List of institutions not listed as Accredited Swiss Higher Education Institutions according to HEdA*

Private business enterprises set up as higher education institutions claiming a form of accreditation with no official ties to local governments ministry fall under the category of unaccredited institutions of higher education (uHEI). Said institutions can award private degrees in accordance with the Swiss government under the HEdA. Such degrees do not confine entitlement upon the holder for which the Swiss authorities will recognize the studies offered, examinations passed, or the qualifications issued by said type of institutions.

Institutional (academic) accreditation

Institutional accreditation in Switzerland is granted by the Swiss Accreditation Council after a review by the Swiss Agency of Accreditation and Quality Assurance (AAQ). Such Confederation-accreditation grants the institution in Switzerland the right to call (use) itself a University as well receiving state grants. (Student visa rights, accommodation) Government-established Universities are institutionally accredited through the accreditation council or Ministry of Education. Some programs, especially medical fields like pharmacy and medicine, must be programmatically accredited through the accreditation council.

Private and programmatic accreditation

Business schools can go to private programmatic Institutions to improve the level of their programs and quality offered to students. 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, but their accreditation is less well-regarded and may sometimes approach being an accreditation mill. 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 uHEI are registered.

Some private uHEI grant dual degree programs with a partnered university. The degrees from such partnerships are properly recognized if the referenced University is recognized from the respective Ministry of Education.

Scholarship and visa

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 they can provide students with it if they have 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.

Non-regulated professions

Private degrees from unaccredited iInstitution are considered to be usable only in non-professional spaces (such as a manager or journalist) the valuation of these degrees falls to the employers, in regards to potential employment or acknowledgement of education in their respective profession. For non-regulated professions, requirements for employment are not regulated by law. It is up to employers to decide whether your qualifications, competences and professional experience earned abroad are equivalent to the skills needed for the job. Requirements for employment can vary from very specific to very general. Because registration and certification may be available for certain non-regulated occupations, some employers require that applicants be registered or certified by the relevant professional association as a condition for employment,

There is no one single process in place for the recognition of qualifications for the purposes of job-seeking and employment in non-regulated occupations. The procedures and practices will depend from one country to another.

List of institutes and companies

This list cross-references data provided by Swiss official sites Swissuniversities and Akkreditierungsrat with the Anabin repository—the information portal on foreign educational qualifications from the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs Central Office for Foreign Education of Germany—where the status shows whether an institution can be considered a university or not. Private high schools in Switzerland are not covered on this list.

School	City, Canton	Swiss University Conference /Institutional accreditation	Awarding University degrees	Programmatic accreditations	Memberships	Notes
Albert Schweitzer International University	Genève, GE	in liquidation				Swiss entity in liquidation.
Academy of Business Management - The Open University of Switzerland	Zürich, ZH	Private business school, not a Swiss university	Joint/Dual Programs with University of Dąbrowa Górnicza (WSB) - Poland, Taras Shevchenko National University (KNU) - Ukraine, Central University of Nicaragua (UCN) - Nicaragua	ASIC	AACSB	"Royal Academy of Economics and Technology in Switzerland", ous.edu.eu, registered as A.B.M.S. GmbH.
ACF-Studiencenter Schweiz	Zürich	Career center, not a Swiss university	No	No	No	acfswitzerland.ch/en/
Agogis	Zürich	Social diplomas, not a Swiss university	No	No	No	Higher education for social work
AEB Schweiz - Akademie für Erwachsenenbildung	Luzern and Zürich	Adult further-education institution, not a Swiss university	No	No	No	"Academy for Adult Education", offers diplomas, CAS, DAS, Masters, etc.. aeb.ch
American University in Switzerland	La Tour-de-Peilz, VD	Not a Swiss university	Dual Degree with Tiffin University (To receive the dual degrees, AUS students must successfully complete the required AUS curriculum and specialty courses.)	IACBE, ECBE for the Bachelor and Master of Science in Business Administration	Apple Authorized Training Center for Education, recognized as an official IATA Authorized Training Center, certified IELTS Registration and Testing partner, recognized university by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs, Awards for Training in Higher Education (ATHE) satellite center.	Aus.swiss, registered as AGSB SA.
Benjamin Franklin College	Baar	liquidated	liquidated	liquidated	liquidated	Name change, liquidated, still listed in Anabin repository.
Baptistische Theologische Hochschule	Rüschlikon	Theological school, not a Swiss university	No	No	No	Looks like a private theological school, not much info.
Business and Hotel Management School	Lucerne, LU	Private business & hotel school, not a Swiss university	Delivers a university degree in partnership with Robert Gordon University for Bachelors & Masters, and with York St John University for MBAs.	ACBSP	EURHODIP, I-CHRIE, American Hotel & Lodging Association	Has business, hotel and culinary programs and degrees.
Basel School of Business	Basel, BS	Private business school, not a Swiss university	No	IACBE	needs check	TheBaselSchool.ch
BSL Business School Lausanne	Lausanne, VD	Private business school, not a Swiss university	Needs check	ACBSP ,	AACSB, AMBA-BGA, EFMD	BSL-Lausanne.ch
Cesar Ritz Colleges	Lucerne, LU	Hotel & business school, not a Swiss university	No	The International Centre of Excellence in Tourism and Hospitality Education (THE-ICE),	AACSB	Cesarritzcolleges.edu
Center for Urban & Real Estate Management	Zürich	Private business school (real estate focus), not a Swiss university	Needs check	AACSB, EQUIS, RICS	needs check	Part of University Zurich but not recognized as University by Anabin, curem.uzh.ch
Das Institut für Gemeindebau und Weltmission (IGW) (see German wiki)	Zürich	Private theological school, not a Swiss university	No	No	AEM, ECTE, FreiKirchen, SEA,	Bachelor and Master studies
EU Business School	Geneva, GE	Private business school, not a Swiss university	State-accredited university degrees awarded through academic partnerships by Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), the University of Derby, the London Metropolitan University, and the Dublin Business School	ACBSP / IACBE	EFMD, AACSB, ABIS, IAUP, ECBE	Euruni.edu
EuroSwiss Universität	Neuhausen, SH	Private business school, not a Swiss university	No	No	No	Institute with the name University, cannot find any reference to accreditations or certifications. EuroSwissUniversitaet.ch
Europäische Universität für Interdisziplinäre Studien EUFIS	Leuk	Not a Swiss university	Needs check	Needs check	Needs check
Educatis AG (see German Wiki)	Kastanienbaum, LU	Private business school, not Swiss university	-	None	Needs check	Educatis.org
ESM - Ecole de Management et Communication	Geneva	Not in the list	Needs check	Needs check	Needs check	ESM.ch
Fern-Universität Zürich	Cham	Not a Swiss university	Needs check	Needs check	Needs check
Freie Universität Lugano für Human- und technologische Wissenschaften	Lugano	Private business school (science/tech focus), not a Swiss university	Needs check	Needs check	Needs check
Geneva Business School	Geneva, GE	Private business school, not a Swiss university	Needs check	IACBE	AACSB ACBSP	GBSGE.com
Geneva School of Business and Economics	Geneva, GE	Not a Swiss university	-	None	None	No longer registered in Switzerland as a business under Zefix
Geneva School of Diplomacy	Geneva, GE	Not a Swiss university	-	None	None	[1]
Gesthotel SA Hotel Management School	Bluche, Crans-Montana	Private hotel management school, not a Swiss university	Needs check	Needs check	Needs check
Glion Institute of Higher Education	Montreux & Bulle	Private hotel & business school, not a Swiss university	Needs check	Needs check	Needs check
GSBA Zurich	Zürich, Zürich	Not a Swiss university	-	Needs check	GSB.UZH.ch No longer operational, under a different name
HTMi, Hotel and Tourism Management Institute Switzerland	Sörenberg, LU	Private hotel & tourism school, not a Swiss university	Needs check	Needs check	Needs check	HTMI.ch
IFM Business School	Geneva, GE	Private business school, not a university	Needs check	ACBSP IACBE	Needs check	IFM.ch
IMI International Management Institute Switzerland	Kastanienbaum, LU	Private business school, not a university	Dual degrees with Manchester Metropolitan University.	Needs check	Needs check	IMI-Luzern.com
Institut Technique Supérieur	Fribourg	Not a Swiss university	Needs check	Needs check	Needs check
	International Hotel and Tourism Training Institute	Neuchatel, NE	Not a Swiss university	Needs check	Needs check	Needs check	IHTTI.com
International Management School Geneva	Geneva, GE	Private business school, not a Swiss university	Needs check	Needs check	AACSB	IMSGeneva.ch
International University in Geneva	Geneva, GE	Private business school, not a Swiss university	Needs check	ACBSP, IACBE	IUN.ch
Montreux Institute of Business Development	Montreux, VD	Not in list / Not a Swiss university	Needs check	Needs check	Needs check	MIBD.ch
Monarch Business School Switzerland	Zug, ZG	Not a Swiss university	None	None	ACBSP [2]	UMonarch.ch
Rochat School of Business	Montreux, VD	Private business school, not a Swiss university	No	None	Needs check	Rochatsb.ch, registered as 'Sacré Coeur (Switzerland).
Rushford Business School	Geneva, GE	Private business school, not a Swiss university	-	IACBE m*	RushFord.ch
Sustainability Management School	Gland, VD	Private institution, not Swiss university	Needs check	ACBSP	Needs check	Sumas.ch
Swiss Montreux Business School (SMBS)	Montreux, Vaud	Private business school, not a Swiss university	Needs check	Needs check	SMBS-Montreux.ch
Swiss School of Business and Management (SSBM)	Geneva, GE	Private business school, not a Swiss university	-	ACBSP	AACSB	IACBE Candidate for Accreditation, SSBM.ch
Swiss Hotel Management School	Caux	Private business & hotel school, not a Swiss university	Needs check	Needs check	Needs check
Swiss International School of Business	Montreux Monthey, VD+VS	Private business school, not a Swiss university	-	None	Needs check	SISB.ch
Swiss Management Center (formerly SMC University)	Zug, ZG	Private business school, not a Swiss university	Dual Degrees with Universidad Central de Nicaragua - UCN (?)	-	Needs check	SMC.com
Swiss School of Business Research (SSBR)	Zürich, ZU	Private business school, not a Swiss university	Needs check	-	Needs check	SSBR-Edu.ch
Swiss School of Higher Education	Montreux, VD	Private business school, not a Swiss university	-	None	Needs check	SSHE.ch
Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality	Chur	Private business & hotel school, not a Swiss university	Needs check	Needs check	Needs check
Swiss School of Management	Bellinzona	Private business school, not a Swiss university	No	IACBE	Needs check	[3]
University of Business & Finance Switzerland	Wettingen	Private business school, not a Swiss university	Needs check	Needs check	Needs check
United International Business School	Zürich, ZH	Private business school, not a Swiss university	Needs check	ACBSP	AACSB	UIBS.org
UBIS University	Geneva, GE	Private business school, not a Swiss university	Needs check	IACBE	EFMD	Ubis-Geneva.ch
Vatel Martigny, Switzerland - Hotel & Tourism Business School	Martigny, VS	Private business & hotel school, not a Swiss university	Needs check	Needs check	Needs check	Vatel.ch
Victoria University	Neuchâtel	Private business school, not a Swiss university	Needs check	Needs check	Needs check
WES'SUP	Geneva	Private business school, not a university	-	None	Needs check	WES-SUP.ch
Wesford Genève	Aïre – Genève	Not a Swiss university	-	None	Needs check	FcWesford.ch
Zurich Elite Business School	Zürich, ZH	Private business school, not a Swiss university	-	ASIC	Needs check	Zebs.ch

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