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Zürcher Fachhochschule 1

Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences

25 October, 2013

Prof. Dr. Jean-Marc Piveteau

President of ZHAW

Zürcher Fachhochschule

PROGRAMME

1. Swiss Education System

2. New Higher Education Bill (LEHE)

3. UAS (Universities of Applied Sciences) –

Mission, Facts and Figures

4. Research

2


THE SWISS EDUCATION SYSTEM

ISCED 0 PRE-SCHOOL

3

2

1

ISCED 3A-C

MATURA SCHOOLS

SPECIALISED

MIDDLE

SCHOOLS BASIC VOCATION-

AL EDUCATION

Professional baccalaureate: during or + 1 year after the apprenticeship

BASIC

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

4

3

2

1

ISCED 6

ISCED 5A+5B

PREPARATION: EXAMS

HIGHER VOCATIONAL

TRAINING

UNIVERSITIES UNI

TEACHER

EDU-

CATION

UNIVERSITIES OF

APPLIED SCIENCES COLLEGES

HIGHER

VOCATIONAL TRAINING

4

3

2

1

8

7

6

5

ISCED 1

ISCED 2

PRIMARY SCHOOL

PERFORMANCE-BASED GROUPS

SPECIAL

NEEDS

EDU-

CATION

AG | BL | NE | TI

BS | VD 4

3

2

1

9

8

7

6

5

Source: Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers

of Education (EDK)


BASIC VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

• Two-thirds of the young people in Switzerland benefit from the

solid foundation provided by basic professional education and

training.

• The federal government, cantons and professional associations all

contribute to the high standard of professional education and

training and strive to provide an adequate number of

apprenticeships.

• Basic professional education and training is the basis for life-long

learning and the doorway to numerous occupations.


TWO DIFFERENT PILLARS IN HIGHER EDUCATION

• Qualification for a practice-oriented career

– Basic professional education professional maturity certificate UAS

– Access to UAS also via general maturity certificate plus 1 year of

professional practice

• Qualification for a science-oriented career

– Academic upper secondary school general maturity traditional

university


FEDERALISTIC ORGANISATION (1)


FEDERALISTIC ORGANISATION (2)

• Competence at the tertiary level is shared by the Confederation, the

cantons

• The Confederation: – supervises and funds the federal institutes of technology

– is responsible for promotion of research

– legislates on higher vocational education and training and the universities

of applied sciences

– funds vocational education and training, the universities of applied

sciences and cantonal universities.

• The cantons: – are responsible for the universities and are their main source of financial

support

– run the universities of applied sciences and many colleges of higher

vocational education and training

– supervise the universities of applied sciences.


HIGHER EDUCATION BILL

• Loi fédérale sur l'encouragement des hautes écoles et la

coordination dans le domaine suisse des hautes écoles LEHE –

Hochschulförderungs- und -koordinationsgesetz HFKG

• The Confederation and the cantons are jointly responsible for

ensuring the competitiveness and quality of Switzerland’s higher

education sector, which is comprised of – federal institutes of technology

– cantonal universities

– universities of applied sciences

– universities of teacher education and

– other tertiary A level institutions.

• The legal basis for this is firmly established by the approval of the

Higher Education Bill by the Federal Parliament in autumn 2011.

• The Federal Act probably enters into force in 2015.


HIGHER EDUCATION BILL: MAIN OBJECTIVES

• Joint coordination of the whole Swiss higher education landscape

by the Confederation and the cantons.

• High-level quality assurance through the introduction of a new

accreditation system for the higher education institutions.

• Common national strategic coordination and a clear task sharing in

all very cost-intensive domains and thereby optimising the use of

public funds.

• Uniform, transparent and performance-based financing of the

higher education sector.


UNIVERSITIES IN SWITZERLAND

• 10 Traditional Universities (cantonal)

• 2 Federal Institutes of Technology (ETHs)

• 9 Universities of Applied Sciences

• 16 Universities of Teacher Education


SWISS UNIVERSITIES OF APPLIED SCIENCES


HISTORY OF THE UAS

• The creation of the Universities of Applied Sciences

in the past decade led to a new type of university

• The UAS have become firmly established as part of

Switzerland's higher education system in a very short

time.

• The UAS offer practical university-level education

and training and are in great demand with both

students and employers.

• The foundation of the UAS increased the status of

professional education because they provided the

opportunity for qualified people to continue their

studies at university level.


4-FOLD MANDATE FOR THE UAS

• Education

– Bachelor's and Master's

programmes

• Application-oriented research

• Continuing education

• Services, knowledge and

technology transfer


UNIVERSITIES OF APPLIED SCIENCES

ADDRESSING MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS

• Programmes geared to the needs of industry; learning is focused

on specific topics and takes place in groups of a manageable size

• Studies focus on the requirements of professional life

• Full-time or work-study programmes

• Applied research as part of the service mandate

• Degrees

– Bachelor, as a general qualification

– Master, as a specialised qualification for professionals


4'876

84'035 91'615

138'621

1997 2012

Universities of Applied Sciences

Traditional universities

Source: Swiss Statistics

ENROLLED STUDENTS AT SWISS UNIVERSITIES


0

5'000

10'000

15'000

20'000

25'000

30'000

ENROLLED STUDENTS AT SWISS UNIVERSITIES 2012



0

1'000

2'000

3'000

4'000

5'000

6'000


UAS/UTE 21,390 Universities 19,203

ADMISSIONS AT SWISS UNIVERSITIES 2012


R&D EXPENDITURES IN % OF THE GDP 2009

1.27

1.38

1.42

1.66

1.76

1.82

1.85

1.90

1.92

1.96

2.21

2.33

2.75

2.78

2.79

3.00

3.02

3.33

3.36

3.62

3.96

4.28

0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 3.50 4.00 4.50 5.00

ITALY

SPAIN

ESTONIA

PORTUGAL

NORWAY

NETHERLANDS

UK

EU-27

CANADA

BELGIUM

FRANCE

Total OECD

AUSTRIA

GERMANY

USA

SWITZERLAND

DENMARK

JAPAN

KOREA

SWEDEN

FINLAND

ISRAEL

Source: OECD Science, Technology and Industry Scoreboard 2011


SCIENCE AND RESEARCH: FUNDING AND SUPPORT PROGRAMMES

Photos: Presence Switzerland

Swiss National Science Foundation

(SNSF) – Basic Research

– Career funding, young academics

– SNSF professorship programme

facilitates the return of promising young

researchers to Switzerland.

Commission for Technology and Innovation

– funds applied research, fosters

entrepreneurship, and supports start-ups

– Knowledge and technology transfer

Swissnex: Switzerland’s knowledge

network

– Bangalore, Boston, San Francisco,

Singapore, Shanghai


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