Higher education

7. February 2013 / Higher education

Much as the rest of the world, Swiss universities find themselves locked in the hype of MOOCs which have been spreading from the United States all over the world. The Lausanne based EPFL has been one of the first to offer a course in Scala computer programming to which 53,000 students signed up.

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4. December 2012 / Higher education

Students interested in studying at a Swiss Hotel Management School are invited to get in touch with the Swiss Hotel Schools Association. They help foreign students to find the right school for their purpose and they advise on the international compatibility of bachelor's and master's degrees.

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8. October 2012 / Higher education

7 Swiss universities have been ranked in the world’s top 200 by British THE ranking. The Federal Institutes of Technology in Zurich and Lausanne are the best performing European universities outside of Great Britain. Indicators are teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

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27. March 2012 / Higher education / Educational politics

Swiss universities turn to foreign campuses to expand the scope of their research activities. Even though it’s in the context of international collaboration, financial incentives offered by foreign governments and prestigious research institutions play a major role in this development.

www.swissinfo.ch

2. December 2011 / Higher education

The Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students celebrates its 50th anniversary. Over 7,000 young researchers, students and artists from five different continents – half developing, half industrialised countries - have since than been awarded an exchange scholarship in Switzerland.

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17. October 2011 / Higher education / Symposium

86 attendees from 20 different countries discussed issues in teacher training and teachers’ roles at the VIII International Seminar of the UNESCO Chair in e-Learning on Teacher Training in Barcelona last week.

Reconsidering teachers’ roles

18. August 2011 / Higher education

The Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology OPET has published an online query for UAS degree programmes. You can search for Bachelor and Master qualifications by using specific criteria like field of study or university of applied sciences UAS.

www.bbt.admin.ch

1. June 2011 / Higher education / Publication

The Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities has published a brochure in English entitled "Studying in Switzerland: Universities, 2011". Apart from explaining the various university studies available in Switzerland, it also describes the Swiss education system as a whole. Free download.

www.crus.ch