University of Basel (Universität Basel)
University of Basel (Universität Basel) is a public institution in Basel, Switzerland, accredited by Swiss Accreditation Council / Swiss Agency for Accreditation and Quality Assurance (AAQ); swissuniversities; European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process). Primary language: German. AlmiStudy lists 5 canonical subject areas, all verified against Swiss Accreditation Council / Swiss Agency for Accreditation and Quality Assurance (AAQ); swissuniversities; European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process).
- Country
- Switzerland (CH)
- City
- Basel
- Control
- public
- Language
- German
- Accreditation
- Swiss Accreditation Council / Swiss Agency for Accreditation and Quality Assurance (AAQ); swissuniversities; European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process). Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-16.
- Source
- University of Basel (Universität Basel) Official Website · tier: tier_1_official
- Website
- https://www.unibas.ch/en.html
Subjects offered
Show all 8 listed subjects (raw)
Medicine · Sciences · Humanities and Social Sciences · Law · Business and Economics · Psychology · Theology · Biomedicine
Founded in 1460, the University of Basel is the OLDEST university in Switzerland (~13,000 students). Erasmus of Rotterdam taught here; Paracelsus, the Bernoulli mathematicians, Leonhard Euler, Jacob Burckhardt, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Carl Jung are associated with it. Strong in life sciences and medicine (close ties to the Basel pharma cluster).
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ETH Zürich — Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
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Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
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HES-SO — University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland
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IMD — International Institute for Management Development
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