Private business enterprises set up as (higher) educational institutions that claim a form of accreditation but with no official ties to said government or ministry from the respected country operating in the manner fall under the category of unaccredited institutions of higher education (uHEI).[1] The said Institutions can award private degrees under Switzerland's official law. Such degrees do not confine entitlement upon the holder that the Swiss authorities recognize the studies offered, the examinations passed or the qualifications issued by these types of institutions when it comes to private business schools.[2]
List of institutes/companies
This list was made by cross referencing data provided by State official sites Swissuniversities,[3] Akkreditierungsrat,[4] and Studyprogrammes.[5] The repository Anabin (Kultusministerkonferenz – Zentralstelle für ausländisches Bildungswesen) used to reference schools who do not posses accreditation from the Confederational government in Switzerland, and possess the -H rating.[6]
School | City, Canton | Swiss University Conference /Institutional accreditation[7] | Awarding University degrees | Programmatic membership(m*)/accredited(a*) | Notes |
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Albert Schweitzer International University | Genève, GE | It was not a Swiss university | - | None | Appears to be no longer operational and in liquidation[8] |
Academy of Business Management - The Open University of Switzerland | Zürich, ZH | It was not a Swiss university | - | ASIC | Abmswiss.com |
Academy of Contemporary Music | Zürich | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
ACF-Studiencenter Schweiz | Zürich | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Agogis | Zürich | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Akademie für Erwachsenenbildung | Luzern & Zürich | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
American University in Switzerland | La Tour-de-Peilz, VD | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | IACBE a* | Aus.swiss No longer registered as a business under zefix in Switzerland |
Benjamin Franklin College | (Baar) | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Baptistische Theologische Hochschule in Rüschlikon | Rüschlikon | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Belvoirpark | Zürich | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Betriebswirtschaftliches Institut Dr. Braunschweig AG | Basel | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Bibelschule Beatenberg | Beatenberg | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Business and Hotel Management School | Lucerne, LU | Private business & hotel school, not a university | Dual Degrees with Robert Gordon University | ACBSP a* | BHMS.ch |
Business School in Economics and Management (BSNE) | Zürich, ZH | Private business school, not a Swiss university | - | None | BSNE.ch no longer listed under zefix as a registered business in Switzerland |
Basel School of Business | Basel, BS | Private business school, not a Swiss university | - | IACBE a* | TheBaselSchool.ch |
BSL Business School Lausanne | Lausanne, VD | Private business school, not a university | Needs check | ACBSP a* , AACSB m* | BSL-Lausanne.ch |
Cesar Ritz Colleges | Lucerne, LU | Hotel & business school | Needs check | The International Centre of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Education (THE-ICE) , AACSB m* | Cesarritzcolleges.edu |
Center for Urban & Real Estate Management | Zürich | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Das Institut für Gemeindebau und Weltmission (IGW International) | Zürich | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Europäische Berufs- und Wirtschaftsakademie AG | St. Gallen | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
EU Business School | Geneva, GE | Private business school, not a Swiss university | awarding dual degree programs | ACBSP a* / +, IACBE a* | Euruni.edu |
EuroSwiss Universität | Neuhausen, SH | Private business school, not a university | Needs check | Needs check | EuroSwissUniversitaet.ch |
Europäische Hochschule für Berufstätige | Leuk | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Europäische Universität für Interdisziplinäre Studien EUFIS | Leuk | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
European Graduate School | Leuk | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Educatis AG | Kastanienbaum, LU | Not in list | - | None | Educatis.org |
ESM - Ecole de Management et Communication | Geneva | Not in the list | Needs check | Needs check | ESM.ch |
Fern-Universität Zürich | Cham | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Freie Universität Lugano für Human- und technologische Wissenschaften | Lugano | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Geneva Business School | Geneva, GE | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | IACBE a* | GBSGE.com |
Geneva School of Business and Economics | Geneva, GE | It was not a Swiss university | - | None | No longer registered in Switzerland as a business under zefix |
Geneva School of Diplomacy | Geneva, GE | Not a Swiss university | - | None | [1] |
Gesthotel SA Hotel Management School | Bluche, Crans-Montana | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Glion Institute of Higher Education | Montreux & Bulle | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Goetheanum | Dornach | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
GSBA Zurich | Zürich, Zürich | It was not a Swiss university | - | - | GSB.UZH.ch No longer operational, under a different name |
Graduate School for Business Administration | Zürich | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
HTMi, Hotel and Tourism Management Institute Switzerland | Sörenberg, LU | Not a swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | HTMI.ch |
Hochschule für Geisteswissenschaften | Dornach | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Höhere Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungsschule St. Gallen | St. Gallen | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Hotelfachschule Thun | Thun | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Hotel Institute Montreux | Montreux | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Hotel- und Touristikfachschule | Chur | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
IFM Business School | Geneva, GE | Private business school, not a university | Needs check | ACBSP a*, SQS, IACBE a* | IFM.ch |
IHTTI School of Hotel Managment | Neuchâtel | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
IMI International Management Institute Switzerland | Kastanienbaum, LU | Private business school, not a university | Dual degrees with Manchester Metropolitan University. | Needs check | IMI-Luzern.com |
Institut Technique Supérieur | Fribourg | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Internationale Universität für interdisziplinäre Studien | Leuk | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
International Hotel and Tourism Training Institute | Neuchatel, NE | Not a swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | IHTTI.com |
International Management School Geneva | Geneva, GE | Private business school, not a university | Needs check | AACSB m* | IMSGeneva.ch |
International University in Geneva | Geneva, GE | Not a swiss university | Needs check | ACBSP a*, IACBE a* | IUN.ch |
IMD International Institute for Management Development | Lausanne, VD | Not a Swiss University | Dual degrees with University of Lausanne | AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA | IMD.org is not accredited as a University or the University of Applied Science (in effect, it is not an "Accredited Swiss Higher Education Institutions according to the Higher Education Funding and Coordination Act (HEdA)". Nevertheless, the institution's programs hold the AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA triple accreditation and for some programs (such as Master in Science) awards degrees from University of Lausanne.[9] |
Institut für Kommunikationsforschung | Luzern | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch | Sion | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Institut pour l'enseignement des méthodes de direction de l'entreprise | Lausanne | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Ipac Design Genève | Geneva, GE | Not a swiss university; Design/business school | Needs check | Needs check | IPAC-Design.ch |
Les Roches Global Hospitality Education | Bluche, Crans-Montana | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Libera Universita degli Studi | Lugano | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Management Institute St. Gallen | St. Gallen | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Montreux Institute of Business Development[10] | Montreux, VD | Not in list / Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | MIBD.ch |
Monarch Business School Switzerland | Zug, ZG | Not in the list / Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | UMonarch.ch |
Neue Kunstschule Zürich | Zürich | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
OUS Royal Academy of Economics and Technology in Switzerland | Zürich | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Rochat School of Business | Montreux, VD | Not registered in Switzerland | No | None | Rochatsb.ch |
Rushford Business School | Geneva, GE | Private institution, not Swiss university | - | IACBE m* | RushFord.ch |
Rudolf Steiner Seminar | Dornach | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
St. Galler Business School | St. Gallen | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
St. Galler Management Seminar | St. Gallen | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Seminar für biblische Theologie Beatenberg | Beatenberg | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Seminar für Erwachsenenbildung | Bern | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
SMP Management Programm St. Gallen AG | St. Gallen | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Schule für Erwachsenenbildung, Leitung und Führung | Bern | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Schweizerische Hotelfachschule Luzern | Luzern | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Sonderpädagogisches Seminar des Kantons Bern | Biel | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Sustainability Management School | Gland, VD | Private institution, not swiss university | Needs check | ACBSP a* | Sumas.ch |
Swiss Institute for Management and Hospitality | Weggis, LU | Private business & hotel school, not a university | Needs check | Needs check | SwissIMH.ch |
Swiss Montreux Business School (SMBS) | Montreux, Vaud | Private business & hotel school, not a university | Needs check | Needs check | SMBS-Montreux.ch |
Swiss Jazz School | Bern | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Swiss School of Business and Management (SSBM) | Geneva, GE | Private business school, not a university | - | ACBSP a* , IACBE Candidate for Accreditation , AACSB m* | SSBM.ch |
Swiss Hotel Management School | Caux | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Swiss International School of Business | Montreux Monthey, VD+VS | Private business school, not a university | - | None | SISB.ch |
Swiss Management Center (formerly SMC University) | Zug, ZG | Private business school, not a university | Dual Degrees with Universidad Central de Nicaragua - UCN (?) | - | SMC.com |
Swiss School of Business Research (SSBR) | Zürich, ZU | Private business school, not a Swiss university | Needs check | - | SSBR-Edu.ch |
Swiss School of Higher Education | Montreux, VD | Private business school, not a Swiss university | - | None | SSHE.ch |
Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality | Chur | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Swiss School of Management | Bellinzona | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Swiss UMEF University | Aïre – Genève | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | IACBE a* , ACBSP Candidate for Accreditation | UMEF-University.ch |
Theologisches Seminar Sankt Chrischona in Bettingen | Bettingen | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
University of Business & Finance Switzerland | Wettingen | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
United International Business School | Zürich, ZH | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | ACBSP a* , AACSB m* | UIBS.org |
UBIS University | Geneva, GE | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | IACBE a* | Ubis-Geneva.ch |
Vatel Martigny, Switzerland - Hotel & Tourism Business School | Martigny, VS | Private business & hotel school, not a university | Needs check | Needs check | Vatel.ch |
Victoria University | Neuchâtel | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
WES'SUP | Geneva | Private business school, not a university | - | None | WES-SUP.ch |
Wesford Genève | Aïre – Genève | Not a Swiss university | - | None | FcWesford.ch |
zentrum für agogik GmbH | Basel | Not a Swiss university | Needs check | Needs check | |
Zurich Elite Business School | Zürich, ZH | Private business school, not a Swiss university | - | ASIC | Zebs.ch |
- note m* or a* stands for membership or accreditation from private programmatic accreditors, under ,-, tag nothing listed on official sites in the table section
Scholarship and visa for private business schools
The Swiss Government does not provide any official support for scholarship programs and granting visas for uHEI. Some schools do offer those on their own and can provide students these if they enlisted in uHEI private programs and achieve it through these means. These scholarships are not granted by the Swiss Ministry of education and are in no part of their own educational systems, visa included.[11][12]
Explanation
Institutional accreditation in Switzerland is granted by the Swiss Accreditation Council after review by AAQ. Such Confederation-accreditation grants the institution in Switzerland the right to call itself a University or University of Applied Science, as well as receive state grants.[13][14]
Academic Accreditation Guide
Government-recognised universities are institutionally accredited through the accreditation council or Ministry of Education. Some programs, especially in the medical field such as pharmacy and medicine, must be programmatically accredited through the accreditation council as well.[15]
Especially for business programs, it is custom to have further non-governmental accreditation as well. The so-called triple accreditation is often seen as the highest quality certification for business schools. The most well-regarded accreditation agencies are AACSB in the United States, AMBA in the United Kingdom, and EQUIS in the European Union, albeit they all accredit schools in other world regions. Many other accreditation agencies exist, albeit their accreditation is less well-regarded and may sometimes approach being an accreditation mill. It is important to differentiate between accreditation from state organizations and private accreditation.
Some private uHEI grant dual degrees programs with partnered university. The degree should be properly recognized if the named university is properly accredited and awarding the degree by the sanction of respected Ministry of Education.
Unregulated professions
A person with a degree from a private, unaccredited Swiss institution in an unregulated profession (such as a manager or journalist) is subject to discretion from prospective employers in regards to potential employment or acknowledgement of education in their respective profession, which provides the opportunity for said students to be considered for employment based on education on the same playing field as those holding degrees from accredited institutions.[16]
Note
Private high schools or equivalent education in Switzerland are not listed, covered on this list.
In the accreditation guide, membership and accreditation from private accrediting agencies ( IACBE, ACBSP, AACSB) do not fall under the same level of recognition. Private programmatic accreditation does not guarantee any acceptance for the degrees, titles, or qualifications awarded by uHEI; those still fall to the respected MoE the said uHEI are registered.[2][16]
See also
- Accreditation mill
- For-profit education
- Educational accreditation
- List of unaccredited institutions of higher education
- List of unrecognized higher education accreditation organizations
- Unaccredited institutions of higher education
References
- ^ "Enic-Naric". www.enic-naric.net.
- ^ a b "Protection and Recognition of the Titles of Higher Education Qualifications". State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI.
- ^ "Recognised or Accredited Swiss Higher Education Institutions". swissuniversities.ch. Archived from the original on 2021-11-28.
- ^ "Institutionelle Akkreditierung | Schweizerischer Akkreditierungsrat - Conseil suisse d'accréditation".
- ^ "studyprogrammes.ch". studyprogrammes.ch.
- ^ "Institutionen: Anabin - Informationssystem zur Anerkennung ausländischer Bildungsabschlüsse". anabin.kmk.org.
- ^ "Accredited Swiss Higher Education Institutions - swissuniversities".
- ^ "ALBERT SCHWEITZER INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY, in liquidation, ohne Domizil-sans domicile | business-monitor.ch".
- ^ "Master of Science in Sustainable Management and Technology".
- ^ "Montreux Institute of Business Development". MIBD.
- ^ "Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships for Foreign Scholars and Artists for the 2022-2023 Academic Year". State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI.
- ^ "Student - Studying in Switzerland". January 1, 2022.
- ^ "Institutional accreditation". aaq.ch.
- ^ "Fedlex". www.fedlex.admin.ch.
- ^ "Akkreditierung Ausbildungsgänge Medizinalberufe".
- ^ a b "Validity of degrees issued by private higher education institutions in Switzerland" (PDF). State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI Directorate.
External links
- Enic-Naric
- "Titelschutz im schweizerischen Hochschulbereich" (PDF). swissuniversities.ch. August 2016.