HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich

HWZ Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zürich

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

This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive with conditions or restrictions
Institutional accreditation
Part of the obligatory external QA system Decision: positive with conditions or restrictions
Institutional accreditation

Programme level

This report does not have a validity period, but it is older than 6 years and thus considered part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system
Angewandte Psychologie (first cycle degree)
This report does not have a validity period, but it is older than 6 years and thus considered part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system
Angewandte Psychologie (second cycle degree)
This report does not have a validity period, but it is older than 6 years and thus considered part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Joint programme
Pflege (second cycle degree)
This report is not currently valid but part of the historic record.
Part of the obligatory external QA system Joint programme
Physiotherapie (second cycle degree)