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SwissCore is Switzerland's Brussels-based liaison and information office for cooperation in ERI and is funded by the SERI, the Swiss National Science Foundation and Innosuisse. [14] Swissuniversities coordinates the Swiss activities of EURAXESS, a European initiative that supports researcher mobility and career development, which are funded by ...
The journal was established in 1864 as the Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Statistik (in German) and Journal de Statistique suisse (in French). [1] Its first editor was Johannes Stössel, the secretary of the Federal Statistical Bureau , who served as an editor from 1864 to 1869.
Chancellor of Switzerland This page was last edited on 1 January 2025, at 13:48 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state [1] with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia (1648) until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848. Each canton has its own constitution, legislature, government and courts. [2]
Such Confederation-accreditation grants the institution in Switzerland the right to call (use) itself a University as well receiving state grants. (Student visa rights, accommodation) [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Government-established Universities are institutionally accredited through the accreditation council or Ministry of Education.
The Economist Intelligence Unit rated Switzerland a "full democracy" in 2022. [6] [needs update] According to Freedom House, an American NGO, Switzerland is among the freest countries in the world, with a 2020 score of 39/40 on political rights and 57/60 on civil liberties (for a combined score of 96/100). [24]
The Federal Constitution adopted in 1848 is the legal foundation of Switzerland's federal state. [93] It is regularly modified by referendum and has been completely revised twice, in 1874 and 1999. The constitution outlines rights of individuals and citizen participation in public affairs, divides the powers between the confederation and the ...
The rise of Switzerland as a federal state began on 12 September 1848, with the creation of a federal constitution in response to a 27-day civil war, the Sonderbundskrieg. The constitution, which was heavily influenced by the United States Constitution and the ideas of the French Revolution , was modified several times during the following ...