瑞士应用科学大学体系面面观

On the Swiss System of Universities of Applied Sciences

瑞士的高等教育系统包括三种不同类型的高等院校:传统的综合大学,包括两所瑞士联邦理工学院;应用科学大学和师范大学,不同类型的大学都有各自的特点和任务。瑞士的应用科学大学一方面以其高度的实践性和应用导向性而著名,另一方面也因其与区域经济界的密切合作、对职业继续教育的投入以及在技术转让和创业领域具有的高度专业水平而享有盛誉。瑞士的八所应用科学大学为国家高度发达的工业培养急需的应用型人才,为瑞士工业的发展做出决定性的贡献。因此,瑞士的应用科学大学已成为支撑瑞士高等教育体系的坚实支柱,与德国的应用科学大学在办学理念上有着高度的一致性。

The higher education system of Switzerland provides three different types of universities:traditional research universities including the two Swiss federal institutes of technology,universities of applied sciences and universities of teacher education,each of which has a specific profile.Swiss universities of applied sciences are characterized by a high degree of practice and application orientation,a close cooperation with the regional economy,a strong commitment in the field of part-time further training as well as a highly professional role in the fields of technology transfer and entrepreneurship-education.The eight Swiss universities of applied sciences make a decisive contribution to supplying Switzerland’s highly developed industrial landscape with urgently needed talents who have an application-oriented competence profile.As a result,these universities have developed into an indispensable pillar of the higher education ecosystem in Switzerland.In general,the Swiss universities of applied sciences show a high degree of conceptual similarity to those in the neighboring Germany.