SWISS UMEF University of Applied Sciences Institute

Basic information

  • Identifiers
    • DEQARINST7531
    • CH0044
    • ROR: https://ror.org/032aw4s87
  • Provider type
    higher education institution
  • Legal seat(s)
    Geneva, Switzerland
  • Former location(s)
    Geneva, Switzerland (2024 – 2018)
  • Website
    https://www.swiss-umef.ch/en
  • Founding year
    1984
  • QF-EHEA levels
    second cycle, first cycle
  • Previous names
    • Institut Supérieur de Gestion et Communication until 31/12/2009
    • Institut Supérieur de Psychopédagogie until 31/12/1993
    • SWISS UMEF University until 31/12/2022
    • University of Management, Economics and Finance until 31/12/2013
  • Permalink
    https://data.deqar.eu/institution/7531/

National External Quality Assurance Requirements

  • Programme accreditation
    voluntary, except for medical and health professions according to public health regulations
  • Institutional accreditation
    Institutional accreditation according to Swiss law, with a decision by the Swiss Accreditation Council, is mandatory for all public higher education institutions of the tertiary sector and for private higher education institutions using a protected denomination (“University”, “University of Applied Sciences”, “ University of Teacher Education“). Successful accreditation has no legal impact beyond the right to use one of the protected denominations but is a testimony to a quality assurance systems covering all processes and suited to support the higher education institution to achieve its goals.
  • Further information on external quality assurance in Switzerland
  • Programme accreditation
    voluntary, except for medical and health professions according to public health regulations
  • Institutional accreditation
    Institutional accreditation according to Swiss law, with a decision by the Swiss Accreditation Council, is mandatory for all public higher education institutions of the tertiary sector and for private higher education institutions using a protected denomination (“University”, “University of Applied Sciences”, “ University of Teacher Education“). Successful accreditation has no legal impact beyond the right to use one of the protected denominations but is a testimony to a quality assurance systems covering all processes and suited to support the higher education institution to achieve its goals.
  • Further information on external quality assurance in Switzerland

External Quality Assurance Reports and Decisions

Institutional level

Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive with conditions or restrictions
Institutional accreditation

Programme level

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Verifiable Credentials

short explanation on VCs and link to W3C standard