Juristische Fakultät der Universität Basel

What Juristische Fakultät der Universität Basel does

The Juristische Fakultät der Universität Basel is the law faculty of the University of Basel, a Swiss public university founded in 1460 and one of the oldest in Switzerland. The faculty delivers legal education across three tiers — Bachelor of Law, Master of Law (including a 90 ECTS specialization in Life Sciences Law covering biotechnology, therapeutic products, intellectual property, and criminal law in medicine), and doctoral programs (Dr. iur.) — and supports a doctoral cohort of 20–30 candidates through the structured "Recht im Wandel" program as well as a general doctorate track. Research is organized around dedicated centers including ZLSR (Center for Life Sciences Law), e-PIAF (Electronic Public Institutions and Administrations Research Forum), KOAMI (Collective Labor Law Research Center), and ZRMB (Center for Rights of People with Disabilities), and is supported by a faculty library with 200 workstations and access to legal databases.

The faculty's research agenda is concentrated at the intersection of law and emerging technology, including criminal liability for AI systems, adversarial attacks on machine learning, federated learning, human-robot interaction (a joint comparative-law project with NUS Singapore published by Cambridge University Press), genome editing, reproductive medicine, organoids, and digitalization of public administration. Core technology consists of traditional academic infrastructure — library services, research portals, legal databases, and digital collaboration tools — with no commercial software products, APIs, or proprietary platforms disclosed. There are no AI modalities, SDKs, or productized technology assets described in the source material; AI is a subject of legal and regulatory research rather than a deployed commercial capability.

The faculty operates as a non-commercial public institution funded through government appropriations from the Canton of Basel-Stadt, regulated tuition fees administered centrally by the University of Basel, and third-party research grants (notably from the Swiss National Science Foundation). It has no shareholders, no private equity or venture capital involvement, and generates no commercial revenue streams. Customer segments are exclusively academic: Bachelor students, Master students, doctoral candidates, and visiting international researchers. Distribution of educational services occurs through the University of Basel's central admissions system and on-campus delivery; research outputs are distributed through academic publications, open access repositories, and conference participation. The headquarters is located at Peter Merian-Weg 8, 4002 Basel.

Name

Juristische Fakultät der Universität Basel

Legal name

Juristische Fakultät der Universität Basel

Website

https://ius.unibas.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Juristische Fakultät der Universität Basel is the public law faculty of the University of Basel (founded 1460), delivering legal education from Bachelor through doctoral levels — including a Life Sciences Law Master specialization — and conducting research on AI, biotechnology, reproductive medicine, and digital governance through dedicated research centers.

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Product category

Legal Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Law Schools (e.g., Tax, IP, International, Trial Advocacy) (EDAHAIAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Law School Research Centers & Institutes (e.g., Law & Economics, Human Rights) (EDAHAIAJ), LLM & Post-JD Graduate Law Programs (EDAHAIAC)

Keywords

• Legal education
• Law research
• Life sciences law
• Doctoral programs
• Graduate studies

Headquarters

HQ city

Basel, Basel-Stadt

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Public Funding (State University): As a public university faculty, the Juristische Fakultät is funded through government appropriations, tuition fees, and third-party research grants. No commercial revenue streams are generated.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Public academic faculty of the University of Basel providing legal education from Bachelor's through Doctoral levels, including a 90 ECTS Master of Law with specialization in Life Sciences Law. Operates multiple dedicated research centers (ZLSR, e-PIAF, KOAMI, ZRMB) and conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of law, technology, medicine, and society, including AI and criminal law, genome editing, human-robot interaction, and collective labor law.

Product overview

The Juristische Fakultät der Universität Basel operates as an academic institution offering a portfolio of educational programs and research centers. Its core educational offerings include Bachelor and Master programs in law, with a specialized Master of Law focusing on Life Sciences Law (90 ECTS), alongside doctoral programs through both a general doctoral track and the structured 'Recht im Wandel' (Law in Transition) doctoral program. Research is organized around several dedicated centers: ZLSR (Center for Life Sciences Law), e-PIAF (Electronic Public Institutions and Administrations Research Forum), KOAMI (Collective Labor Law Research Center), and ZRMB (Center for Rights of People with Disabilities). The faculty conducts substantial research in AI and law, including projects on criminal liability for AI systems, adversarial attacks on machine learning, federated learning, and human-robot interaction. The research portfolio also extends to transformative biotechnologies, reproductive medicine law, genome editing, and health law in the Anthropocene.

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Products and services

• ZLSR - Zentrum für Life Sciences-Recht (Center for Life Sciences Law) Research center dedicated to life sciences law, examining legal issues at the intersection of law, technology, medicine, and society. Covers biotechnology, reproductive medicine, intellectual property, and health law.
• e-PIAF - Electronic Public Institutions and Administrations Research Forum Research forum focused on digitalization in government and public administration, examining digital government transformation and algorithmic accountability.
• KOAMI - Forschungsstelle für Kollektives Arbeitsrecht und Mitwirkungsrecht Research center dedicated to collective labor law and co-determination rights.
• ZRMB - Zentrum für die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen (Center for the Rights of People with Disabilities) Center for the rights of people with disabilities, advancing disability rights research and advocacy.
• Doktoratsprogramm 'Recht im Wandel' (Law in Transition Doctoral Program) Structured doctoral program organized around three pillars: technological change, societal change, and economic change. Offers 20-30 doctoral candidates structured training through colloquia, annual conferences, lecture series, and workshops, earning 18 ECTS credits.
• Graduate School of Law Graduate school offering doctoral programs with structured training components and individual supervision by professors.
• Master of Law mit Vertiefung Life Sciences-Recht (Master of Law with Specialization in Life Sciences Law) 90 ECTS Master program with specialization in Life Sciences Law, covering legal aspects of biotechnology, therapeutic products, intellectual property, and criminal law in medicine.

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and support.

• UZH UFSP Human Reproduction Reloaded (H2R)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative research network with University of Zurich focusing on human reproduction law. Joint workshops organized including events on CRISPR technology and reproductive medicine reform. Faculty members from both institutions co-author publications and research projects on reproductive medicine and bioethics.
• National University of Singapore (NUS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaboration through the Human-Robot Interaction project led by Prof. Dr. Sabine Gless and Helena Whalen-Bridge from NUS. Joint book project on legal implications of human-robot interaction published with Cambridge University Press.
• Basel Institute on GovernancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndependent not-for-profit competence centre working internationally to strengthen governance and counter corruption. Collaborates with faculty on governance-related research themes.
• SERIORminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTrinational qualification programs (Germany, France, Switzerland) for PhD students and Postdocs. Provides scientific qualification and mentoring through Summer Schools and lecture series, plus practice-oriented program for knowledge and technology transfer.
• Forschungsnetzwerk Responsible Digital SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterdisciplinary network addressing digital transformation topics and their societal, ethical, legal, economic, psychological and political consequences. Aims to strengthen critical interdisciplinary dialogue beyond university boundaries.
• Forschungsnetzwerk Recht und Religion (FNRR)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic network for legal and religious studies engagement. Functions as an interdisciplinary platform where law and religious studies meet, also including sociology, ethnology, philosophy and history.
• Centrum für FamilienwissenschaftenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss-wide association of academics and practitioners from various disciplines dealing with family in all its forms.
• Mensch-im-RechtminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch community focused on theoretical and practice-oriented examination of human, law and justice topics. Works interdisciplinarily with university mid-level faculty and newer didactic concepts.
• Welcome & Euraxess Center of the University of BaselsupportOthersUniversity service providing information and counseling on housing, insurance and childcare for visiting researchers. Faculty coordinates administrative onboarding through this center.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• ETH Zurich: Fellow Swiss federal/ETH-domain public university with comparable scale, funding model, and research intensity. Not a law peer (no law faculty), but relevant as a comparable public-academic institution for governance and funding comparisons.

Direct peers

• University of Geneva Faculty of Law: Direct Swiss peer: a public-university law faculty in western Switzerland with comparable program offerings and a strong international-law orientation. Directly comparable on academic scope and target student segments.
• University of St. Gallen (HSG): Swiss public-university peer with law programs integrated into a business-and-economics-oriented institution. Comparable on academic structure, doctoral pipeline, and Switzerland-based legal education, with somewhat different specialization emphasis (business law vs. Basel's Life Sciences focus).
• University of Bern Faculty of Law: Direct Swiss peer: another public-university law faculty in Switzerland offering the full Bachelor through Dr. iur. pipeline. Comparable scale, public funding model, and research mandate, with similar program structure and student segments.
• University of Lausanne Faculty of Law: Direct Swiss peer: public-university law faculty in the French-speaking part of Switzerland with bilingual program offerings. Closely comparable on academic structure, public funding model, and student segments, including visiting international researchers.
• University of Zurich Faculty of Law: Direct Swiss peer: the largest law faculty in Switzerland, also a public university faculty offering Bachelor, Master, and doctoral programs in law. Closely comparable on mission, funding model, and academic scope, and an active research partner (e.g., H2R collaboration).

Regional players

• University of Vienna Faculty of Law: Austrian public-university law faculty with comparable size and program structure (Bachelor, Master, Dr. iur.). Comparable on public funding model, academic scope, and continental European legal-research tradition.
• University of Freiburg Faculty of Law: German public-university law faculty closely comparable on academic scope, doctoral pipeline (Dr. iur. equivalent), and specialty research-center model. Regional peer rather than direct competitor given different national jurisdiction.
• Heidelberg University Faculty of Law: German public-university law faculty with a long-established research tradition. Comparable on program structure, research-center model, and public funding; serves a different national jurisdiction.
• Leiden University Faculty of Law: Major European public-university law faculty with strong international-law profile and research-center model similar to Basel's ZLSR/e-PIAF structure. Comparable on academic scope and research orientation; serves a different geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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