Switzerland · Universities and federal institutes of technology
University of Neuchâtel
Université de Neuchâtel · University (UniNE) · canton of Neuchâtel · Neuchâtel
unine.ch →Students, 2025/26
4,476
Educated abroad
23.1%
1,034 students
Largest field
Law
20.0% of students
“Educated abroad” (Bildungsausländer) means the student gained their university entrance qualification outside Switzerland. It is not nationality: a foreign national who went to school in Switzerland counts as educated in Switzerland. For universities of applied sciences the Office publishes it for diploma, bachelor's and master's students only, so continuing-education students are left out of that share. Students are everyone matriculated at a Swiss higher education institution in the autumn (winter) semester, as the Federal Statistical Office defines them.
Educated abroad, by level, 2025/26
Bachelor's
9.2%
193 of 2,094 students
Master's
23.8%
363 of 1,524 students
Doctorate
44.2%
271 of 613 students
Students, 2006/07–2025/26
| 2025/26 | 4,476 |
| 2024/25 | 4,453 |
| 2023/24 | 4,295 |
| 2022/23 | 4,354 |
| 2021/22 | 4,435 |
| 2020/21 | 4,381 |
| 2019/20 | 4,156 |
| 2018/19 | 4,066 |
| 2017/18 | 4,146 |
| 2016/17 | 4,255 |
| 2015/16 | 4,324 |
| 2014/15 | 4,348 |
| 2013/14 | 4,279 |
| 2012/13 | 4,345 |
| 2011/12 | 4,372 |
| 2010/11 | 4,215 |
| 2009/10 | 4,053 |
| 2008/09 | 3,762 |
| 2007/08 | 3,682 |
| 2006/07 | 3,761 |
Fields of study, 2025/26
Field names translated by CollegeMatcher.
- Law893 · 20.0%
- Social sciences818 · 18.3%
- Economics and business535 · 12.0%
- Natural sciences499 · 11.1%
- History and cultural studies393 · 8.8%
- Interdisciplinary and other384 · 8.6%
- Languages and literature381 · 8.5%
- Exact sciences250 · 5.6%
- Humanities and social sciences, interdisciplinary and other145 · 3.2%
- Human medicine125 · 2.8%
- Pharmacy27 · 0.6%
- Exact and natural sciences, interdisciplinary and other26 · 0.6%
Level of study, 2025/26
- Bachelor's2,094 · 46.8%
- Master's1,524 · 34.0%
- Doctorate613 · 13.7%
- Licence or diploma164 · 3.7%
- Continuing education, advanced studies and other81 · 1.8%
Fees
Each institution sets its own tuition — for ETH Zurich and EPFL the ETH Board does, by ordinance — and many charge students from abroad more. Fees are not published as open data, and swissuniversities' fee tables may not be reused, so no fees are shown here: check each institution's website.
Other universities and federal institutes of technology: University of Zurich, ETH Zurich, University of Bern, University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, EPFL, University of Basel, University of St. Gallen, University of Fribourg, Università della Svizzera italiana, University of Lucerne, UniDistance Suisse, Geneva Graduate Institute, Theological University Chur
Source: Federal Statistical Office (FSO/BFS), Students and Degrees in Higher Education (SHIS-studex) — tables “Studierende an den universitären Hochschulen nach Jahr, Fachbereich, Studienstufe, Bildungsherkunft und Hochschule” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040100_108); “Studierende an den Fachhochschulen und pädagogischen Hochschulen nach Jahr, Fachbereich, Studienstufe, Geschlecht und Hochschule” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040400_136); “Studierende an den Fachhochschulen und pädagogischen Hochschulen nach Jahr, Fachbereich, Bildungsherkunft und Hochschule, nur Studierende auf Stufen Diplom, Bachelor und Master (ohne Weiterbildung)” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040400_138); “Studierende an den Fachhochschulen (ohne PH) nach Jahr, Fachbereich, Studienstufe, Geschlecht und Hochschule” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040200_170); “Studierende an den pädagogischen Hochschulen (ohne FH) nach Jahr, Fachrichtung, Geschlecht und Hochschule” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040300_191); “Studierende an den pädagogischen Hochschulen (ohne FH) nach Jahr, Fachrichtung, Staatsangehörigkeit (Kategorie) und Hochschule” (https://www.bfs.admin.ch/asset/de/px-x-1502040300_192). Terms of use: opendata.swiss “Open use. Must provide the source” (https://opendata.swiss/en/terms-of-use). Sums and shares, English names, the English names of university and teacher-education fields, cantons, cities and websites are CollegeMatcher's additions, not the FSO's.