Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (german: Hochschule Luzern) (HSLU) is one of seven regional, public-funded

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of applied sciences founded in 1997 in its current form. The University was called University of Applied Sciences of Central Switzerland (German: Fachhochschule Zentralschweiz) until 15 October 2007. Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is a Swiss public

vocational university A university of applied sciences (UAS), nowadays much less commonly called a polytechnic university or vocational university, is an institution of higher education and sometimes research that provides vocational education and grants academic d ...

with campuses in Lucerne,

Horw Horw (; Swiss German: ''Horb'') is a municipality in the district of Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. History Horw is first mentioned in 1231 as ''Horwe''. Geography Horw has an area of . Of this area, 32.6% is used for agric ...

Emmenbrücke Emmen is a village and municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. The municipality Emmen consists of the village Emmen, the town Emmenbrücke, and several hamlets. History Emmen is first mentioned in 840 a ...

and

Rotkreuz Risch is a municipality in the canton of Zug in Switzerland. It is also promoted as Risch-Rotkreuz. Four villages (Rotkreuz, Risch, Buonas and Holzhäusern) belong to the municipality ''Risch''. On 24 November 2007 it was decided to promote the ...

. Prior to Rotkreuz, a small campus in

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for finance was held.

Schools

* School of Engineering and Architecture (Hochschule Luzern – Technik & Architektur) * School of Computer Science and Information Technology (Hochschule Luzern – Informatik) * Business School and Management (Hochschule Luzern – Wirtschaft) * School of Social Work (Hochschule Luzern – Soziale Arbeit) * School of Art and Design (Hochschule Luzern – Design & Kunst) * School of Music was formed in 1999 when the city's Conservatory of Music, Academy of Church Music, and Jazz School merged into a single university-status institution, called ''Hochschule Luzern – Musik.''

Academic programs

The University offers

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and

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based education with levels from

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to graduate.

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and certificate programs are available in fields like

design A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design' ...

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

, fine arts, animation 2D/3D, object design,

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& finance, international management &

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, sustainable energy systems, to list a few from the other variety courses they offer. Beginning with Winter Semester 2018, the university announced that students can now study

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. This announcement drew press coverage due to its association with the German term

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, a term for a useless or vanity-driven degree. At the end of the course of study, the students will be awarded a Bachelor of Arts in music.

Notes and references

External links

*
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts Factsheet
by the Conference of the Universities of Applied Sciences Switzerland (PDF)
Information about Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

Hochschule Luzern - Musik

{{Authority control L Educational institutions established in 1997 1997 establishments in Switzerland

Schools

Academic programs

See also

Notes and references

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