Who we are

Our organization is committed to promoting the language competence, communication skills, and multilingual profiles of students and staff at Swiss Higher Education Institutions within an academic and professional context.

We are particularly interested in linguistic integration and mobility in an international environment. Our association, as an expert organization, is a point of contact for these issues, and we work with other organizations at the national and European levels.

The Association of Language Centres at Swiss Higher Education Institutions

  • Promotes the professional exchange of ideas between its individual members and their staff
  • Supports applied research, further education, and quality control among its members
  • Is used as a network by swissuniversities, and is a collective member of VALS-ASLA
  • Is a full member of CercleS for Switzerland
  • Represents the interests of its members in international organizations, in particular, in CercleS

Our network

The SSH-CHE is a member of national and international organizations with a similar focus. These memberships encourage professional development, an exchange of experience, and common projects at conferences and in working groups.
SSH-CHES is also part of the network of swissuniversities.


Current SSH-CHES memberships and networks: