External and internal appointments of professors by university and sex, 2020-2022
University Women Men
External Internal External Internal
Uni Basel 61% 39% 68% 32%
Uni Bern 69% 31% 59% 41%
Uni Fribourg 48% 52% 68% 32%
Uni Geneva 53% 47% 61% 39%
IHEID - Graduate Institute Geneva 91% 9% 67% 33%
Uni Lausanne 66% 34% 69% 31%
Uni Lucerne 67% 33% 88% 13%
Uni Neuchâtel 85% 15% 86% 14%
Uni St. Gallen 68% 32% 46% 54%
Uni Zurich 45% 55% 61% 39%
Uni della Svizzera Italiana 80% 20% 50% 50%
Swiss DistanceUni 50% 50% 89% 11%
EPF Lausanne 88% 12% 90% 10%
ETH Zurich 80% 20% 75% 25%
Total 64% 36% 66% 34%
FSO – SHIS-PERS (calculations)
External and internal appointments of professors by group of departments and sex, 2020-2022
Group of departments Women Men
External Internal  External  Internal 
Human and social sciences 66% 34% 61% 39%
Economic sciences 72% 28% 66% 34%
Law 58% 42% 58% 42%
Exact and natural sciences 66% 34% 71% 29%
Medicine and pharmacology 53% 47% 60% 40%
Technical sciences 83% 17% 88% 13%
Interdisciplinary and other studies 67% 33% 78% 22%
Total 64% 36% 66% 34%
FSO – SHIS-PERS (calculations)
External and internal appointments of full professors by university and sex, 2020-2022
University Women Men
External Internal External Internal
Uni Basel 23% 77% 27% 73%
Uni Bern 27% 73% 25% 75%
Uni Fribourg 56% 44% 55% 45%
Uni Geneva 37% 63% 37% 63%
IHEID - Graduate Institute Geneva 14% 86% 20% 80%
Uni Lausanne 27% 73% 33% 67%
Uni Lucerne 25% 75% 86% 14%
Uni Neuchâtel 33% 67% 30% 70%
Uni St. Gallen 67% 33% 83% 17%
Uni Zurich 17% 83% 23% 77%
Uni della Svizzera Italiana 100% 0% 27% 73%
Swiss DistanceUni 0% 0% 0% 100%
EPF Lausanne 8% 92% 35% 65%
ETH Zurich 52% 48% 46% 54%
Total 33% 67% 35% 65%
FSO – SHIS-PERS (calculations)
External and internal appointments of full professors by group of departments and sex, 2020-2022
Group of departments Women Men
External Internal  External  Internal 
Human and social sciences 36% 64% 40% 60%
Economic sciences 8% 92% 27% 73%
Law 33% 67% 15% 85%
Exact and natural sciences 48% 52% 32% 68%
Medicine and pharmacology 29% 71% 38% 62%
Technical sciences 30% 70% 38% 62%
Interdisciplinary and other studies 0% 0% 57% 43%
Total 33% 67% 35% 65%
FSO – SHIS-PERS (calculations)