Our Institutes
The University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland has over 50 institutes. The heads of institutes are assigned the necessary tasks and competencies to run their institutes. The tasks of an institute correspond to its specific remit (in line with the fourfold services agreement existing for one area or parts thereof).

- Academy of Art and Design
- Art Institute
- HyperWerk Institute for Postindustrial Design
- Institute Fashion Design
- Institute for Art and Design Education
- Institute for Interior Design and Scenography
- Institute for Research in Art and Design
- Institute Industrial Design
- Visual Communication Institute/The Basel School of Design
- Academy of Music
- School of Applied Psychology
- Institute for Higher Education in Applied Psychology
- Institute for Research and Development of Collaborative Processes
- Institute Humans in Complex Systems
- School of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geomatics
- Institute of Architecture
- Institute of Civil Engineering
- Institute of Energy in Building
- Institute of Geomatics Engineering
- School of Business
- Institute for Competitiveness and Communication
- Institute for Finance
- Institute for Human Resource Management
- Institute for Information Systems
- Institute of Management
- Institute for Nonprofit- and Public Management
- School of Engineering
- Institute of 4D Technologies and Data Space
- Institute of Aerosol and Sensor Technology
- Institute of Automation
- Institute of Business Engineering
- Institute of Humanities and Natural Sciences
- Institute of Microelectronics
- Institute of Mobile and Distributed Systems
- Institute of Optometry
- Institute of Polymer Engineering
- Institute of Polymer Nanotechnology
- Institute of Product and Production Engineering
- Institute of Thermal and Fluid Engineering
- School of Life Sciences
- Institute for Chemistry and Bioanalytics
- Institute for Ecopreneurship
- Institute for Medical and Analytical Technologies
- Institute for Pharma Technology
- School of Social Work
- Centre for Social Work Studies
- Institute for Consulting, Coaching and Social Management
- Institute for Integration and Participation
- Institute for Social Planning and Urban Development
- Institute for Social Work and Health
- Institute for Social Work Research and Cooperative Knowledge Creation
- Institute for Studies in Children and Youth Services
- School for Teacher Education
- Institute for Educational Research and Development
- Institute for Further Education and Educational Advice
- Institute for Pre-Primary / Early Education
- Institute for Primary Education
- Institute for Secondary Education
- Institute for Special Education and Psychology
- Institute for Upper Secondary Education and Pedagogy

