| Title | Date | Legal form | Policy area | Voting result | Yes share | Turnout | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initiative for a ban on animal and human experiments | 13.02.2022 | Popular initiative | Education and research, Social and societal policy |
Rejected | 20.86% | 44.20% | Details |
| Reproductive Medicine Act | 05.06.2016 | Optional referendum | Social and societal policy, Education and research |
Accepted | 62.42% | 46.68% | Details |
| Constitutional article on reproductive medicine and genetic engineering in the human field | 14.06.2015 | Mandatory referendum | Social and societal policy, Education and research |
Accepted | 61.93% | 43.51% | Details |
| Constitutional article on human research | 07.03.2010 | Mandatory referendum | Education and research | Accepted | 77.21% | 45.49% | Details |
| Initiative «für Lebensmittel aus gentechnikfreier Landwirtschaft» | 27.11.2005 | Popular initiative | Agriculture, Education and research, Environment and living space |
Accepted | 55.67% | 42.24% | Details |
| Stammzellenforschungsgesetz | 28.11.2004 | Optional referendum | Education and research, Social and societal policy |
Accepted | 66.39% | 37.04% | Details |
| Initiative «für menschenwürdige Fortpflanzung» | 12.03.2000 | Popular initiative | Social and societal policy, Education and research |
Rejected | 28.24% | 42.20% | Details |
| «Gen-Schutz-Initiative» | 07.06.1998 | Popular initiative | Education and research, Environment and living space, Social and societal policy |
Rejected | 33.29% | 41.32% | Details |
| Initiative «zur Abschaffung der Tierversuche» | 07.03.1993 | Popular initiative | Education and research, Social and societal policy, Agriculture |
Rejected | 27.77% | 51.23% | Details |
| Regelung der Fortpflanzungs- und Gentechnologie | 17.05.1992 | Direct counter-proposal | Social and societal policy, Education and research |
Accepted | 73.83% | 39.18% | Details |
| Initiative «Weg vom Tierversuch!» | 16.02.1992 | Popular initiative | Education and research, Social and societal policy, Agriculture |
Rejected | 43.63% | 44.50% | Details |
| Initiative «für die Abschaffung der Vivisektion» | 01.12.1985 | Popular initiative | Education and research, Agriculture, Social and societal policy |
Rejected | 29.47% | 37.97% | Details |
| Gesetz über die Hochschulförderung | 28.05.1978 | Optional referendum | Education and research | Rejected | 43.32% | 48.91% | Details |
| Verfassungsartikel zur wissenschaftlichen Forschung | 04.03.1973 | Mandatory referendum | Education and research | Accepted | 64.51% | 27.51% | Details |
| Gesetz über die Eidgenössischen Technischen Hochschulen | 01.06.1969 | Optional referendum | Education and research | Rejected | 34.48% | 33.92% | Details |