Franklin University Switzerland
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| Motto | Boundless Exploratory Education |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1969 |
| President | Dr. P. Gregory Warden |
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Academic staff
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54 |
| Undergraduates | 413 |
| Location | Lugano, Canton of Ticino, Switzerland |
| Colors | Red and White |
| Mascot | Falcon |
| Website | www |
Franklin University Switzerland is a private liberal arts college in Lugano, Switzerland. Founded in 1969, Franklin offers Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science degrees accredited by relevant authorities both in Switzerland and in the United States. Prospective American students can apply to Franklin University Switzerland through the Common Application.
Franklin takes its name from statesman and Founding Father of the United States, Benjamin Franklin.
Chartered in 1969, Franklin University Switzerland was born out of the former Fleming College and founded as a non-profit, independent, post-secondary institution under the name of Franklin College Switzerland. The institution is named for Benjamin Franklin, the United States' first ambassador to France, and it has stressed, since its incarnation, the importance of international studies as the basis for a strong, global education. Franklin College Switzerland obtained United States accreditation from the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in 1975, confirmed most recently in 2010. Having obtained Swiss program-level accreditation in 2005, Franklin was granted full university institution accreditation by the Swiss University Conference in 2013, making it the only university in the world to be accredited in the United States and Switzerland. Swiss accreditation as a university institution gave Franklin the right to call itself a university in Switzerland, and in April 2014, the institution officially changed its name and celebrated its inauguration as Franklin University Switzerland.
The main campus (formally Kaletsch Campus), acquired in 1985, is composed of a private villa with attached library, auditorium, and classroom wing, surrounded by a wooded park. In 2005 the university acquired an additional campus nearby, adding administrative, educational, athletic, social and residential capacity. The current campus spans 2 hectares (5 acres). The Franklin campus is residential, and is located on a hillside overlooking the town of Lugano, in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, Switzerland.
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