Institutions in the region

The life science cluster of Western Switzerland produces the highest number of scientific publications in continental Europe and, with Oxford and Cambridge, is among the top three centres of excellence in the life sciences. All the institutions listed below offer research facilities and undergraduate or postgraduate courses in the life sciences.

The institutions within the cluster are:

• Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
   
• Swiss Institute of BioInformatics (SIB)
   
• Swiss Centre for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM)
   
• Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV)
   
• University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG)
   
• University of Lausanne (UNIL)
   
• University of Geneva (UNIGE)
   
• University of Neuchâtel (UNINE)
   
• University of Fribourg (UNIFR)
   
• University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland Valais (HES-SO Valais)
   
• University of Engineering and Management of Vaud (HEIG-VD)
   
• Haute école du paysage, d’ingénierie et d’architecture de Genève (HEPIA)
   
• Haute école ARC (HE-ARC)
  
  
• Battelle Memorial Institute
  

• Bern University Hospital (Inselspital)

• Cabi Europe - Switzerland

• Ludwig Cancer Institute (LICR)

• Ophtalmology research institute (IRO)

• Bern University of Applied Sciences