University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz

Basic information

  • Identifiers
    • DEQARINST0201
    • CH0015
    • ROR: https://ror.org/04mq2g308
    • WHED: IAU-004959

      • IAU World Higher Education Database (WHED)

      Identifier used in the world-wide WHED database of higher education institutions, managed by the International Association of Universities (IAU) - data harvested from ETER/OrgReg

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  • Provider type
    higher education institution
  • Legal seat(s)
    Windisch, Switzerland
  • Further location(s)
    Olten, Switzerland
    Basel, Switzerland
    Muttenz, Switzerland
    Windisch, Switzerland
  • Website
    http://www.fhnw.ch
  • Founding year
    1997
  • QF-EHEA levels
    second cycle, first cycle
  • Permalink
    https://data.deqar.eu/institution/201

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.
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