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

¹ This Act is sub­ject to an op­tion­al ref­er­en­dum.

² The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall de­term­ine the com­mence­ment date.

³ It shall es­tab­lish the pro­vi­sions on co­ordin­a­tion of the en­tire Swiss high­er edu­ca­tion sec­tor and the al­loc­a­tion of tasks (Chap. 6; Art. 36–40), on fund­ing (Chap. 7; Art. 41–44) and on fed­er­al con­tri­bu­tions (Chap. 8; Art. 45–61) no later than five years after the re­main­ing pro­vi­sions go in­to ef­fect.

Com­mence­ment Date:²⁴
Art­icles 1–35, 45, 46 and 62–81 on 1 Janu­ary 2015;
Art­icles 36–44 and 47–49, 51–61 on 1 Janu­ary 2017;
Art­icle 50 on 1 Janu­ary 2020²⁵.