Franklin University Switzerland

Where will you study today?

Franklin University Switzerland offers an education that goes beyond boundaries. It is a school where nationalities and cultural perspectives meet and create unique experiences. It is a learning method that incorporates travel and interdisciplinary study into the core of the curriculum.

About Franklin

Meet the challenge.

Franklin University Switzerland students come from all over the planet to have an immersive, international learning experience. Choose the kind of education that will open your mind, widen your perspective and give you the tools to excel in your career path.

Admission to Franklin

Explore boundaries and go beyond.

Whether you seek a bachelor’s or a master’s degree, at Franklin you gain a new perspective and a better understanding of other cultures. Recent events, from 9/11 to the Syrian crisis to Brexit, make international education programs more essential than ever. Franklin has emphasized thinking internationally since it was founded nearly 50 years ago. Our international study programs provide cross-cultural perspectives and affect the direction and meaning of your university experience, life and career.

Academics at Franklin

Leap into new perspectives.

Studying is at the forefront of attending Franklin, but student life including the variety of activities, events, trips, and programs enrich the entire experience. As a citizen of the Franklin community, you become a member of an international culture that has its own traditions, events and characteristics, but that has no borders and no limits.

Life at Franklin

See what we're up to.

Franklin students, faculty and staff are active and involved in many academic and social initiatives. Our calendar is full of events organized by faculty and students for learning and interaction that go beyond the classroom environment. Take a few minutes to read our stories and find out how our students and faculty are succeeding in their endeavors all over the world.

Franklin News and Events

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Franklin offers a wide range of services for students, faculty, staff and friends to support life, work and learning on campus. Making use of these assets can help to achieve success both in and out of the classroom.

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Stories

Franklin and AIL Bring Solar to Dorm and Green Awareness to the Community

Solar power is coming to Franklin this month. The University is working with AIL, the leading Luganese utility company, to install solar panels on top of New Residence.

Milenka Lopez Arellano '17 Named Sumner's Foundation Scholar

Franklin Senior Attends Athens Democracy Forum.

Franklin Senior Patents Her New Invention

Andrew Bunker '17 Admitted to Master’s Program at the Levy Economics Institute

Franklin Creates Partnership with Emerson College for 3+1 Master's pathway

Recent Alumna Hired at Copernicus Publications in Göttingen, Germany

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Research

Professors Gabriel Gee and Alison Vogelaar Publish New Book.

Faculty Host Workshop on Riparian Vegetation Management in Ticino.

The Franklin Frank, designed by students for students, goes crypto.

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Snapshots: Academic Travel

The Franklin curriculum requires students to complete academic travel courses that take them to Japan, the Baltics, Malawi, and more.

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