Official Name
Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz AG
German Name
Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
2nd Name
FHNW Switzerland
Former names
Fachhochschule Aargau (FHA), Fachhochschule beider Basel (FHBB), Fachhochschule Solothurn (FHSO)
Campus

Aarau, Basel, Brugg, Liestal, Muttenz, Olten, Solothurn, Windisch and Zofingen in Switzerland
Location
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)
Recognition
U+
Faculties
- Architecture
- Business (BBA/MBA...)
- Economics and Finance
- Law and Criminal Justice
- Psychology and Educational Sciences
- Sciences and Technology
- Business Administration
Scholarship
Yes(Financial Aids / Scholarships)
Degrees
- Bachelor's Degree (3-4 years)
- Master's Degree (1-4 years)
- BBA / MBA
Telephone

+41 (0) 56 462 49 11
Fax

+41 (0) 56 462 49 11
Ranking
1348(World University Rankings)
Distance Edu
No(Distance Learning)
U Exchange
Yes- (Exchange Programs)
Affiliations
Not Reported
Accreditation
- Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology (OPET)
- Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities (CRUS)
Website Title
..:: {{FHNW - University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland - Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz ::..
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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.
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