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HES-SO Haute école spécialisée de Suisse
occidentale University of Applied
Sciences Western Switzerland General
Presentation International conference ESEP
Portugal Dominique BIDET-DAZIN Geneva
10-12 September 2008
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Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS)
8 UAS in Switzerland 54,000 students
30 financed by the Confederation
5 other financing sources (third party)
Conference of the Universities of Applied
Sciences Switzerland (CUAS)
65 financed by the cantons
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Western Swiss UAS facts and figures

• Seven cantons in five different regions Valais,
  Fribourg, Geneva, Vaud and Arc (Neuchâtel, Jura
  and French-speaking Berne)
• More than 12,000 students (there were 4,900 in
  1998!)
• A total of approximately 8,600 employees for the
  equivalent of more
• than 2,600 full-time positions
• 40 training programmes, from engineering to
  orchestra conducting

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Six fields of education
DESIGN FINE ARTS
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES
MUSIC THEATRE
ENGINEERING SCIENCES
SOCIAL WORK
HEALTH

• 1,550 students
• social work

• 2,650 students
• midwifery
• nursing
• nutrition counselling
• occupational therapy
• physiotherapy
• psychomotility therapy
• radiologic technology

• 2,900 students
• business administration
• business information technology
• hospitality management
• information science
• tourism

• 3,250 students
• agriculture
• architecture B / M
• engineering and management
• chemistry
• civil engineering
• computer science
• design engineering
• electrical engineering
• environmental engineering
• geomatics
• landscape architecture
• life technologies
• mechanical engineering
• media engineering
• microengineering
• nology
• systems engineering

• 950 students
• conservation
• fine arts
• interior design
• product and industrial design
• visual communication
• master of cinema

• 1,400 students
• music
• theatre

2007-2008 academic year definitive name of
programme to be confirmed
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The teaching mission two types of training

• Basic training
• Bachelor 1st cycle - 180 ECTS
• Master 2nd cycle - 90 to 120 ECTS

Basic principle in UAS 1 ECTS 30 hours of
work done by the student

• Continuing education
• Master of Advanced Studies - 60 ECTS
• Executive Master of Business Administration - 60
  ECTS
• Diploma of Advanced Studies - DAS - 30 ECTS
• Certificate of Advanced Studies - CAS - 10 ECTS
• Individual courses or one-day seminars

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Activities encouraged

• Applied research and development (applied RD)
• International exchanges
• Equal opportunity

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Information Systems

• Each institution or school has its own
  infrastructure. In addition, HES-SO provides a
  set of joint services
• Framework study training programme for Bachelor
  of Sciences
• Specific framework study training programme for
  Bachelor of Sciences in every field and
  programme (like in Nursing)
• Management applications
• Website at www.hes-so.ch and intranet
• Information sharing solutions
• Centralised directory
• Collaborative platform

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Health fieldNursing programme

• six institutions/schools
• Valais (bilingual programme, German and French),
  Fribourg (bilingual programme, German and
  French),Vaud (two), Arc (Neuchâtel, Jura and
  French-speaking Geneva.

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Geneva Universities of Applied Sciences (Geneva
UAS)

• Five fields of education
• DESIGN FINE ARTS
• BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES
• ENGINEERING SCIENCES
• SOCIAL WORK
• HEALTH

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• Now, what about our school ?
• Geneva University of Applied Sciences
• Health field
• Nursing