Science and technology in Switzerland

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Science and technology in Switzerland play an important role in economy as there are very few natural ressources in the country.

1 Institutions
- 1.1 Universities
- 1.2 Research institutes
2 Scientific fields

[edit] Institutions

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[edit] Universities

Main article: List of universities in Switzerland

University of Basel (Basel)
University of Berne (Berne)
University of Fribourg (Fribourg)
University of Geneva (Geneva)
University of Neuchâtel (Neuchâtel)
University of Lausanne (Lausanne)
University of Lucerne (Lucerne)
Università della Svizzera Italiana (Lugano)
University of St. Gallen (HSG) (St. Gallen)
University of Zurich (Zürich)
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) (Zürich)
EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne) (Lausanne)

[edit] Research institutes

Paul Scherrer Institute (Villigen)
CERN (Geneva)

[edit] Scientific fields

[edit] Physics

[edit] Chemistry

[edit] Mathematics

[edit] Engineering

[edit] Biological and earth sciences

[edit] Psychology

v • d • e Science and technology in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania · Andorra · Armenia¹ · Austria · Azerbaijan² · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus¹ · Czech Republic · Denmark⁴ · Estonia · Finland · France^{4, 5, 6} · Georgia² · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Republic of Ireland · Italy · Kazakhstan³ · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Republic of Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia³ · San Marino · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain⁶ · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey³ · Ukraine · United Kingdom (England • Northern Ireland • Scotland • Wales)

Dependencies, autonomies, other territories	Abkhazia ² · Adjara¹ · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Åland · Azores · Crimea · Faroe Islands · Gagauzia · Gibraltar · Greenland⁷ · Guernsey · Jan Mayen · Jersey · Kosovo · Isle of Man · Madeira⁸ · Nagorno-Karabakh¹ · Nakhchivan¹ · Northern Cyprus¹ · Republika Srpska · South Ossetia ² · Svalbard · Transnistria

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