The Zurich University of Applied Sciences
(ZHAW; German: Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte
Wissenschaften) located in the city of Winterthur,
with facilities in Zurich and Wädenswil,
is one of the largest University of Applied
Sciences in Switzerland and is part of the
Zürcher Fachhochschule.Currently, the university
has eight schools, covering architecture and
civil engineering, health, linguistics, life
sciences and facility management, applied
psychology, social work, engineering and management
and law.The ZHAW School of Management and
Law obtained AACSB accreditation in 2015.
== 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 26 Bachelor and 10 consecutive
Master degree programmes are currently offered.
The general language of courses is German
(Hochdeutsch).
Notably all lectures at the School of Management
and Law's bachelor programme in International
Management are held in English, as are courses
for exchange students.
Generally, there is an increasing use of English
observed in many other programmes.
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 and organisational
communication.
The Institute of Translation and Interpreting
offers a bachelor's degree in translation,
with specialisations in multilingual communication,
multimodal communication and technical communication.
It also offers a Master of Arts in Applied
Linguistics, 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, 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 Professions offers a master's
degree in nursing and physiotherapy.
a bachelor's degree in midwifery, nursing,
occupational therapy and physiotherapy.
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.
School of Social Work offers both a bachelor's
and master's degree in social work.
== Partner universities (selection) ==
Sydney University of Technology (Australia)
Christ University, Bengaluru (India)
Technische Universität Wien (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 (France)
Ecole de Management Strasbourg (France)
Université Paris Dauphine (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)
Dublin Institute of Technology (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
Jagielloñski 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)
== Notes and references ==
== See also ==
List of largest universities by enrollment
in Switzerland
== External links ==
ZHAW website
