Country Profiles: Switzerland

Switzerland -- Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft/Confederation -- Suisse/Confederazione Svizzera

Goverment-Sponsored and Diplomatic Information

• Statistics on Switzerland: CIA World Factbook
• US Embassy in Bern
• Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C.
• Confoederatio Helvetica official Swiss government pages
• Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Information on official Swiss government positions on various issues, including related press releases. List of Swiss Embassies worldwide

International Organizations and Development Programs

• Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations
• Switzerland and the IMF The IMF's Switzerland Country Page with links to articles

Internet Resources: General

• Switzerland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• History of Switzerland: Primary Documents BYU site to historical documents
• WESS Web: Western European Specialists Section hosted by the University of Virginia library

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and Language

• Lia Rumantscha The Romansh language website. Map displays regions where Romansh and Switzerland’s other languages are mainly spoken
• Kunstmuseum Basel Museum homepage includes a listing of current exhibits and other information
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Online News Sites and Servers

• Berner Rundschau  Bern German-language daily
• Le Courrier Geneva French-language newspaper
• Corriere del Ticino Italian-language daily
• 24 Heures French-language daily from Lausanne
• Neue Zürcher Zeitung German-language newspaper from Zurich
• Web Radio International hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

French Language Study

• The UCLA French Department
• EAP Study Abroad Programs UC study abroad in France
• French online dictionaries

German Language Study

• The UCLA Department of Germanic Languages
• EAP Study Abroad Programs UC study abroad in Germany
• Goethe Institut Los Angeles
• German online dictionaries

Italian Language Study

• The UCLA Italian Department
• The UCLA Italian Club
• EAP Study Abroad Programs UC study abroad in Italy
• Italian online dictionaries

Academic and Fellowship Information

• Graduate Institute of International Studies Affiliated with the University of Geneva
• Université de Fribourg Includes academic curricula, library catalog, information for foreign students
• Fulbright Fellowships for study and research abroad
• Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies Information on fellowships for Ph.D. students in humanities and social sciences
• SSRC/ACLS International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships: support for dissertation research in humanities and social sciences in all areas and regions of the world
• Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships For dissertation research in humanities and social sciences
• UC Berkeley Center for German and European Studies Fellowships for dissertation research, predissertation research travel, and UC faculty research
• Columbia University's Council for European Studies has information about fellowships for Western and Central Europe
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems

he Swiss Confederation or Switzerland is a landlocked federal state in Europe, with neighbours Germany, France, Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein. The country has a strong tradition of political and military neutrality, but also of international co-operation, and is home to many international organisations.