Research organizations in Switzerland

The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 513 research organizations in Switzerland.

Research organizations carry out scientific and applied research outside the university system, from national laboratories to independent institutes.

The largest concentrations are in Geneva (109), Zurich (109) and Bern (71).

Switzerland scores 75.0 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 6 of 117 economies.

See Switzerland on the IEPA ↗

513 research organizations

• Schweizer Presserat
  Research organization · Bern · presserat.ch
• Schweizerische Ärztegesellschaft für Manuelle Medizin
  Research organization · Saint Gallen · samm.ch
• Schweizerische Ärztegesellschaft für Psycholytische Therapie
  Research organization · Solothurn · saept.ch
• Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Cystische Fibrose
  Research organization · Bern · cfch.ch
• Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Kardiologie
  Research organization · Bern · swisscardio.ch
• Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Ländliche Geschichte
  Research organization · Bern · ruralhistory.ch
• Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Pulmonale Hypertonie
  Research organization · Basel · sgph.ch
• Schweizerische Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft
  Research organization · Zurich · multiplesklerose.ch
• Schweizerische Stiftung für die Erforschung der Muskelkrankheiten
  Research organization · Cortaillod · fsrmm.ch
• Schweizerische Vereinigung für Landesplanung
  Research organization · Bern · vlp-aspan.ch
• Schweizerische Vereinigung Industrie und Landwirtschaft
  Research organization · Zurich · svil.ch
• Schweizerischen Neurologischen Gesellschaft
  Research organization · Olten · swissneuro.ch
• Schweizerischer Forstverein
  Research organization · Zurich · forstverein.ch
• Schweizerischer Gewerkschaftsbund
  Research organization · Bern · sgb.ch
• Schweizerischer Juristenverein
  Research organization · Zurich · juristenverein.ch
• SCOAP3
  Research organization · Geneva · scoap3.org
• SCQM Foundation
  Research organization · Zurich · scqm.ch
• Service de Santé de la Jeunesse
  Research organization · Geneva · ge.ch
• Service Régional Vaudois de Transfusion Sanguine
  Research organization · Lausanne · mavietonsang.ch
• Sharing Knowledge Foundation
  Research organization · Geneva · sharing-knowledge.org
• SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
  Research organization · Lausanne · sib.swiss
• Sight and Life
  Research organization · Basel · sightandlife.org
• Société Académique de Genève
  Research organization · Geneva · sacad.ch
• Société Académique Vaudoise
  Research organization · Lausanne · s-a-v.org
• Société d'Etudes Töpffériennes
  Research organization · Geneva · topffer.ch
• Société Suisse de Dermatologie et Vénéréologie
  Research organization · Bern · derma.ch
• SolidarMed
  Research organization · Lucerne · solidarmed.ch
• Sprachatlas der Deutschen Schweiz
  Research organization · Zurich · sprachatlas.ch
• St. Gallen Oncology Conferences
  Research organization · Saint Gallen · oncoconferences.ch
• Stadtgalerie Bern
  Research organization · Bern · bern.ch
• Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation
  Research organization · Bern · johnsonstiftung.ch
• Stiftung Empiris
  Research organization · Zurich · empiris.ch
• Stiftung für Forschung in Spätantike und Mittelalter HR. Sennhauser
  Research organization · Bad Zurzach · fsma.ch
• Stiftung für Technologiefolgen-Abschätzung
  Research organization · Bern · ta-swiss.ch
• Stiftung Landschaftsschutz Schweiz
  Research organization · Bern · sl-fp.ch
• Stiftung Mercator Schweiz
  Research organization · Zurich · stiftung-mercator.ch
• Stiftung Patientensicherheit Schweiz
  Research organization · Zurich · patientensicherheit.ch
• Stiftung Prof. Dr. Max Cloëtta
  Research organization · Zurich · cloetta-foundation.ch
• Stiftung Vinetum
  Research organization · Biel/Bienne · vinetum.ch
• Stiftung Zürcher Kinder- und Jugendheime
  Research organization · Zurich · zkj.ch
• Stockalperstiftung
  Research organization · Brig · stockalperstiftung.ch
• Suva
  Research organization · Lucerne · suva.ch
• SWILD - Stadtökologie, Wildtierforschung, Kommunikation
  Research organization · Zurich · swild.ch
• Swiss Academy for Development
  Research organization · Biel/Bienne · sad.ch
• Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences SATW
  Research organization · Zurich · satw.ch
• Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences
  Research organization · Bern · samw.ch
• Swiss Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  Research organization · Bern · saphw.ch
• Swiss Academy of Sciences
  Research organization · Bern · naturalsciences.ch
• Swiss AIDS Federation
  Research organization · Zurich · aids.ch
• Swiss Ankylosing Spondylitis Association
  Research organization · Zurich · bechterew.ch
• Swiss Anorexia Nervosa Foundation
  Research organization · Birsfelden · anorexia-nervosa.ch
• Swiss Association for Private Schools and Universities
  Research organization · Zurich · sapsu.org
• Swiss Association for Tobacco Control
  Research organization · Bern · at-schweiz.ch
• Swiss Bridge Foundation
  Research organization · Zurich · swissbridge.ch
• Swiss Broadcasting Corporation
  Research organization · Bern · srgssr.ch
• Swiss Cancer Foundation
  Research organization · Zug · swisscancerfoundation.ch
• Swiss Cancer League
  Research organization · Bern · liguecancer.ch
• Swiss Chemical Society
  Research organization · Bern · scg.ch
• Swiss Continence Foundation
  Research organization · Bern · swisscontinencefoundation.ch
• Swiss Council for Accident Prevention
  Research organization · Bern · bfu.ch
• Swiss Dental Association
  Research organization · Bern · sso.ch
• Swiss Epilepsy Center
  Research organization · Zurich · swissepi.ch
• Swiss Forum for International Agricultural Research
  Research organization · Zollikofen · sfiar.ch
• Swiss Foundation for Children with Cerebral Palsy
  Research organization · Bern · cerebral.ch
• Swiss Foundation for Excellence and Talent in Biomedical Research
  Research organization · Basel · swissbiomedical-foundation.ch
• Swiss Foundation for Research in Microtechnology
  Research organization · Neuchâtel · fsrm.ch
• Swiss Foundation for the Research of Gemstones
  Research organization · Basel · ssef.ch
• Swiss Group For Clinical Cancer Research
  Research organization · Bern · sakk.ch
• Swiss Heart Foundation
  Research organization · Bern · swissheart.ch
• Swiss HIV Cohort Study
  Research organization · Zurich · shcs.ch
• Swiss Institute for Regenerative Medicine
  Research organization · Lugano · sirm-institute.ch
• Swiss Insurance Association
  Research organization · Zurich · svv.ch
• Swiss Internet Security Alliance
  Research organization · Zurich · ibarry.ch
• Swiss Lung Association
  Research organization · Köniz · lungenliga.ch
• Swiss National Bank
  Research organization · Bern · snb.ch
• Swiss Ornithological Institute
  Research organization · Sempach · vogelwarte.ch
• Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group
  Research organization · Bern · spog.ch
• Swiss Philanthropy Foundation
  Research organization · Geneva · swissphilanthropy.ch
• Swiss Re Foundation
  Research organization · Zurich · swissrefoundation.org
• Swiss Re Foundation
  Research organization · Zurich · swissrefoundation.org
• Swiss Red Cross
  Research organization · Bern · redcross.ch
• Swiss SkyLab
  Research organization · Dübendorf · skylab.swiss
• Swiss Society for Infectious Diseases
  Research organization · Basel · sginf.ch
• Swiss Society for Microbiology
  Research organization · Lausanne · swissmicrobiology.ch
• Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects
  Research organization · Zurich · sia.ch
• Swiss Society of Hypertension
  Research organization · Bern · swisshypertension.ch
• Swiss Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology
  Research organization · Grandvaux · swissorthopaedics.ch
• Swiss Society of Radiology
  Research organization · Zurich · sgr-ssr.ch
• Swiss Sociological Association
  Research organization · Fribourg · sgs-sss.ch
• Swiss Stem Cell Foundation
  Research organization · Lugano · sscf.ch
• Swiss Study Foundation
  Research organization · Zurich · studyfoundation.ch
• Swiss Tunnelling Society
  Research organization · Esslingen · swisstunnel.ch
• Swiss University Conference
  Research organization · Bern · shk.ch
• Swisselectric
  Research organization · Bern · swisselectric.ch
• Swisslex
  Research organization · Zurich · swisslex.ch
• swissnuclear
  Research organization · Olten · swissnuclear.ch
• Swisssem
  Research organization · Delley · swisssem.ch
• Swissuniversities
  Research organization · Bern · swissuniversities.ch
• Switch
  Research organization · Zurich · switch.ch
• Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne
  Research organization · Biel/Bienne · sipbb.ch
• Symphasis Foundation
  Research organization · Zurich · symphasis.ch
• Synapsis Foundation
  Research organization · Zurich · demenz-forschung.ch
• Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture
  Research organization · Basel · syngentafoundation.org
• Terre des Hommes
  Research organization · Lausanne · tdh.ch
• The Fluoromatics Lab
  Research organization · Geneva · fluoromatics.com
• The Geneva Association
  Research organization · Zurich · genevaassociation.org
• The Geneva Learning Foundation
  Research organization · Geneva · learning.foundation
• The International Center for Supporting Rights and Freedoms
  Research organization · Geneva · icsrf-gcc.org
• The International Federation for Structural Concrete
  Research organization · Lausanne · fib-international.org
• The International Lignin Institute
  Research organization · Orbe · ili-lignin.com
• The Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association
  Research organization · Arlesheim · seca.ch
• Theological Seminary Bienenberg
  Research organization · Liestal · bienenberg.ch
• Thommen Medical (Switzerland)
  Research organization · Waldenburg · thommenmedical.com
• Touring Club Suisse
  Research organization · Vernier · tcs.ch
• UBS Optimus Foundation
  Research organization · Zurich · ubs.com
• Umbricht Attorneys
  Research organization · Zurich · umbricht.ch
• Union Bank of Switzerland
  Research organization · Zurich · ubs.com
• Union for International Cancer Control
  Research organization · Geneva · uicc.org
• Unitectra
  Research organization · Zurich · unitectra.ch
• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
  Research organization · Geneva · unece.org

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Cities

• Research organizations in Geneva 109
• Research organizations in Zurich 109
• Research organizations in Bern 71
• Research organizations in Basel 38
• Research organizations in Lausanne 25
• Research organizations in Gland 10
• Research organizations in Zug 8
• Research organizations in Bellinzona 7
• Research organizations in Fribourg 7
• Research organizations in Lucerne 5
• Research organizations in Lugano 5
• Research organizations in Saint Gallen 5
• Research organizations in Biel/Bienne 4
• Research organizations in Neuchâtel 4
• Research organizations in Chur 3
• Research organizations in Davos 3
• Research organizations in Nyon 3
• Research organizations in Olten 3
• Research organizations in Pully 3
• Research organizations in Sion 3
• Research organizations in Vevey 3
• Research organizations in Winterthur 3