18 Best universities for Fashion Design in Switzerland

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Switzerland ranked based on their research performance in Fashion Design. A graph of 963K citations received by 26.4K academic papers made by 18 universities in Switzerland was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

1. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

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Switzerland | Zurich

For Fashion Design

#12 in Europe

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

2. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

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Switzerland | Lausanne

For Fashion Design

#14 in Europe

#68 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

3. University of Zurich

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Switzerland | Zurich

For Fashion Design

#23 in Europe

#90 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

4. University of Geneva

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Switzerland | Geneva

For Fashion Design

#76 in Europe

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

5. University of Bern

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Switzerland | Bern

For Fashion Design

#85 in Europe

#222 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

6. University of Lausanne

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Switzerland | Lausanne

For Fashion Design

#154 in Europe

#387 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,908

7. University of Basel

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Switzerland | Basel

For Fashion Design

#168 in Europe

#410 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

8. University of St. Gallen

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Switzerland | St. Gallen

For Fashion Design

#215 in Europe

#503 in the World

Enrollment: 7,666

9. University of Fribourg

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Switzerland | Fribourg

For Fashion Design

#293 in Europe

#700 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 10,366

10. University of Italian-speaking Switzerland

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Switzerland | Lugano

For Fashion Design

#316 in Europe

#767 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 3,017

11. University of Neuchatel

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Switzerland | Neuchatel

For Fashion Design

#375 in Europe

#923 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 4,282

12. University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Italian Switzerland

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Switzerland | Manno

For Fashion Design

#530 in Europe

#1426 in the World

13. Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

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Switzerland | Geneva

For Fashion Design

#547 in Europe

#1486 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 1,141

14. University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland

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Switzerland | Brugg

For Fashion Design

#562 in Europe

#1531 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 12,646

15. University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland

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Switzerland | Delemont

For Fashion Design

#632 in Europe

#1838 in the World

Enrollment: 21,038

16. Lucerne University of Applied Sciences

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Switzerland | Lucerne

For Fashion Design

#731 in Europe

#2334 in the World

Enrollment: 7,066

17. University of Lucerne

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Switzerland | Lucerne

For Fashion Design

#797 in Europe

#2763 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 2,944

18. Bern University of Applied Sciences

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Switzerland | Bern

For Fashion Design

#815 in Europe

#2837 in the World

Enrollment: 6,970

The best cities to study Fashion Design in Switzerland based on the number of universities and their ranks are Zurich, Lausanne, Geneva, and Bern.