Through the Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students (FCS), Switzerland annually offers postgraduate scholarships to students from around 180 countries including Pakistan. Pakistani students are offered excellence scholarships at public universities in Switzerland. The excellence scholarships are available for studies ranging from humanities to cutting edge engineering and robotics. Around 90 Pakistani students are studying in Switzerland, most are doctorate and post-doctorate scholars and some are pursuing master degrees.

An MOU between the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and National University of Science and Technology (NUST) to explore possibilities of enhancing bilateral cooperation in the field of scientific research is under consideration of Swiss side.