The Lausanne region R&D ecosystem
Lausanne region is ranked number 45 of 392 R&D ecosystems in the 311 Institute directory, with 49 labs within about 120 kilometres: 25 research institutes, 15 government, 7 university and 2 corporate. Leading organisations include Swiss National Science Foundation, Institut des Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers and Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, focused on astronomy and astrophysics, sociology and political science, nature and landscape conservation and instrumentation.
Part of the 311 Institute Global R&D Labs Directory. Compiled by Matthew Griffin. Last updated .
#45world rank
49labs
43organisations
3countries
Why these labs matter
EPFL: A leading European technical university.
All 49 labs
| Lab and organisation | Location | Type and sector | Focus | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atheris Laboratories (Switzerland)Atheris Laboratories (Switzerland) | Geneva, Switzerland | Corporate Healthcare and life sciences | Genetics, Pharmacology, Spectroscopy | 1995 |
| Nestlé ResearchNestlé | Lausanne, Switzerland | Corporate Consumer and retail | Food science, Nutrition | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Institute of Radiation PhysicsCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois | Lausanne, Switzerland | University Healthcare and life sciences | Radiation, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine | |
| Interactions Hôte-Greffon-Tumeur & Ingénierie Cellulaire et GéniqueUniversité Marie et Louis Pasteur | Besançon, France | University Healthcare and life sciences | Oncology, Immunology, Transplantation | 2012 |
| EPFLUniversities in Switzerland | Lausanne, Switzerland | University Multidisciplinary research | Engineering, Neuroscience | 1969 |
| Swiss Cancer Center LémanUniversity Hospital of Geneva | Lausanne, Switzerland | University Healthcare and life sciences | Oncology, Immunology, Molecular Biology | 2016 |
| 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 |
| AgroscopeAgroscope | Bern, Switzerland | Research institute Agriculture and food | Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science | 1850 |
| 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 |
| Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique Thermique et Optique - Sciences et TechnologiesCNRS Ingénierie | Besançon, France | Research institute Industrials and manufacturing | Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanics of Materials | 2004 |
| CREA Mont-BlancCREA Mont-Blanc | Chamonix, France | Research institute Environment and climate | Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Ecological Modeling | 1996 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Centre d'Investigation Clinique de BesançonInserm | Besançon, France | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Psychiatry and Mental health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Rheumatology | 2005 |
| Maison des sciences humaines et environnementales Claude Nicolas LedouxInstitut des Sciences Humaines et Sociales | Besançon, France | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Archeology, Paleontology, Sociology and Political Science | 2008 |
| Théoriser et Modéliser pour AménagerInstitut des Sciences Humaines et Sociales | Besançon, France | Research institute Social sciences and humanities | Geography, Planning and Development, Cultural Studies, Sociology and Political Science | 2000 |
| Centre Alpin de Recherche sur les Réseaux Trophiques et les Ecosystèmes LimniquesInstitut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement | Thonon-les-Bains, France | Research institute Environment and climate | Environmental Chemistry, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology | 1964 |
| Institut UTINAMInstitut National des Sciences de l'Univers | Besançon, France | Research institute Space | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Spectroscopy | 2006 |
| Observatoire des Sciences de l’Univers Terre Homme Environnement Temps AstronomieInstitut National des Sciences de l'Univers | Besançon, France | Research institute Space | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Soil Science | 1878 |
| 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 |
| Osservatorio Astronomico della Regione Autonoma Valle d'AostaOsservatorio Astronomico della Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta | Nus, Italy | Research institute Space | Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics | 2003 |
| Center of Immunology Pierre FabrePierre Fabre (France) | Saint-Julien-en-Genevois, France | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology, Immunology | 1990 |
| Agenzia Regionale Protezione Ambiente Valle d'AostaSistema Nazionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente | Saint-Christophe, Italy | Research institute Environment and climate | Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology | |
| Spiez LaboratorySpiez Laboratory | Spiez, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Infectious Diseases, Global and Planetary Change, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology | |
| 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 |
| Swiss Vaccine Research InstituteSwiss Vaccine Research Institute | Lausanne, Switzerland | Research institute Healthcare and life sciences | Immunology, Virology, Infectious Diseases |
Countries
Organisations
- CNRS Ingénierie
- Inserm
- Institut des Sciences Humaines et Sociales
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
- Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers
- Sistema Nazionale per la Protezione dell'Ambiente
Other leading ecosystems
- Paris and Saclay
- Beijing and Tianjin
- Washington DC and Maryland
- Greater Tokyo and Tsukuba
- Moscow
- Grenoble
- London and the Golden Triangle
- Greater Bay Area (Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hong Kong)
- Shanghai and Suzhou
- Provence (ITER and Cadarache)
- Silicon Valley and the Bay Area
- Singapore
- Zurich, Basel and Aargau
- Randstad (Amsterdam, Delft, Leiden)
- Stuttgart and Karlsruhe
Questions and answers
How big is the Lausanne region R&D ecosystem?
It has 49 labs from 43 organisations, ranking number 45 worldwide in the 311 Institute Global R&D Labs Directory.
Which organisations have labs in Lausanne region?
They include Swiss National Science Foundation, Institut des Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers and Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences.
What does the Lausanne region ecosystem specialise in?
Its main focus areas are astronomy and astrophysics, sociology and political science, nature and landscape conservation and instrumentation.
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