The Education, Research and Innovation (ERI) sectorin Switzerland

Ambassador Mauro MoruzziState Secretariat for Education, Research an Innovation

Bern, 12. November 2014

General Information

Switzerland Russia

Surface area 41 280 km2 17 098 240 km2

Population 8 million 142,50 million

Official languages German, French, Italian

Russian official throughout the country; 27 other languages co-official in various regions

GDP 417 billion USD 3 380 billion USD

GDP per capita 53 730 USD 23 500 USD

GDP annual growth rate (2012) 1 % 3.4 %

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Switzerland’s innovative capacity is the result of:

• …• Good conditions for businesses (especially SMEs)• Low level of regulation (especially in labour market)• Moderate and predictable level of taxation• Social peace• Quality of infrastructure• ….• High level of education and professional skills among population• International appeal as a centre of research

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Economy ≈ Education & Research

Switzerland’s education and research policy and its economic policy follow a similar logic:

• Favourable general conditions, little steering/interference by the State

• Domestic competition to remain competitive in outside world• Main efforts focussed on infrastructure• …• Individual choice by students and researchers determines

where public money is awarded• …

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Features of the Swiss ERI sector

• Federal structure: diversity, competition, bottom-up development

• Equal prestige of academic education and vocational education & training (VET); permeability between the two paths

• Dual-track system of VET (school + workplace)

• Tradition of ‘research universities’

• University and scientific system open to the world

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Swiss ERI Landscape - Total Funding

EducationTotal Swiss expenditure in 2010: 5.6% of GDP

• 2nd in OECD, in relation to the number of pupils / students

R&DTotal Swiss expenditure in 2008: 3% of GDP

• Significantly above OECD average (2.4%)• 24% increase since 2004• State accounts only for 1/3, the other 2/3 are mostly

financed and pursued by the private sector• State acts in a subsidiary capacity!

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VPET Higher Ed. Research

Confederation Cantons

Public expenditure ERI (2010, CHF bn )

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Internationalcooperation

ETH Domain

Subsidies to cantons:

VPET

Universities and UAS

Competitive financing of research and innovation:

SNSF

CTI

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EU-FP 0.4

Federal expenditure ERI (2010, CHF bn )

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Vocational Education and Training: a dual-track system linking theory and practice

Practice

Workplace3 to 4 days a week

Theory

VET school1 - 2 days a week

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Support for Reseach and InnovationPrivate Sector Expenses account for 2/3

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PrivateCompanies

Federal State

Cantons

Others in CH

Foreign Sources

R&I Funding. Amounts in Mio. CHF. Total: 16 100 Mio CHF; Source: SER, 2008 10

Swiss ERI Landscape – Map

12 tier-one universities (10 cantonal + 2 federal)

8 universities of applied sciences UAS (7 public + 1private)

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University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwester n SwitzerlandZurich University of Applied SciencesUniversity of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerla ndLucerne University of Applied Sciences and ArtsUniversity of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern SwitzerlandBern University of Applied SciencesUniversity of Applied Sciences Western SwitzerlandKalaidos University of Applied Science

Total number of students in UAS: 72,568Total number of professors in UAS: 3,855

Total number of students in tier-one universities: 137,714Total number of professors in tier-one universities: 3,357

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Univ. St. Gallen :7,809 students,80 professors

Univ. della Svizerra italiana ;2,918 students,69 professors

ETH Zurich :17,309 students,428 professors

Univ. Zurich :26,351 students,526 professors

Univ. Basel :12,982 students,260 professors

Univ. Neuchâtel :4,345 students,112 professors

Univ. Bern :15,406 students,374 professors

Univ. Fribourg :10,084 students,221 professors

Univ. Geneva :15,514 students,486 professors EPF Lausanne :

9,395 students,290 professors

Univ. Lausanne :12,947 students,454 professors

Univ. Lucerne :2,654 students,57 professors

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Swiss ERI L andscape – Performance

• Several reports1 measure Switzerland’s innovation performance�1st place worldwide

• Swiss researchers publish 3.2 publications per year per 1000 inhabitants�1st place in the whole OECD

• Impact of Swiss scientific publications lies 16% aboveworldwide average (period 2005 – 2009)�2nd place worldwide after the USA

Source: Factsheet Education, Research, Innovation (ERI): Facts & Figures, 2013

1 e.g. Innovation Union Scoreboard 2013, The Global Competitiveness Report 2012-2013, The Global Innovation Index 2013

Over 50% of students in Switzerland are enrolled at a university in the world’s’Top 200’ (Shanghai Ranking 2012)

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Science – International Collaboration

Steady increase worldwide1996 – 2000 2004 – 2008

Source: Knowledge, networks and nations. The Royal Society, 2011

In 1996, around 25% of the world's scientific papers were produced with more than one international author.In 2008, the proportion had already increased to more than 35% .

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Science – International by NatureInternational cooperation among the 25

nations with the highest science

output, as measured in terms of the number of

scientific papers published in a select group of journals in 2011

Source: State of the World’s Science, Scientific American, October 2012

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Swiss ERI Landscape – International

• Roughly 25% of students (tier-one universities and UAS combined) are from abroad

• Roughly 50% of university professors and 20% of UAS professors are from abroad

• Roughly 50% of PhD students at tier-one universities are from abroad

• Roughly 70% of all Swiss publications result from international cooperation�Substantial increase over the past 25 years (50%

in the period 1981 – 1985)

Source: Factsheet Education, Research, Innovation (ERI): Facts & Figures, 2013

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Priority Countries – Map

EU

Source: Switzerland’s International Strategy for ERI 2010 and Swiss ERI Dispatch 2013 – 2016

Russia

India

South Africa

Brazil

China South KoreaJapan

Firmly established cooperation

Targeted cooperation with specific cooperation programmes

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Scientifically and politically interesting for Switzerland!

Canada

USA

Singapore

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Global ERI Network – Map

swissnexscience consulate (financed by SERI and private sector participation)

San Francisco

Singapore

Shanghai

Boston

Bangalore

Science & Technology Counsellors with Science Sectionfull-time ERI at the Swiss Embassy (financed by SERI)

Pretoria

Paris SERI/ESA

Brussels/EU

Washington, D.C.

Moscow

New Delhi

Beijing SeoulTokyo

Science & Technology Counsellorspart-time ERI at the Swiss Embassy (financed by FDFA and SERI project funds)

Santiago de Chile

Canberra

Ottawa London BerlinVienna

RomeMadridBern

Brasilia

Rio de JaneiroSão Paulo

New York

Guangzhou

Int. Strategy for ERI –Foundation

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Openness

Bottom -Up

Autonomy

Competition

Quality

Principles VisionAppealing and

preferred location for ERI

Integrated in the international ERI landscape thanks to its excellence

One of the world's most innovative

countries

Cooperation Programmes

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PRINCIPLES

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Russian - Swiss ERI cooperation

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Research:

• Long and fruitful cooperation in science: EU FRP, Science and Technology Cooperation Program Switzerland–Russia; International activities of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SCOPES); Multilateral cooperation in CERN, XFEL, ESRF, ITER; European Space Agency; Swiss Government Excellence Scholarships for Foreign Scholars

• Bilateral Agreement on Science &Technology cooperation (Dec. 2012) and 1. Joint Committee Meeting

• Protocol on Joint Call for Swiss-Russian Research Projects (Dec. 2013)

Innovation: EUREKA, Russian - Swiss Forum on Innovation (Mai 2013)

Education: Russian participation at first Internat. Congress on Vocational and Professional Education and Training in Switzerland (Oct. 2014)

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Thank you for the attention!