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Canton
Aargau
Official Name
Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz AG
German Name
Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
2nd Name
FHNW Switzerland
Nickname
FHNW University
Former names
Fachhochschule Aargau (FHA), Fachhochschule beider Basel (FHBB), Fachhochschule Solothurn (FHSO)
Acronym
FHNW
Campus
Aarau, Basel, Brugg, Liestal, Muttenz, Olten, Solothurn, Windisch and Zofingen in SwitzerlandLocation
The University is spread over four cantons in Switzerland. Its locations are Aarau, Basel, Brugg/Windisch, Muttenz, Olten, and Solothurn.
Established
1 January 2006
Intl. Students
YES- (International Students)
Students
>8000
Undergraduates
>6000
Postgraduates
>2000
Recognition
U+ 
Type
Public University
President
- -
Dean
- -
Rector
Richard Bührer
Staff
701- 800 employees
Faculties
- Architecture
- Business (BBA/MBA...)
- Economics and Finance
- Law and Criminal Justice
- Psychology and Educational Sciences
- Sciences and Technology
- Business Administration
Language
Study Languages:
- English
- German
Scholarship
Yes (Financial Aids / Scholarships)
Degrees
- Bachelor's Degree (3-4 years)
- Master's Degree (1-4 years)
- BBA / MBA
Address
Schulthess-Allee 1, Telephone
+41 (0) 56 462 49 11Fax
+41 (0) 56 462 49 11Ranking
1348 (World University Rankings)
National Rank
12
Distance Edu
No (Distance Learning)
U Exchange
Yes- (Exchange Programs)
Dual degree
YES
Affiliations
Not Reported
Accreditation
- Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology (OPET)
- Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities (CRUS)
Membership
Not Reported
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Website Title
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Natural Sciences, Engineering, Law, Economics, Social Sciences, Humanities, Psychology, MBA, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying and Geoinformation, Energy, construction, Visual Communications, Interior Design, Scenography, Product Design, Industrial Design, Fashion Design, Hyperwerk, Art, Life Science Technologies, Molecular Life Sciences, Music, Movement, Jazz
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Description
University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland in Canton of Aargau in Switzerland ... Die Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW bietet mit ihren neun Hochschulen attraktive Aus- und Weiterbildung in verschiedenen Fachbereichen.
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The FHNW (University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, De: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz) was formed from the merger in 2006 of three Universities of Applied Sciences (Aargau, Basel-Stadt and Basel-Land, and Solothurn), the School of Education of Solothurn and the School of Education and Social Sciences of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Land and the Academy of Music Basel [the Musik-Akademie der Stadt Basel]. The FHNW and its nine Schools are distributed over four cantons, and the campuses are in Aarau, Basel, Brugg, Liestal, Muttenz, Olten, Solothurn, Windisch and Zofingen. The Schools all meet the requirements of the Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology (BBT/OPET) by offering:
- Degree-level programmes of study
- Continuing education (Diplomas of Advanced Studies, Certificates of Advanced Studies)
- Application-oriented research and development
- Services to third-parties
- Collaboration with other schools of higher education/research facilities in Switzerland and abroad
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Reviews (1)
byGeorge, September 7, 2011
one of the best 20 universities in switzerland
