List of institutions not listed as Accredited Swiss Higher Education Institutions according to HEdA*

Private business enterprises set up as higher education institutions claiming a form of accreditation with no official ties to local governments ministry fall under the category of unaccredited institutions of higher education (uHEI). Said institutions can award private degrees in accordance with the Swiss government under the HEdA. Such degrees do not confine entitlement upon the holder for which the Swiss authorities will recognize the studies offered, examinations passed, or the qualifications issued by said type of institutions.

Institutional (academic) accreditation
Institutional accreditation in Switzerland is granted by the Swiss Accreditation Council after a review by the Swiss Agency of Accreditation and Quality Assurance (AAQ). Such Confederation-accreditation grants the institution in Switzerland the right to call (use) itself a University as well receiving state grants. (Student visa rights, accommodation) Government-established Universities are institutionally accredited through the accreditation council or Ministry of Education. Some programs, especially medical fields like pharmacy and medicine, must be programmatically accredited through the accreditation council.

Private and programmatic accreditation
Business schools can go to private programmatic Institutions to improve the level of their programs and quality offered to students. The so-called triple accreditation is often seen as the highest quality certification for business schools. The most well-regarded accreditation agencies are AACSB in the United States, AMBA in the United Kingdom, and EQUIS in the European Union, albeit they all accredit schools in other world regions. Many other accreditation agencies exist, but their accreditation is less well-regarded and may sometimes approach being an accreditation mill. In the accreditation guide, membership and accreditation from private accrediting agencies (IACBE, ACBSP, AACSB) do not fall under the same level of recognition. Private programmatic accreditation does not guarantee any acceptance for the degrees, titles, or qualifications awarded by uHEI; those still fall to the respected MoE the uHEI are registered.

Some private uHEI grant dual degree programs with a partnered university. The degrees from such partnerships are properly recognized if the referenced University is recognized from the respective Ministry of Education.

Scholarship and visa
The Swiss Government does not provide any official support for scholarship programs and granting visas for uHEI. Some schools do offer those on their own, and they can provide students with it if they have enlisted in uHEI private programs and achieve it through these means. These scholarships are not granted by the Swiss Ministry of Education and are in no part of their own educational systems, visa included.

Non-regulated professions
Private degrees from unaccredited iInstitution are considered to be usable only in non-professional spaces (such as a manager or journalist) the valuation of these degrees falls to the employers, in regards to potential employment or acknowledgement of education in their respective profession. For non-regulated professions, requirements for employment are not regulated by law. It is up to employers to decide whether your qualifications, competences and professional experience earned abroad are equivalent to the skills needed for the job. Requirements for employment can vary from very specific to very general. Because registration and certification may be available for certain non-regulated occupations, some employers require that applicants be registered or certified by the relevant professional association as a condition for employment,

There is no one single process in place for the recognition of qualifications for the purposes of job-seeking and employment in non-regulated occupations. The procedures and practices will depend from one country to another.

List of institutes and companies
This list cross-references data provided by Swiss official sites Swissuniversities and Akkreditierungsrat with the Anabin repository—the information portal on foreign educational qualifications from the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs Central Office for Foreign Education of Germany—where the status shows whether an institution can be considered a university or not. Private high schools in Switzerland are not covered on this list.