UniDistance is a university institute accredited in accordance with the Swiss Higher Education Act (HEdA).
Founded in 1992 and recognised by the Confederation in 2004, today it is the leader in distance university education in Switzerland.
Portrait of UniDistance Suisse
What is UniDistance Suisse ?
Our bachelor’s and master’s degrees and continuing education programmes in law, economics, history, artificial intelligence, mathematics and psychology are recognised in Switzerland and internationally.
Nearly 2,300 people are currently studying at UniDistance Suisse in French, German, English or on bilingual courses.
UniDistance Suisse employs 420 staff, of whom almost 350 work in teaching and research.
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Rapport annuel 2023
420 professors, lecturers, researchers and administrative staff members
420 people are committed in research, teaching or administration.
Meet our research teams, our administrative staff, or go to our programmes' pages to meet the teaching teams of our bachelors, masters or continuing education.
2300 students
Who studies at UniDistance Suisse?
Today, nearly 2,300 people throughout Switzerland are following distance learning courses. They study in French, German or English.
Our students choose distance learning because:
- they have a job and wish to improve or change their career
- they have a family
- they are pursuing a sports career
- they travel a great deal or sometimes live abroad
- they want to avoid crowded auditoriums and benefit from personalised follow-up
- they have reduced mobility
Our students are ambitious: they study because they aspire to new professional prospects. They are ready to pursue their studies and their other commitments simultaneously.
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