New Graduates for the FHNW School of Business Executive Certificate in Business and Public Administration. In the presence of the Chinese Ambassador Dong Jinyi and Cantonal Councillor Walter Straumann, fifteen officials from the Gansu Provincial Government graduated from the Executive Certificate inBusiness and Public Administration on the 8 December. more...

Succeesful Cooperation between FHNW School of Business and St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance On 2 December 2009 ten Russian students successfully completed the Executive Master of Business Administration in HR Management. The programme is the first cooperation between the FHNW School of Business and the newly-established competence centre of the St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance.  more...

The School of Business is a leading establishment in education, executive education and internationalisation in Switzerland.

Bachelor, Master and Continuing Education

With over 150 academic programmes and related activities (EMBA, Master of Advanced Studies, courses seminars and workshops), the School of Business of the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW is Switzerland’s leading provider of continuing education in business management. It tutors 1700 students in Bachelor degree programmes, undertakes applied research and development and is an active player in the field of consultancy. In autumn 2008 two new Bologna-conform Master programmes started up.

Training for Swiss and international business

We train executives and managers for Swiss and international business with an emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprises. Later in their careers we offer a uniquely broad pallette of continuing education opportunities. We enable students and clients to access up-to-the-minute knowledge that can be applied in the real world.

Know-how at three campuses

Remaining close to our regional customers is vital. Being active at three campuses (Basel, Brugg/Windisch and Olten) places expertise in close proximity to the customer.

Knowledge and technology transfer

The quality of the knowledge imparted and of the teaching is guaranteed by experienced teaching staff, who have practice-oriented knowledge, and research assistants in possession of the latest know-how. To help put into practice what has been learnt in as straightforward and concise a manner as possible, the School makes use of a number of strategies. We draw on projects awarded by companies,  application-oriented tasks and a broad cross-section of teaching and learning modes.

International exchange

We are also the natural, professional partner for any company seeking to venture abroad to China, India, the USA or Europe. We offer special international programmes of education and, with cooperation treaties in place with over 120 partner-universities, we are in a position to secure an intensive exchange of teaching staff and students throughout the world.