University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland

Fachhochschule Ostschweiz

Basic information


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

Institutional level

No results found.

Programme level

Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive
Architektur, Bachelor of Arts (degree)
Decision: positive
Multimedia Production (first cycle degree)
Decision: positive
Photonics (first cycle degree)
Decision: positive
Photonics (first cycle degree)