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The Agony of Choice
There is a variety of educational options for people interested in studying philosophy in Switzerland.
In addition to university courses in philosophy, there are other academic and non-academic educational opportunities related to philosophy, including courses and events for a broader audience, post-graduate courses, discussion groups, and more.
It should be noted that most of the options are not or only partially suitable for English speakers.
Swiss universities on the philosophy portal
- Lugano (Istituto di Studi Filosofici, MAP@USI)
- Fribourg (Departement für Philosophie)
- Basel (Philosophisches Seminar)
- Bern (Institut für Philosophie)
- Ginebra (Département de philosophie)
- Lausanne (Section de philosophie)
- Luzern (Philosophisches Seminar)
- Neuenburg (Institut de philosophie)
- St. Gallen (Fachbereich Philosophie)
- Universität Zürich (Philosophisches Seminar)
- ETH Zürich (Geschichte und Philosophie des Wissens)
- Konstanz (Fachbereich Philosophie)
- IAP (Liechtenstein)
Overview pages
- why study philosophy?
- where to study philosophy?
- introductory literature
- the philosophy student councils
- the student numbers
- some statistics on the staff of the philosophical institutes
- testimonials of philosophers from their professional lives
- studies and documents on career opportunities
- philosophy in high-schools
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