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TOP UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTIONS FOR LIFE SCIENCES AND RELATED FIELDS AND EXCELLENT VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
The Basel economic region is home to top universities and institutions for life sciences and related fields. These include in particular the University of Basel, the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at ETH (D-BSSE), the FHNW School of Life Sciences in Muttenz and the University Hospital Basel. These are complemented by excellent vocational schools anchored in the economy.
Top universities and institutions for life sciences...
The economic region is home to several top universities in the field of life sciences. These include the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at ETH (D-BSSE) in Basel and the University of Basel in cooperation with the University Hospital and its Departments of Biomedicine and Biomedical Engineering as well as the Biozentrum of the University of Basel. Both universities are among the best universities in the world in the field of life sciences. The third top institution is the FHNW School of Life Sciences in Muttenz.
...but also related areas
All top universities also offer study programs and research in related areas of the natural sciences. In addition to these top universities, there are also a number of other institutes and schools such as SWISS TPH, the Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI), the Haute école spécialisée de la Suisse occidentale (HES-SO), the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI), the Swiss Institute for Computer Assisted Surgery (SICAS) and the International Center for Agriculture and Biosciences (CABI), which provide training and conduct research in life sciences-related fields.
Excellent vocational schools anchored in the economy
The top training courses are complemented by excellent vocational schools anchored in the economy. These include the commercial and industrial vocational schools in Liestal and Muttenz, the health vocational schools together with Basel-Stadt and the agricultural and commercial training centers. The aprentas project is an example of how the vocational schools are anchored. It was founded in October 2000 by the companies Ciba (now BASF Schweiz AG), Novartis and Syngenta. Today, aprentas trains around 500 apprentices in 15 different professions (scientific, technical and commercial professions). The trainees come from the sponsoring companies Novartis and Syngenta as well as from the more than 70 member companies.
Facts and figures (as at 2023)
LIFE SCIENCES RANKING OF THE ETH
- Times Higher Education / Shanghai Ranking 2024: 15th place
- QS World University Ranking 2023: Rank 70
LIFE SCIENCES RANKING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BASEL
- Times Higher Education / Shanghai Ranking 2024: 86th place
- QS World University Ranking 2023: Rank 98
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