The UNIGE’s international collaboration and partnerships

Teaching and research network

Teaching and research at the UNIGE benefit from the university's large network of institutional partnerships, both within Switzerland and internationally.

The UNIGE already runs several master’s programmes with other Swiss universities (in Lausanne, Basel and Neuchâtel). While the UNIGE intends to expand its inter-university offerings, its educational collaboration continues to be mainly a matter of exchanging or inviting professors, researchers and students, with the assistance of programmes such as Erasmus and the Student Exchange Network of the Coimbra Group, or in partnership with other institutions (more than 100 cooperation agreements, academic networks).

The UNIGE has built up a vast research network as well, thanks to which its scientists work closely with researchers from UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), ESO (European Organisation for Astronomical Research), ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA. In addition, the UNIGE faculty members cooperate with colleagues from other Swiss universities and colleges in National Centres of Competence, four of which are based at the UNIGE itself.

The UNIGE also participates in European research and education programmes, either under the aegis of a European Union Research Framework Programme or as part of a European or international R&D programme, such as EUREKA, IMS, INTAS, HFSP and ESF.

Furthermore, numerous partnerships with other institutions around the world and membership in academic networks like the League of European Research Universities (LERU), the International Forum of Public Universities (IFUP), the Coimbra Group and the University Agency of la Francophonie (AUF) give UNIGE researchers ample opportunity to meet their counterparts at partner universities in the course of joint projects. Finally, the Internationalisation Support Fund (FAI) was recently created by the Rector’s Office at the UNIGE to encourage professors and young researchers to expand their network of collaborators.