FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

Prof. Dr. Ruedi Nützi, Director and Dean School of Business

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Innovation

Switzerland

66.3

Sweden

63.6

United Kingdom

61.9

USA

61.4

Finland

59.9

Switzerland

68.3

United Kingdom

62.4

Sweden

62.4

The Netherlands

61.6

Finland

60.1

Switzerland

64.8

United Kingdom

62.4

Sweden

62.3

Finland

60.7

The Netherlands

60.6

Switzerland

67.7

Sweden

63.8

The Netherlands

63.4

USA

61.4

United Kingdom

60.9

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Competitiveness

Switzerland

5.8 (±0)

Singapore

5.7 (±0)

USA

5.7 (±0)

Germany

5.6 (±0)

The Netherlands

5.6 (±0)

Switzerland

5.8 (±0)

Singapore

5.7 (±0)

USA

5.6 (±0)

Germany

5.5 (+1)

The Netherlands

5.5 (+3)

Switzerland

5.70 (±0)

Singapore

5.65 (±0)

USA

5.54 (+2)

Finland

5.50 (-1)

Germany

5.49 (-1)

Switzerland

5,67 (±0)

Singapore

5.61 (±0)

Finland

5.54 (±0)

Germany

5.51 (+2)

USA

5.48 (+2)

Switzerland

5.72 (±0)

Singapore

5.67 (±0)

Finland

5.55 (+1)

Sweden

5.53 (-1)

The Netherlands

5.50 (+2)

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The Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts (UAS) within

Switzerland’s Dual Educational System

compulsory schools (ca. 85 000 15-year-olds)

labour market

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vocational education and training academic baccalaureate (grammar schools)

vocational baccalaureate

UAS: Bachelor (3 years, 15 897)

Master (2 years, 3 831) Master (13 439)

PhD (3 854)

ETH & Universities: Bachelor (14 292)

68% 21%

In cooperation with Universities

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**Qualifications awarded in 2015, Source: Federal Statistical Office (2016)

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Mr. Sergio Ermotti – Example of Pathway through the Dual Education System

Vocational education and training

regional bank in Lugano

Diploma

Swiss-certified banking expert

Master

Advanced Management Programme at Oxford University

Group Chief Executive Officer of UBS Group

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FHNW

HES-SO

BFH

SUPSI

FH

KAL

FHOHSLU

ZFH

FFHS

Swiss University of Applied Sciences and Arts Landscape

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Swiss Federal Mandate

Applied Research

and Development

Consulting

and ServicesEducation

Continuing

Education

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11888

1067

Facts & Figures 2016

students

applied research and

development projects with

industry partners,

CHF 47.6 m. third-party

funds

29bachelor’s

degree

programmes

18master’s degree

programmes

464CHF m.

income

458CHF m.

expenditure

2784staff & faculty

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Life Sciences

Engineering

Social Work

Teacher Education

Music

Applied Psychology

Art and Design

Architecture,

Civil Engineering

and Geomatics

Business

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UAS

Economy

Society

Culture

Research

and

Theory

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FHNW School of Business

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«We educate innovative and

responsible managers for a

networked and dynamic world.»

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Our Graduate and Undergraduate Programmes

Business Administration with Specialisation in:

International

Management

Business

Information

Technology

LeadershipEntre-

preneurshipConsulting

Trinational

relations

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What do our Students bring?

100 % of our students have a Swiss baccalaureate

50 % of our students are part-time students and most work in companies

80 % of our students have vocational training and 3-4 years of professional

experience

What do they gain?

Our students gain professional skills and experience

We offer a solid, in-depth education in economics, covering a broad scope.

Our students profit from the transfer of our knowledge

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Partner Universities Worldwide

North-America 14

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87

South-America

Europe

26AsiaPacific

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The winners: Robert

Buttery, Head of

International Relations,

FHNW School of

Business and Catherine

Vertesi, Vice-President

International, University

Capilano.

Winner of BCCIE International Education Award – June 2013

Prof. Dr. Knut Hinkelmann

Business Information Systems

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Bu

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ITInformation Systems

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Business Information Systems: Merging Business and IT

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Bu

sin

ess

IT

Busin

ess

IT

21http://kanzleilife.de/it-infrastruktur-einfach-wie-fahrzeugleasing/

In the near future there won’t be something like a non-

digital economy anymore

Master of Science in

Business Information Systems

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Learn to innovate in

the Digital Economy

Profile

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Applied Research and Development

Strategic

initiative FHNW

and basic

cooperation

Student projects,

Master‘s theses,

PhD

European Union,

Federal government,

foundations

Research

commissioned

by industry

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Applied Research and Development

Research partnersin industry

Students

Clients of services

The general public

Students

Researchers

Impact of research

Direct impact

Indirect impactPublications

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■ University of Camerino

■ University of Pretoria

■ University of South Africa

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PhD Cooperations

Research: EU-Project Horizon 2020 – CloudSocket

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Pro

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Cloud Service Offers Cloud Service Offers Cloud Platform Offers

Clo

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Cloud Socket – Project Idea

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BPaaSKnowledge-Based Alignment

CloudSocket

Business Process as a Service

Translate and wrap business processes into specific technical solutions

available in the cloud.

Focus on start-ups and SME in growth phase (scale).

Benefit for companies: Focus on core business, reduce investments in IT

Interative prototyping with application, research and technology partners.

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9 Companies and Universities from 7 European Countries

CloudSocket – Project Consortium

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