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University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland - Institution - EQAR staging

University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland

Haute Ecole Spécialisée de la Suisse Occidentale

Basic information

  • Identifiers
    • DEQARINST0200
    • CH0014
    • ROR: https://ror.org/01xkakk17
    • Erasmus: CH DELEMON02
    • SCHAC: hes-so.ch
    • EU-PIC: 999479659
    • EU-VAT: CHE-105.150.400 TVA
    • WHED: IAU-007097
  • Provider type
    higher education institution
  • Further location(s)
    Lausanne, Switzerland
    Sion, Switzerland
    Geneva, Switzerland
    Fribourg, Switzerland
    Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • Website
  • Founding year
    1997
  • QF-EHEA levels
    second cycle, first cycle
  • Part of
  • Subunits

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

External Quality Assurance Reports and Decisions

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Institutional level

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

Programme level

Decision: positive
Bachelor Arts in Music and Movement (BAMM) delivered by the Haute École de Musique, Genève-Neuchâtel (HEM GE) (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Decision: positive
Bachelor of Arts in Music (BAM) delivered by the Haute École de Musique, Genève-Neuchâtel (HEM GE) and the Haute École de Musique, Vaud-Valais-Fribourg (HEMU) (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
Decision: positive with conditions or restrictions
BSc HES-SO en Architecture du paysage (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
BSc HES-SO en Chimie (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF Level 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
BSc HES-SO en Génie électrique (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
BSc HES-SO en Génie mécanique (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
BSc HES-SO en Industrial Design Engineering (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
BSc HES-SO en Ingénierie des médias (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
BSc HES-SO en Ingénierie et gestion industrielles (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
BSc HES-SO en Technique des bâtiments (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF Level 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
BSc HES-SO Gestion de la nature (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
BSc HES-SO in Systems Engineering (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF Level 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
BSc HES-SO Ingénierie des sciences du vivant (first cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    first cycle (NQF 6)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
MAS en Design for Luxury and Craftsmanship (other degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    other
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme
MSc HES-SO en Life Sciences (second cycle degree)
  • Qualification/award
  • Level
    second cycle (NQF 7)
  • Programme type
    Full recognised degree programme