• Switzerland's academic research environment comprises:
  • 10 cantonal universities (Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Lausanne, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Svizzera italiana, St. Gallen, Zurich)
  • 2 Federal Institutes of Technology (EPFL Lausanne, ETH Zurich) and 4 research institutes (ETH Domain)
  • Several universities of applied sciences and universities of teacher education

Most of these institutions have jointly signed the Berlin Declaration in 2006 through their governing bodies:

• Rector's Conference of the Swiss Universities (swissuniversities)
• Conference of the Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences (swissuniversities)
• Swiss Conference of Schools for Teacher Education (swissuniversities)
• Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences

In addition, some Swiss research institutions have also signed the Berlin Declaration as a single institution:

• University of Zurich, 2004
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), 2006
• Paul Scherrer Institut, 2006
• University of St. Gallen, 2006
• University of Basel, 2007
• University of Bern, 2007
• University of Fribourg, 2008
• Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Sciences (FORS), 2010
• Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 2015
• University of Lucerne, 2015