PHZH

Zurich University of Applied Sciences - ZHAW

ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Part of Zürcher Fachhochschule
Type	Public University
Established	2007 (1874)
President	Prof. Dr. Jean-Marc Piveteau
Administrative staff	1984
Students	10660
Location	Winterthur, Zurich and Wädenswil (Schloss Au and Au Peninsula), Canton of Zurich, Switzerland
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	AACSB
Website	www.zhaw.ch

ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften

The Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW; German: Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften) located in the city of Winterthur, with facilities in Zurich and Wädenswil, is one of the largest University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland and is part of the Zürcher Fachhochschule.

Currently, the university has eight schools, covering architecture and civil engineering, health, linguistics, life sciences and facility management, applied psychology, social work, engineering and management and law.

The ZHAW School of Management and Law obtained AACSB accreditation in 2015.

The Zurich University of Applied Sciences was founded in September 2007, when the previously independent institutions Zurich University of Applied Sciences Winterthur, University of Applied Sciences Wädenswil, the School of Social Work and the School of Applied Psychology in Zurich merged. The former Zurich University of Applied Sciences Winterthur was itself made up out of schools with long histories: the Technikum Winterthur was founded in 1874 as Switzerland's largest engineering school, and the Höhere Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungsschule was established in 1968. Both schools were the first of their kind in Switzerland.