The Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW; ) located in the city of

Winterthur Winterthur (; ) is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. With over 120,000 residents, it is the country's List of cities in Switzerland, sixth-largest city by population, as well as its ninth-largest agglomeration with about 14 ...

, with facilities in

Zurich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

and

Wädenswil Wädenswil (locally often called ''Wättischwiil'', ''Wädischwiil'' or ''Wädi'') is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality located in the district of Horgen (district), Horgen in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zürich (canton), Z� ...

, is one of the largest

University of Applied Sciences A vocational university or university of applied sciences (UAS), less commonly called a polytechnic university is an institution of higher education and increasingly research that provides applied professional education and grants academic de ...

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

. The university has eight departments, covering

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

and

civil engineering Civil engineering is a regulation and licensure in engineering, professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads ...

health Health has a variety of definitions, which have been used for different purposes over time. In general, it refers to physical and emotional well-being, especially that associated with normal functioning of the human body, absent of disease, p ...

linguistics Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

life sciences This list of life sciences comprises the branches of science that involve the scientific study of life – such as microorganisms, plants, and animals including human beings. This science is one of the two major branches of natural science, ...

and

facility management Facility management or facilities management (FM) is a professional discipline focused on coordinating the use of space, infrastructure, people, and organization. Facilities management ensures that physical assets and environments are managed effe ...

applied psychology Applied psychology is the use of psychological methods and findings of scientific psychology to solve practical problems of human and animal behavior and experience. Educational and organizational psychology, business management, law, health, pro ...

social work Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social wo ...

engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

and

management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...

and

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

History

The Zurich University of Applied Sciences was founded in September 2007, when the previously independent institutions ''Zurich University of Applied Sciences Winterthur'', ''University of Applied Sciences Wädenswil'', the ''School of Social Work'' and the ''School of Applied Psychology'' in Zurich merged. The former Zurich University of Applied Sciences Winterthur was itself made up out of schools with long histories: the ''Technikum Winterthur'' was founded in 1874 as Switzerland's largest engineering school, and the ''Höhere Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungsschule'' was established in 1968. Both schools were the first of their kind in Switzerland.

Programmes

A total of 34

bachelor's A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ( ...

and 20 consecutive

master's A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...

degree programmes are currently offered. The general language of courses is

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

(Hochdeutsch). Notably all lectures at the School of Management and Law's bachelor programme in International Management are held in

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...

, as are courses for

exchange students International students or exchange students, also known as foreign students, are students who undertake all or part of their secondary or tertiary education in a country other than their own. In 2022, there were over 6.9 million international ...

. Generally, there is an increasing use of English observed in many other programmes. Winterthur - Roter Turm IMG 4549 ShiftN

* School of Applied Linguistics: The School of Applied Linguistics is further divided into the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (IUED), and the Institute of Applied Media Studies (IAM). The Institute of Applied Media Studies offers a Bachelor of Arts in communication, with specialisation in

journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree of accuracy. The word, a noun, applies to the journ ...

and organisational communication. The Institute of Translation and Interpreting offers a bachelor's degree in

translation Translation is the communication of the semantics, meaning of a #Source and target languages, source-language text by means of an Dynamic and formal equivalence, equivalent #Source and target languages, target-language text. The English la ...

, with specialisations in multilingual communication,

multimodal communication Multimodality is the application of multiple literacies within one medium. Multiple literacies or "modes" contribute to an audience's understanding of a composition. Everything from the placement of images to the organization of the content to ...

and

technical communication Technical communication (or tech comm) is communication of technical subject matter such as engineering, science, or technology content. The largest part of it tends to be technical writing, though importantly it often requires aspects of visual ...

. It also offers a Master of Arts in

Applied Linguistics Applied linguistics is an interdisciplinary field which identifies, investigates, and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems. Some of the academic fields related to applied linguistics are education, psychology, Communication stu ...

, with specialisations in conference interpretation, organisational communication and professional translation. *School of Applied Psychology offers a bachelor's degree and master's degree in applied psychology *School of Architecture, Design, and Civil Engineering offers a bachelor's degree and master's degree in architecture and a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. *School of Engineering offers a master's degree in engineering and bachelor's degree in aviation, computer science, medical informatics, data science, electrical engineering, engineering and management with specialisations in industrial engineering and business mathematics, enterprise computing, mechanical design and engineering, mechanical engineering informatics, materials and process engineering, systems engineering / mechatronics and transportation systems. *School of Health Sciences offers a master's degree in nursing, physiotherapy and an international master in occupational therapy as well as a bachelor's degree in midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and health promotion and prevention. Furthermore there is a phd-programme «Care and Rehabilitation Sciences» in collaboration with the

University of Zurich The University of Zurich (UZH, ) is a public university, public research university in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of the ...

. *School of Life Sciences and Facility Management offers master's degrees in facility management and life sciences. Bachelor's degrees are offered in biotechnology, chemistry, food technology, environmental engineering and facility management. *School of Management and Law offers master's degrees in accounting and controlling, banking and finance, business administration, business information technology, international business, and management and law. It also offers bachelor's degrees in business administration, business information technology, business law, and international management. The best students can be invited to join the International Honor Society

Beta Gamma Sigma Beta Gamma Sigma () is an international business honor society. Founded in 1913 at the University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois and the University of California, it has over 980,000 members, selected from more than 600 collegiate chapters i ...

. The School's MSc International Business was ranked 64th in the 2020 Financial Times Ranking. *School of Social Work offers both a bachelor's and master's degree in social work.

Partner universities (selection)

University of Technology Sydney The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public university, public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1988, though its origins as a Institute of technology, ...

(Australia) * Christ University, Bengaluru (India) *

Technische Universität Wien TU Wien () is a public research university in Vienna, Austria. The university's teaching and research are focused on engineering, computer science, and natural sciences. It currently has about 28,100 students (29% women), eight faculties, and ...

(Austria) * Technische Universität Graz (Austria) * UQAM - Université du Québec à Montréal (Canada) * Århus Universitet (Denmark) * Københavns Universitet (Denmark) * Roskilde Universitetscenter (Denmark) * Syddansk Universitet (Denmark) * University of Helsinki (Finland) * ESSCA École de Management (France) *

ESC Rennes School of Business Rennes School of Business formerly École Supérieure de Commerce de Rennes is a French business school located in Rennes, the capital of Brittany, founded in 1990 by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Rennes. ESC Rennes is a ''Grande Éc ...

(France) * Ecole de Management Strasbourg (France) *

Université Paris Dauphine Paris Dauphine University - PSL () is a Grande École and public institution of higher education and research based in Paris, France, Collegiate university, constituent college of PSL University. As of 2022, Dauphine has 9,400 students in 8 fields ...

(France) * Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany) * Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (Germany) * Universität Witten/Herdecke (Germany) * Universität Bielefeld (Germany) * Universität Leipzig (Germany) * Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary) *

Technological University Dublin Technological University Dublin () or TU Dublin is Ireland's first technological university. It was established on 1 January 2019, with a history going back to 1887 through the amalgamated Dublin Institute of Technology which progressed from t ...

(Ireland) * LUISS Guido Carli (Italy) * Università degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia (Italy) * Warsaw School of Economics (Poland) * Cracow University of Economics (Poland) * PSB Paris School of Business * Jagiellonian University of Cracow (Poland) * Saint-Petersburg State University (Russia) * University of Cape Town (South Africa) * Göteborgs universitet (Sweden) * Koç University (Turkey) * Sabanci University (Turkey) * Cass Business School (Great Britain) * University of Leicester (Great Britain) * London Metropolitan University (Great Britain) * Baruch College, CUNY (United States) * California State University (United States) * Boston University (United States) * University of California (United States) * Konkuk University (South Korea) * Indus Business Academy, Bangalore (India)

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External links

ZHAW website
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History

Programmes

Partner universities (selection)

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