University of Lucerne

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