17 Best universities for Clinical Psychology in Switzerland

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Switzerland ranked based on their research performance in Clinical Psychology. A graph of 793K citations received by 20.8K academic papers made by 17 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.

1. University of Zurich

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Switzerland | Zurich

For Clinical Psychology

#16 in Europe

#83 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

2. University of Bern

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Switzerland | Bern

For Clinical Psychology

#57 in Europe

#206 in the World

Enrollment: 19,608

3. University of Basel

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Switzerland | Basel

For Clinical Psychology

#62 in Europe

#215 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

4. University of Geneva

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Switzerland | Geneva

For Clinical Psychology

#69 in Europe

#233 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

5. University of Lausanne

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Switzerland | Lausanne

For Clinical Psychology

#92 in Europe

#302 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,908

6. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

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Switzerland | Zurich

For Clinical Psychology

#195 in Europe

#568 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

7. University of Fribourg

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Switzerland | Fribourg

For Clinical Psychology

#207 in Europe

#594 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 10,366

8. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

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Switzerland | Lausanne

For Clinical Psychology

#294 in Europe

#856 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

9. University of Neuchatel

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Switzerland | Neuchatel

For Clinical Psychology

#422 in Europe

#1288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 4,282

10. University of St. Gallen

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Switzerland | St. Gallen

For Clinical Psychology

#435 in Europe

#1368 in the World

Enrollment: 7,666

11. University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland

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Switzerland | Delemont

For Clinical Psychology

#492 in Europe

#1653 in the World

Enrollment: 21,038

12. University of Italian-speaking Switzerland

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Switzerland | Lugano

For Clinical Psychology

#506 in Europe

#1727 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 3,017

13. University of Lucerne

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Switzerland | Lucerne

For Clinical Psychology

#513 in Europe

#1753 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 2,944

14. Bern University of Applied Sciences

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Switzerland | Bern

For Clinical Psychology

#568 in Europe

#2031 in the World

Enrollment: 6,970

15. University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Italian Switzerland

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Switzerland | Manno

For Clinical Psychology

#649 in Europe

#2523 in the World

16. University of Applied Sciences of Northwestern Switzerland

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Switzerland | Brugg

For Clinical Psychology

#654 in Europe

#2564 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 12,646

17. Lucerne University of Applied Sciences

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Switzerland | Lucerne

For Clinical Psychology

#723 in Europe

#2963 in the World

Enrollment: 7,066

The best cities to study Clinical Psychology in Switzerland based on the number of universities and their ranks are Zurich, Bern, Basel, and Geneva.

Psychology subfields in Switzerland

Child Psychology18

Cognitive Science17

Education Majors18

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution12

Occupational Therapy13

Organizational / Business / IO Psychology7

Social Psychology19

Special Education7