Federal Act
on Funding and Coordination of the Swiss
(Higher Education Act, HEdA)

¹ The Fed­er­al As­sembly shall de­term­ine the fin­an­cial re­sources to be set aside for fed­er­al con­tri­bu­tions. It shall es­tab­lish multi-an­nu­al budget ap­pro­pri­ations and fund­ing com­mit­ments.

² It shall is­sue simple de­crees for each budget ap­pro­pri­ation:

a.

for ba­sic con­tri­bu­tions for can­ton­al uni­versit­ies and oth­er in­sti­tu­tions with­in the high­er edu­ca­tion sec­tor;

b.

for ba­sic con­tri­bu­tions for uni­versit­ies of ap­plied sci­ences and oth­er in­sti­tu­tions with­in the high­er edu­ca­tion sec­tor.

³ Budget ap­pro­pri­ations must be es­tab­lished in such a way as to en­sure that cor­res­pond­ing an­nu­al pay­ment budgets match con­tri­bu­tion rates.

⁴ The Fed­er­al As­sembly shall is­sue simple de­crees for each fund­ing com­mit­ment for:

a.

con­tri­bu­tions to cov­er ex­pendit­ure for con­struc­tion and use of build­ings as well as con­tri­bu­tions to shared in­fra­struc­ture fa­cil­it­ies avail­able to high­er edu­ca­tion in­sti­tu­tions and oth­er in­sti­tu­tions with­in the high­er edu­ca­tion sec­tor;

b.

pro­ject con­tri­bu­tions.