Revenue
Revenue from research and development amounted to around CHF 74.2 million in 2024. Research accounts for 25% of the HSLU's total revenue. The HSLU also generated revenue of around CHF 8.5 million from its services, which corresponds to around 2.5% of total revenue.
Finance
In 2024, CHF 16.3 million in external funding from Innosuisse and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) was allocated to research. CHF 16.7 million came from other federal contributions, e.g. from contracts awarded by the Federal Office of Energy.
CHF 14.8 million came from third parties. This category includes private sector companies, non-profit organisations (e.g. foundations) and funds from EU programmes.
The partners include:
Doctoral colloquia
Universities of Applied Sciences turn out highly qualified researchers. To promote networking between research staff, the HSLU established doctoral colloquia in 2014 to directly support doctoral students.
The doctoral colloquia offered by the HSLU provide an opportunity for its doctoral students and staff working on their doctorate, to meet at joint workshops to promote knowledge transfer between the various disciplines.
The head of the doctoral colloquia is Prof. Dr. Jürg Schwarz.
The workshops help establish a common culture of research and discourse, extending beyond the University’s disciplinary fields – positioned in close proximity to scientific and extra-scientific application contexts. The focus of the programme lies in providing practical support for those working on their doctorates through coaching, courses in theory and science methodology, and promoting networking both internally and externally.
This programme at the HSLU puts the next generation at the core of its strategy in terms of training and qualification. The University acknowledges the role of young talent for a university of applied sciences and arts involved in both research and teaching. The University seeks to create an ideal environment helping future researchers to realise their ideas and start their scientific careers in both basic and applied research.
