In almost all areas, the universities (UNI) dedicate more resources to research and development (R&D; just under 60%) than to teaching (25%). This applies to academic and administrative and technical staff. The amount of research activity at the UNI is related to the relatively high percentage of non-professorial staff at the UNI.
Staff
* rounded values
Sources: FSO - University staff (SHIS-PERS)
Age pyramid
Student-to-staff ratio
Appointments of professors
FSO – SHIS-PERS (calculations)
FSO – SHIS-PERS (calculations)
| |
Total |
Female (%) |
Foreign (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Full-time equivalents* |
47 970 |
45,0 |
50,3 |
Professors |
4 383 |
27,7 |
51,3 |
Other teaching staff |
2 855 |
33,2 |
39,3 |
Assistants and scientific staff |
24 527 |
43,4 |
67,4 |
Managerial, clerical and technical staff |
16 205 |
54,3 |
26,1 |
Persons: 31.12. |
71 550 |
46,1 |
45,3 |
Professors |
4 765 |
28,4 |
51,0 |
Other teaching staff |
10 907 |
30,8 |
35,3 |
Assistants and scientific staff |
34 542 |
46,0 |
60,0 |
Managerial, clerical and technical staff |
21 336 |
58,1 |
25,5 |
The full-time equivalents (FTE), which are based on the calendar year, are an indicator of the staff resources available in an institution. By using data on persons (reference day 31st December), it is possible to analyse the composition of the staff body by sociodemographic characteristics (gender, age, nationality, etc.). A comparison of persons and FTEs highlights the high proportion of part-time employees.
The median age of female professors at the UNI is 48 and 52 of male professors. The median age is used as key data to describe ageing in a given population. Overall, it rose in all types of higher education institution and in almost all personnel categories in the last then years.
If the ratio between students and teaching staff is measured, indications can be obtained about the conditions of study. The number of students in basic tertiary education per FTE of academic staff teaching in basic tertiary education is the student-teacher ratio presented here. The graphic shows the corresponding student-teacher ratio over the ten-year period. Values above the diagonal line correspond to an increase in the number of students per member of teaching staff in the last then years.
This graph is updated annually at the end of November.
The Gender Monitoring is a data analysis on equal opportunities for women and men at Swiss universities.
This monitoring shows the sex distribution in appointments at the professorship level (901 persons, 365 women and 536 men) per university and group of departments, according to the FSO’s definitions and classification.
The following tables distinguish between external and internal appointments.
The tables show that around one third of the appointments are people already employed by the university of reference, while two thirds come from outside the university.
These graphs and tables are updated annually in December.
| University | Women | Men | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| External | Internal | External | Internal | |
| Uni Basel | 78% | 22% | 62% | 38% |
| Uni Bern | 71% | 29% | 61% | 39% |
| Uni Fribourg | 41% | 59% | 72% | 28% |
| Uni Geneva | 48% | 52% | 62% | 38% |
| IHEID - Graduate Institute Geneva | 100% | 0% | 75% | 25% |
| Uni Lausanne | 70% | 30% | 68% | 32% |
| Uni Lucerne | 60% | 40% | 75% | 25% |
| Uni Neuchâtel | 78% | 22% | 86% | 14% |
| Uni St. Gallen | 52% | 48% | 40% | 60% |
| Uni Zurich | 55% | 45% | 57% | 43% |
| Uni della Svizzera Italiana | 50% | 50% | 57% | 43% |
| Swiss DistanceUni | 67% | 33% | 100% | 0% |
| EPF Lausanne | 88% | 13% | 87% | 13% |
| ETH Zurich | 81% | 19% | 84% | 16% |
| Total | 65% | 35% | 66% | 34% |
| Group of departments | Women | Men | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| External | Internal | External | Internal | |
| Human and social sciences | 64% | 36% | 60% | 40% |
| Economic sciences | 64% | 36% | 63% | 37% |
| Law | 58% | 42% | 50% | 50% |
| Exact and natural sciences | 67% | 33% | 76% | 24% |
| Medicine and pharmacology | 59% | 41% | 58% | 42% |
| Technical sciences | 87% | 13% | 87% | 13% |
| Interdisciplinary and other studies | 100% | 0% | 86% | 14% |
| Total | 65% | 35% | 66% | 34% |
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