Switzerland R&D spending, both from the private sector as
well as from the public side, is among the highest in the world.
That’s one reason why Switzerland has more Nobel prize
winners and patents per capita than any other country in the
world. Swiss citations in scientific journals in the field of
life science are higher then anywhere else.
Switzerland’s top R&D centers and universities not
only attract ambitious researchers from all over the world but
also many international companies looking for the best environment
to set up their European R&D centers. Google, IBM, Medtronic,
Zimmer are only a few.
Institutions representing Swiss universities in North America
are the Swiss House
of Advanced Research and Education in Boston and Swissnex
in San Francisco. Both institutions serve as a point of contact
for companies and institutions looking for collaboration with
Swiss R&D centers.
