– SWITZERLAND, Bern – swissuniversities today announced the election of Luciana Vaccaro as its new President for the period of February 2023 to July 2024, succeeding Yves Flückiger.
Luciana Vaccaro is the Rector of the Haute école spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale (HES-SO) and is committed to a nationally coordinated and internationally successful Swiss university landscape.
The President heads the committee and represents swissuniversities and the Swiss university community at a national and international level.
Luciana Vaccaro highlights four areas of special attention: Continuing efforts to enable Switzerland to participate in European research and education programs. In view of the next education, research, and innovation message, another field of action is to continue to obtain sufficient federal funding for all types of higher education institutes (HEI). In addition, the HEI’s interdisciplinary knowledge and scientific expertise must be made available quickly, efficiently, and coordinated to meet society’s challenges. And last but not least, to ensure the prosperity of our society by securing the next generation of academics, scientists, and professionals. To achieve this, HEI must pay attention to all students and guarantee the quality of the educational experience of everyone.
Luciana Vaccaro said, “the Swiss universities offer excellent education and research, which we must ensure with sufficient resources so that they can always better respond to the needs of society. In order to do so, they must develop cooperation at the national and international levels, in particular at the European level. swissuniversities will continue to actively engage with the political authorities to ensure long-term participation in European programs and optimal framework conditions at the national level.”
Luciana Vaccaro holds a master’s degree in physics from the University Federico II of Naples and a Ph.D. in microtechnology from the EPFL. Her research has focused on optics and electromagnetism; in particular, she has developed high-resolution microscopic techniques. Since 2013 she is the Rector of the HES-SO.
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