politecnico di studi aziendali legal status the federal administrative court taf decided that exist in switzerland national basically two forms of recognition for colleges this is on the one hand the recognition of a university as a person entitled to benefits under the federal law of october on support for universities and cooperation in higher education law on assistance to universities lau rs on the other accreditation in accordance with art para of the convention of december between the federal government and university cantons on cooperation in the university sector rs both the recognition according to the lau is accreditation are awarded solely as a result of an examination of the quality art cpv letter at lau art para of the convention of december between the confederation and the university cantons on support for universities and cooperation in higher education the recognition according to the lau is aimed at the provision of federal subsidies and is the responsibility of the federal council art para lau accreditation by contrast is conferred by the conference swiss university art para of the convention of december between the federal government and university cantons on cooperation in the university sector and is a mark of quality which does not confer on its holder the right to a federal financial aid see ff judgment of taf of august b consid p et seq accordingly the mere exercise of a university is not subject to authorization and is based on the freedom of science and economic freedom as stated in the preamble of the now decayed authorization of the state council on february issea sa is then free to confer titles without that this requires an estimate accreditation or recognition subsidies and must be considered as recognized by national law judgment of the taf of august b consid p the crus is not responsible neither for accreditation or for recognition under the lau and the list developed by this authority can be at most a working tool not expounding this list legal effects judgment of the taf of august b consid p equni talk recognition and university accreditation in switzerland rulings clarifying the legal issues on the real value of the recognition and accreditation university in switzerland have been resolved by some judgments of the swiss federal courts recognition in the university system the federal court judgment with a of may confirmed that the cantonal license to use the name university is a recognition of the status of universities in the swiss university system and say the opposite is true that judgment has therefore 'refuted the thesis of the education department of the canton ticino in the person of mr sandro rusconi who mistakenly consider it a simple authorization to use the name university accreditation the federal court judgment with p of january stated that the accreditation is not mandatory and that to pursue the occupation university in switzerland do not need a state authorization as well as the non accreditation or fails such a procedure does not affect in any way the freedom to engage in teaching and research university the federal court ammnistrativo with judgment b of february has confirmed that the university accreditation is a simple quality mark optional without any legal consequences in other words it is a recognition of the validity of this or that title or this or that university from the state that judgment has therefore 'refuted the thesis of the federal authorities who mistakenly consider him a state recognition and discriminating between accredited and non accredited universitiesequni talk university accreditation in switzerland quality mark 'volunteer without any legal consequences considerations of the secretary general of the conference university switzerland excerpt of the considerations of the secretary general of the conference university switzerland mrs martina weiss in the reply of may before the federal administrative court in the case relating to our request for accreditation of courses of study step of the memory the purpose and procedure of accreditation it is a voluntary quality mark which does not involve any direct consequences of a legal step memory no violation of the freedom of science art rs the issea can 'freely organize his research and teaching without accreditation his students may continue to use the services of education at least at the federal level the lack of accreditation is not tied to any legal consequences the issea no obligation to organize or otherwise suspend its research and teaching step memory no violation o