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SERI (State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation)
Research policy
- Role
- Research policy
- Region
- Switzerland
- Type
- Key body
Detail
SERI (State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation) is Switzerland's federal ministry-equivalent for research policy. AI-related functions: (1) issuing the Federal AI Strategy (2020, 2025); (2) coordinating the federal institutes of technology system budget (ETH, EPFL, PSI, Empa, WSL); (3) interfacing with EU Horizon Europe on AI research collaboration. Assessment: SERI is positioned more like Singapore's NRF (research-policy oriented) than SNDGO (whole-of-government coordinator). It does not own AI deployment in government; the federal Council relies on individual departments to develop their own AI plans. This dispersion is consistent with Swiss federalism but limits central coordination.
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Switzerland Core Strategy
Switzerland's core AI strategy is Federal AI Strategy, with the public year marked as 2020/2025.
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Switzerland Investment Scale
Switzerland's AI investment signal is: CHF 1B+ research (ETH/EPFL).
Region overview
Switzerland Governance Model
Switzerland's AI governance model can be summarised as: Innovation-first, light-touch regulation.
Region overview
Switzerland Core Strength
Switzerland's comparative strength versus Singapore is: ETH/EPFL global Top 5, Google Zurich.
Core strategy
Federal AI Strategy
Federal government AI development guidelines
Core strategy
AI Strategy Update
Updated federal AI policy
Data note
Curated benchmark drilldown profile, last updated 2026-05-04.