Franklin University Institute

Identifiers
- DEQARINST7222
- CH0809
- ROR: https://ror.org/0217vcy92
- WHED: IAU-027251
Provider type

higher education institution
Legal seat(s)

Lugano, Switzerland
Website

http://www.fus.edu/
Founding year

1969
QF-EHEA levels

-
Previous names
- Franklin College Switzerland until 31/12/2014
Permalink

https://data.deqar.eu/institution/7222/

National External Quality Assurance Requirements

Programme accreditation
voluntary, except for medical and health professions according to public health regulations
Institutional accreditation
Institutional accreditation according to Swiss law, with a decision by the Swiss Accreditation Council, is mandatory for all public higher education institutions of the tertiary sector and for private higher education institutions using a protected denomination (“University”, “University of Applied Sciences”, “ University of Teacher Education“). Successful accreditation has no legal impact beyond the right to use one of the protected denominations but is a testimony to a quality assurance systems covering all processes and suited to support the higher education institution to achieve its goals.
Further information on external quality assurance in Switzerland