University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW

The FHNW 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 schools are concentrated in four campuses, located in Basel, Brugg/Windisch, Muttenz and Olten. The Schools all meet the requirements of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) 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 Higher-education experts in Switzerland and abroad have, by means of quality-assurance peer reviews, attested to the FHNW’s high degree of professionalism and quality. At the end of 2003 Switzerland’s Federal Council authorised the establishment of the FHNW for an unlimited period and approved all of its existing programmes of study.