On our way to become a

University of Applied Sciences.

Why choose Switzerland for your studies ?

Switzerland has a long and interesting history of political and economic development. Emerging from extreme poverty and a war stricken population, it was only in the 19th century that the modern country emerged from its misfortunes and and poverty-emigration. Are you surprised ? The current wealth achieved is the result of much and often painful experiences and learnings. Would you like to know more ? Welcome, we are ready to share, not only the glory of this success story, but also the pains encountered by this country and the lessons learned. Today Switzerland has quite an inclusive and decentralised political system. Sometimes this particularity slows down political decisions but, on the other hand, the permanent search for consensus ensures the political debate is peaceful. Living in Switzerland and being aware of this history is a teaching by itself.

Measurement of learning activities with the ECTS evaluation system

As far as the measurement of learning activities and efforts is concerned, Europe, with the exception of the UK, follows the well established American system of “credits”. The need to compare learning efforts between different schools has resulted in a common flexible European measurement system. The political intention is to facilitate students mobility allowing them to complete a study program by attending courses in different universities. “ECTS” stands for “European Credit Transfer System” and one credit is equivalent to 25 - 30 hours of learning activities. The presence at a course event (on-site or distance) will be 40 % to 50 % of the learning activities around the topic covered by specific content.

Blended learning system

1.Distance classroom with the classical instruments which have become very popular during Covid pandemic.

2.Long on-site sequences for integration and sharing with colleagues, faculty and external non academic experts. These sequences of 12 days, starting Monday morning of week 1 and finishing Friday evening of week 2, will take place between two courses, finishing the first one and starting the next one. Students are requested to fly in a day or two before the Monday of week 1.
3.Augmented self learning, individually or in student sub groups with tasks assigned and supervised by faculty.

For our blended learning process we have chosen Moodle as our IT-learning platform.