About COHEP
The Swiss Conference of Rectors of Universities of Teacher Education COHEP was constituted as specialist conference within the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education EDK in 2002 and advises this body on all issues related to teachers and teacher education. COHEP works closely with the Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss Universities CRUS and the Rectors’ Conference of the Swiss Universities of Applied Arts and Science KFH, as well as other organizations that are involved in education.
The Swiss Conference of Rectors of Universities of Teacher Education changed its name to COHEP for all of the languages spoken in Switzerland – but the body’s tasks and involvement remain the same.
On 21 November 2012, the universities, the universities of applied sciences and the universities of teacher education in Switzerland have founded the association swissuniversities. For the next two years this association is preparing the bringing together of the current three rectors’ conferences CRUS, KFH and COHEP to a united conference as the new Federal Act on the promotion of universities and coordination in the Swiss university HFKG (german) provides, which will enter into force in 2015.