R&D labs in Switzerland
The 311 Institute tracks 119 R&D labs in Switzerland: 79 research institutes, 20 government, 10 university, 9 corporate and 1 intergovernmental. Most are in Zurich, Bern and Geneva, and the leading organisations include ETH Zurich, Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and Swiss National Science Foundation. Their main focus areas are molecular biology, global and planetary change, materials chemistry and atmospheric science.
Part of the 311 Institute Global R&D Labs Directory. Compiled by Matthew Griffin. Last updated .
119labs
62organisations
28cities
116verified
Why these labs matter
ABB Corporate Research: Leads electrification and industrial robotics.
CERN: The model for large international science, now planning its next-generation collider.
IBM Research Zurich: A leading European centre for quantum, materials and AI hardware research.
Novartis Biomedical Research: One of the largest drug discovery engines.
Roche Pharma Research and Early Development: Leader in cancer medicines and diagnostics.
Paul Scherrer Institute: A Swiss centre for photon and neutron science.
All 119 labs
| Lab and organisation | Location | Type and sector | Focus | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABB Corporate ResearchABB | Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland | Corporate Industrials and manufacturing | Automation, Robotics, Electrification | |
| Atheris Laboratories (Switzerland)Atheris Laboratories (Switzerland) | Geneva, Switzerland | Corporate Healthcare and life sciences | Genetics, Pharmacology, Spectroscopy | 1995 |
| Disney Research StudiosDisney | Zurich, Switzerland | Corporate Media and entertainment | Graphics, AI | |
| Google Research ZurichGoogle | Zurich, Switzerland | Corporate Technology | AI | 2004 |
| IBM Research ZurichIBM | Rüschlikon, Switzerland | Corporate Technology | Quantum, AI, Semiconductors | 1956 |
| Nestlé ResearchNestlé | Lausanne, Switzerland | Corporate Consumer and retail | Food science, Nutrition | |
| Novartis Biomedical ResearchNovartis | Basel, Switzerland | Corporate Healthcare and life sciences | Drug discovery | |
| Roche Pharma Research and Early DevelopmentRoche | Basel, Switzerland | Corporate Healthcare and life sciences | Drug discovery, Diagnostics | |
| Swiss Re InstituteSwiss Re | Zurich, Switzerland | Corporate Insurance | Risk research | 2017 |
| Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of TechnologyBoard of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology | Zurich, Switzerland | Government Basic science | Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiation, Materials Chemistry | |
| Commission for Technology and InnovationCommission for Technology and Innovation | Bern, Switzerland | Government Multidisciplinary research | Management of Technology and Innovation, Education, Accounting | |
| Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and ResearchFederal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research | Bern, Switzerland | Government Agriculture and food | Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Food Science | 1848 |
| Institut für Virologie und ImmunologieFederal Food Safety and Veterinary Office | Mittelhäusern, Switzerland | Government Agriculture and food | Animal Science and Zoology, Agronomy and Crop Science, Epidemiology | 1942 |
| Federal Office of Information Technology Systems and TelecommunicationFederal Office of Information Technology Systems and Telecommunication | Bern, Switzerland | Government Technology | Information Systems, Political Science and International Relations, General Health Professions | |
| Geneva Centre for Security Sector GovernanceGeneva Centre for Security Sector Governance | Geneva, Switzerland | Government Social sciences and humanities | Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Development | 2000 |
| Innosuisse – Swiss Innovation AgencyInnosuisse – Swiss Innovation Agency | Bern, Switzerland | Government Public policy and analysis | Information Systems and Management, Safety Research, Management of Technology and Innovation | 2018 |
| State Secretariat for Education, Research and InnovationState Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation | Bern, Switzerland | Government Public policy and analysis | Information Systems and Management, Information Systems, Ecology | |
| Swiss Academies of Arts and SciencesSwiss Academies of Arts and Sciences | Berne, Switzerland | Government Public policy and analysis | Information Systems and Management, Information Systems, Literature and Literary Theory | 2006 |
| Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social SciencesSwiss Academies of Arts and Sciences | Bern, Switzerland | Government Technology | Information Systems, Information Systems and Management, History and Philosophy of Science | 1946 |
| WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLFSwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research | Davos, Switzerland | Government Environment and climate | Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Mechanical Engineering | 1936 |
| Swiss Federal Institute of MetrologySwiss Federal Institute of Metrology | Bern, Switzerland | Government Industrials and manufacturing | Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering | 1862 |
| Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen SFISMSwiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen SFISM | Magglingen, Switzerland | Government Healthcare and life sciences | Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Complementary and alternative medicine | |
| Swiss National Science FoundationSwiss National Science Foundation | Bern, Switzerland | Government Public policy and analysis | Information Systems and Management, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, History and Philosophy of Science | 1952 |
| CSEMSwitzerland government | Neuchâtel, Switzerland | Government Technology | Microtech, Photovoltaics | 1984 |
| EmpaSwitzerland government | Dübendorf, Switzerland | Government Chemicals and materials | Materials | 1880 |
| Paul Scherrer InstituteSwitzerland government | Villigen, Switzerland | Government Basic science | Neutrons, Energy, Materials | 1988 |
| Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical DiseasesUnited Nations Children's Fund | Geneva, Switzerland | Government Healthcare and life sciences | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Parasitology | 1974 |
| United Nations Institute for Disarmament ResearchUnited Nations Institute for Disarmament Research | Geneva, Switzerland | Government Social sciences and humanities | Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics, Astronomy and Astrophysics | 1980 |
| Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität BaselUniversity of Basel | Basel, Switzerland | Government Healthcare and life sciences | Toxicology, Genetics, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | 1925 |
| Institute of Radiation PhysicsCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois | Lausanne, Switzerland | University Healthcare and life sciences | Radiation, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine | |
| Institute of Oncology ResearchUniversità della Svizzera italiana | Bellinzona, Switzerland | University Healthcare and life sciences | Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine | 2003 |
| EPFLUniversities in Switzerland | Lausanne, Switzerland | University Multidisciplinary research | Engineering, Neuroscience | 1969 |
| ETH ZurichUniversities in Switzerland | Zurich, Switzerland | University Multidisciplinary research | Robotics, AI, Quantum | 1855 |
| Swiss Cancer Center LémanUniversity Hospital of Geneva | Lausanne, Switzerland | University Healthcare and life sciences | Oncology, Immunology, Molecular Biology | 2016 |
| Laboratory for Social and Neural Systems ResearchUniversity Hospital Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | University Healthcare and life sciences | Cognitive Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, General Decision Sciences | 2007 |
| Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence ResearchUniversity of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland | Lugano, Switzerland | University Technology | Computational Theory and Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition | 1988 |
| Adolphe Merkle InstituteUniversity of Fribourg | Fribourg, Switzerland | University Chemicals and materials | Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Organic Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics | 2007 |
| Institute of Genetics and Genomics in GenevaUniversity of Geneva | Geneva, Switzerland | University Healthcare and life sciences | Molecular Biology, Genetics, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems | 2011 |
| NCCR Chemical Biology - Visualisation and Control of Biological Processes Using ChemistryUniversity of Geneva | Geneva, Switzerland | University Healthcare and life sciences | Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry | 2010 |
| CERNCERN | Meyrin, Switzerland | Intergovernmental Basic science | Particle physics, Computing | 1954 |
| AgroscopeAgroscope | Bern, Switzerland | Research institute Agriculture and food | Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science | 1850 |
| Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape ResearchBoard of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology | Birmensdorf, Switzerland | Research institute Environment and climate | Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science | 1888 |
| Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and TechnologyBoard of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology | Dübendorf, Switzerland | Research institute Environment and climate | Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Pollution | 1936 |
| Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and TechnologyBoard of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology | Dübendorf, Switzerland | Research institute Environment and climate | Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Civil and Structural Engineering | 1880 |
| Center for Microscopy and Image AnalysisCenter for Microscopy and Image Analysis | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Biophysics, Structural Biology, Cell Biology | |
| Center for Space and HabitabilityCenter for Space and Habitability | Bern, Switzerland | Research institute Space | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation | 2011 |
| Centre Alpien de PhytogéographieCentre Alpien de Phytogéographie | Orsières, Switzerland | Research institute Agriculture and food | Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | 1967 |
| ELZA InstituteELZA Institute | Dietikon, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Ophthalmology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 2014 |
| Automatic Control LaboratoryETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Control and Systems Engineering, Numerical Analysis, Computer Networks and Communications | 1990 |
| Center for Climate Systems ModelingETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Environment and climate | Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography | 2021 |
| Collegium HelveticumETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Psychiatry and Mental health, Social Psychology, Safety Research | 1997 |
| Computer Vision LaboratoryETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Technology | Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Mechanics | 2002 |
| CSCS - Swiss National Supercomputing CentreETH Zurich | Lugano, Switzerland | Research institute Technology | Hardware and Architecture, Computer Networks and Communications, Information Systems and Management | 1991 |
| Electromagnetic Fields LaboratoryETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | 2014 |
| ETH Institute for Theoretical StudiesETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Basic science | Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics | 2023 |
| FIRST Center for Micro- and NanoscienceETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy | 2003 |
| Geological InstituteETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Environment and climate | Atmospheric Science, Paleontology, Geophysics | 1990 |
| Institute for Atmospheric and Climate ScienceETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Environment and climate | Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology | 2001 |
| Institute for BiomechanicsETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Biomedical Engineering | 2006 |
| Institute for Biomedical EngineeringETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Radiation, Spectroscopy | |
| Institute for Building MaterialsETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry | 2004 |
| Institute for Chemical and BioengineeringETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, Inorganic Chemistry | 2003 |
| Institute for ElectronicsETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry | 2019 |
| Institute for Geotechnical EngineeringETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Civil and Structural Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality | 1990 |
| Institute for Machine LearningETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Technology | Molecular Biology, Global and Planetary Change, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition | 2014 |
| Institute for Mathematical ResearchETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Basic science | Geometry and Topology, Mathematical Physics, Algebra and Number Theory | 1990 |
| Institute for Molecular Systems BiologyETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology, Genetics | 2005 |
| Institute for Operations ResearchETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Technology | Computational Theory and Mathematics, Numerical Analysis, Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics | 1990 |
| Institute for Particle Physics and AstrophysicsETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Nuclear | Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation | 2017 |
| Institute for Transport Planning and SystemsETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Transportation, Control and Systems Engineering, Automotive Engineering | 2002 |
| Institute of Cartography and GeoinformationETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Geography, Planning and Development, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Transportation | 2011 |
| Institute of Geodesy and PhotogrammetryETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Environment and climate | Aerospace Engineering, Oceanography, Geology | 1990 |
| Institute of GeophysicsETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Environment and climate | Geophysics, Geology, Molecular Biology | 1990 |
| Institute of Information SecurityETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Technology | Computational Theory and Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications | 2011 |
| Institute of Machine Tools and ManufacturingETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Mechanical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering | 1990 |
| Institute of Mechanical SystemsETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Biomedical Engineering, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Computational Mechanics | 1990 |
| Institute of MicrobiologyETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Genetics, Pharmacology, Immunology | 1990 |
| Institute of Molecular Health SciencesETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Molecular Biology, Oncology, Immunology | 2012 |
| Institute of Molecular Physical ScienceETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Spectroscopy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biophysics | 2023 |
| Institute of Molecular Plant BiologyETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Agriculture and food | Plant Science, Molecular Biology | 2017 |
| Institute of NeuroinformaticsETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Cognitive Neuroscience, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering | 1997 |
| Institute of PolymersETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Organic Chemistry, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Polymers and Plastics | 1990 |
| Institute of Terrestrial EcosystemsETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Environment and climate | Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Pollution | 2006 |
| Institute of Virtual ManufacturingETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry | 2001 |
| Integrated Systems LaboratoryETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hardware and Architecture, Biomedical Engineering | 1990 |
| Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and GlaciologyETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Environment and climate | Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Civil and Structural Engineering | 1990 |
| Laboratory of Inorganic ChemistryETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry | 1990 |
| Laboratory of Organic ChemistryETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology | 1990 |
| Laboratory of Physical ChemistryETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Basic science | Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology | 1990 |
| Power Systems and High Voltage LaboratoryETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Control and Systems Engineering | 1990 |
| Scientific Center for Optical and Electron MicroscopyETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Structural Biology, Materials Chemistry, Geophysics | 2013 |
| Seminar for Applied MathematicsETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Computational Mechanics, Numerical Analysis, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics | 1990 |
| Signal and Information Processing LaboratoryETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Technology | Computer Networks and Communications, Biomedical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence | 1990 |
| Swiss Seismological ServiceETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Environment and climate | Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Civil and Structural Engineering | 2009 |
| Wyss Zurich Translational CenterETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Biomedical Engineering | 2022 |
| European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious DiseasesEuropean Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases | Basel, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Molecular Medicine, Clinical Biochemistry | 1983 |
| FORS – Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social SciencesFORS – Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences | Lausanne, Switzerland | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations | 2008 |
| Friedrich Miescher InstituteFriedrich Miescher Institute | Basel, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Biophysics | 1970 |
| Geneva Finance Research InstituteGeneva Finance Research Institute | Geneva, Switzerland | Research institute Public policy and analysis | Finance, Accounting, Strategy and Management | |
| Global Health CentreGraduate Institute of International and Development Studies | Geneva, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations | 2008 |
| Idiap Research InstituteIdiap Research Institute | Martigny-Combe, Switzerland | Research institute Technology | Artificial Intelligence, Signal Processing, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition | 1991 |
| Institute for Medical Informatics and BiostatisticsInstitute for Medical Informatics and Biostatistics | Basel, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Statistics and Probability, Economics and Econometrics | 1983 |
| Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology ThurgauInstitute of Cell Biology and Immunology Thurgau | Kreuzlingen, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Molecular Biology, Oncology, Immunology | 1999 |
| Istituto Ricerche Solari LocarnoIstituto Ricerche Solari Locarno | Locarno, Switzerland | Research institute Space | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Instrumentation | 1960 |
| Laboratory for Biomedical NeurosciencesLaboratory for Biomedical Neurosciences | Lugano, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Neurology, Physiology, Molecular Biology | 2013 |
| Luc Hoffmann InstituteMava Foundation | Gland, Switzerland | Research institute Environment and climate | Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Nature and Landscape Conservation | 2012 |
| Observatoire Cantonal de NeuchâtelObservatoire Cantonal de Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel, Switzerland | Research institute Environment and climate | Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science | 1858 |
| Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium DavosPhysikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos | Davos, Switzerland | Research institute Environment and climate | Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics | 1907 |
| Schweizerisches Forschungsinstitut für Hochgebirgsklima und MedizinSchweizerisches Forschungsinstitut für Hochgebirgsklima und Medizin | Davos, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Immunology, Behavioral Neuroscience, Oncology | 1922 |
| Spiez LaboratorySpiez Laboratory | Spiez, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Infectious Diseases, Global and Planetary Change, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology | |
| Swiss Centre for Applied Human ToxicologySwiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology | Basel, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Small Animals, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Immunology | 2009 |
| Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research – Supply of ElectricitySwiss Competence Center for Energy Research – Supply of Electricity | Zurich, Switzerland | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials | 2013 |
| Swiss Centre for Applied EcotoxicologySwiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology | Dübendorf, Switzerland | Research institute Environment and climate | Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Ecology | 2008 |
| Swiss Institute of Comparative LawSwiss Institute of Comparative Law | Lausanne, Switzerland | Research institute Space | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Instrumentation | 1982 |
| National Center of Competence in Research Materials’ Revolution: Computational Design and Discovery of Novel MaterialsSwiss National Science Foundation | Lausanne, Switzerland | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering | 2014 |
| nccr – on the moveSwiss National Science Foundation | Neuchâtel, Switzerland | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Sociology and Political Science, Demography, Health | 2014 |
| NCCR CatalysisSwiss National Science Foundation | Switzerland, Switzerland | Research institute Chemicals and materials | Materials Chemistry, Computational Theory and Mathematics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | |
| Swiss Tropical and Public Health InstituteSwiss Tropical and Public Health Institute | Allschwil, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases | 1943 |
| Swiss Vaccine Research InstituteSwiss Vaccine Research Institute | Lausanne, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Immunology, Virology, Infectious Diseases |
R&D ecosystems in Switzerland
Organisations with labs in Switzerland
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Questions and answers
How many R&D labs are there in Switzerland?
The 311 Institute Global R&D Labs Directory lists 119 active R&D labs in Switzerland as of October 2026: 79 research institutes, 20 government, 10 university, 9 corporate and 1 intergovernmental.
Which organisations run the most R&D labs in Switzerland?
In this directory the organisations with the most labs in Switzerland are ETH Zurich, Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and Swiss National Science Foundation.
Where are R&D labs concentrated in Switzerland?
They cluster around Zurich, Bern and Geneva. The largest R&D ecosystem is Grenoble.
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