the year | 547’819 |
239’552 |
| Total equity | 2’449’252 |
1’901’433 |
| Total liabilities/equity | 18’201’180 |
20’841’945 |
Income statement for the year ended 31 December
(in CHF)
| Income statement | 2023 |
2022 |
| Membership fees | 3’111’694 |
2’889’425 |
| Membership fees for projects | 173’257 |
257’703 |
| State grants per HEdA | 1’522’520 |
1’442’818 |
| State grants repaid per HEdA | -138’264 |
-10’110 |
| State grants per regulations | 743’200 |
716’500 |
| State grants repaid per regulations | -19’513 |
-69’850 |
| Project-related state grants | 2’327’460 |
1’659’171 |
| Project-related state grants repaid | 0 |
-81’234 |
| Canton grants per HEdA | 1’522’520 |
1’442’817 |
| Canton grants repaid per HEdA | -138’264 |
-10’110 |
| Contractual/regulatory Canton grants | 448’184 |
782’977 |
| Project funding European Commission | 0 |
4’713 |
| EMS-qualifying examination fees | 1’157’927 |
797’373 |
| Contributions from universities | 255’094 |
243’175 |
| Third-party donations | 9’343 |
17’260 |
| Reduction in earnings VAT | -46’770 |
-122’547 |
| Operating income | 10’928’389 |
9’960’081 |
| Accounting fiduciary funds projects and programmes | 0 |
33’651 |
| Salaries | -5’845’850 |
-5’490’041 |
| Consultancy fees | -327’110 |
-347’098 |
| Social security contributions | -1’269’273 |
-1’208’213 |
| Other staff costs | -184’629 |
-70’153 |
| Staff costs | -7’626’861 |
-7’115’505 |
| Building overheads | -868’028 |
-830’911 |
| Repairs & maintenance, leasing costs | -15’269 |
-15’057 |
| Third-party services | -1’205’418 |
-974’538 |
| Property insurance costs | -9’448 |
-8’727 |
| Energy and waste disposal expenses | -12’939 |
-11’004 |
| Administration costs | -222’176 |
-262’489 |
| Library | -5’627 |
-5’555 |
| IT expenses | -152’127 |
-148’266 |
| Advertising costs | -307’817 |
-287’742 |
| Other operating expenses | -201’814 |
-105’950 |
| Financial expenses | -8’840 |
-61’169 |
| Financial income | 297 |
10 |
| Machinery & equipment depreciation | -34’509 |
-32’209 |
| Office fixtures & fitting depreciation | -16’708 |
-13’476 |
| Amortisation of intangible assets | -22’922 |
-7’089 |
| Other operating expenses | -3’083’345 |
-2’764’173 |
| Aperiodic income | 328’482 |
343’213 |
| Aperiodic expenses | 0 |
-218’572 |
| Other non-operating income | 1’155 |
856 |
| Non-recurring income/expenses | 329’637 |
125’498 |
| Surplus/loss for the year | 547’819 |
239’552 |
Board
Dr. Luciana Vaccaro
Rector University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, HES-SO President swissuniversities
Prof. Dr. Astrid Epiney
Rector University of Fribourg, Unifr Vice president ex officio
Prof. Franco Gervasoni
General Director University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, SUPSI Vice president ex officio
Prof. Dr. Heinz Rhyn
Rector University of Teacher Education Zurich, PH Zurich Vice president ex officio
Prof. Dr. Joël Mesot
President Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, ETHZ
Prof. Jürg Kessler
Rector University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons, FHGR
Prof. Dr. Maxime Zuber
Rector Haute École pédagogique des cantons de Berne, du Jura et de Neuchâtel, HEP-BEJUNE
Dr. Martina Weiss
Secretary General swissuniversities in an advisory capacity
Members
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Wörwag
Rector Bern University of Applied Sciences, BFH
Prof. Dr. Martin Vetterli
President École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL
Dr. Barbara Fontanellaz
Director Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training, SFUVET
Prof. Dr. Crispino Bergamaschi
President of the Board of Directors University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, FNHW
Prof. Dr. Thierry Dias
Rector Haute École pédagogique Vaud, HEP Vaud
Prof. Dr. Barbara Bader
Rector Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, HSLU
Prof. Dr. Barbara Fäh
Rector University of Teacher Education in Special Needs , HfH
René Weber
Rector Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences Switzerland, Kalaidos
Prof. Dr. Daniel Seelhofer
Rector OST - Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences
Prof. Dr. Martin Schäfer
Rector University of Teacher Education Bern, PHBern
Prof. Dr. Delphine Etienne-Tomasini
Rector Haute École pédagogique Fribourg, HEP FR
Prof. Dr. Gian-Paolo Curcio
Rector University of teacher education of the Grisons, PHGR
Prof. Dr. Kathrin Krammer
Rector University of Teacher Education Lucerne, PH Luzern
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hermann
Rector Schaffhausen University of Teacher Education, PHSH; until 30.11 Rector ad interim; until 31.07 Rector Prof. Dr. Gerda Buhl
Prof. Dr. Kathrin Futter
Rector Pädagogische Hochschule Schwyz, PHSZ; until 31.08 Deputy Rector; until 30.06 Rector Prof. Dr. Silvio Herzog
Prof. Dr. Horst Biedermann
Rector St.Gallen University of Teacher Education, PHSG
Prof. Dr. Sabina Larcher
Rector Thurgau University of Teacher Education, PHTG
Fabio Di Giacomo
Director Haute École pédagogique du Valais, HEP-VS
Prof. Dr. Esther Kamm
Rector University of Teacher Education Zug, PH Zug
Prof. Dr. Martin Stadelmann
Rector Pädagogisches Hochschulinstitut NMS Bern, PH NMS Bern
Prof. Dr. Andrea Schenker-Wicki
Rector University of Basel
Prof. Dr. Christian Leumann
Rector University of Bern, UniBE
Prof. Dr. Yves Flückiger
Rector University of Geneva, UNIGE
Prof. Dr. Frédéric Herman
Rector University of Lausanne, UNIL
Prof. Dr. Bruno Staffelbach
Rector University of Lucerne, Unilu
Prof. Dr. Kilian Stoffel
Rector University of Neuchâtel, UniNE
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Ehrenzeller
Rector University of St. Gallen, HSG
Prof. Dr. Luisa Lambertini
Rector Università della Svizzera italiana, USI
Prof. Dr. Michael Schaepman
Rector University of Zurich, UZH
Dr. Karin Mairitsch
Rector Zurich University of the Arts, ZHdK
Prof. Dr. Jean-Marc Piveteau
Rector Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, ZHAW
Prof. Dr. Guido McCombie*
Director FHNW School of Education, PH FHNW; (*may participate in Plenary Assemblies as guest)
Prof. Dr. Alberto Piatti*
Director Department of Education and Learning of the SUPSI, SUPSI-DFA/ASP; (*may participate in Plenary Assemblies as guest)
Dr. Martina Weiss
Secretary General
Dr. Sabine Felder
Deputy Secretary General / Head of Division Teaching and Infrastructure
Etienne Dayer
Director of the Chamber of Universities of Applied Sciences
Dr. François Grandjean
Director of the Chamber of Universities
Dr. Andrea Hungerbühler
Director of the Chamber of Universities of Teacher Education
Noëmi Eglin-Chappuis
Co-Head of Division Research and Development
Dr. Stefanie Wyssenbach
Co-Head of Division Research and Development
Rahel Imobersteg
Head of Division Higher Education Policy
Dr. Dimitri Sudan
Head of Division International Relations
Livia Blarasin
Head of Finances
Barbara Jgushia
Head of Human Resources
Dietrich Lindemann
Head of IT
Josefa Haas
Head of Communication