Hochschule Luzern, Departement Informatik

Switzerland

Address: Suurstoffi 1, 6343 Rotkreuz, Zug, Switzerland

Computer Science, Business Information Technology, Data Science

The School of Computer Science and Information Technology at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science, business information technology, digital ideation, and international IT management.

Domains taught:

AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioinformatics, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Ergonomics, Mathematics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Telecommunications

Diplomas*:

Bachelor, Master

Status:

Public

Partnerships:

Part of HSLU. Close ties with IT companies and service providers for projects, internships, and applied research.

Research:

Research in areas like artificial intelligence, data science, cybersecurity, human-computer interaction, software engineering, and IT management.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

250

Current students***:

1500

Foreign students***:

10%

Cumulative former students***:

7000

Pros

Offers a range of IT programs with a strong practical orientation and relevance to current industry needs.

Cons

Focus on applied IT.

Best For

Students seeking practice-oriented degrees in computer science, business IT, or data science, with a focus on industry applications.

Most Similar Schools Locally

Berner Fachhochschule, Departement Technik und Informatik works in much the same fields, chiefly quality, bioinformatics and signal processing, and it is larger, enrolling about 2,500 students against roughly 1,500 here, and is also a public institution.
Think of Hochschule Luzern, Departement Technik & Architektur when quality, signal processing and project management is the priority: it covers metrology and geotechnics as well, and is larger, enrolling about 2,500 students against roughly 1,500 here.
A good alternative in the same country is Università della Svizzera italiana, which likewise covers bioinformatics, signal processing and project management; it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral programmes.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of quality, signal processing and project management can consider FHNW Hochschule für Technik, and it covers metrology and nanotechnologies as well, and is larger, enrolling about 3,000 students against roughly 1,500 here.
FHNW Hochschule für Life Sciences offers a comparable education in quality, bioinformatics and signal processing: it is slightly smaller, at about 1,200 students against roughly 1,500 here, and is also a public institution.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

Warsaw School of Computer Science brings a Poland setting to the same core fields, quality, signal processing and project management, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's and master's, and has almost the same size, at about 1,500 students.
Students considering a move abroad can look at ISTIC in France, where signal processing, project management and computer vision also form the core, and it has almost the same size, at about 1,500 students, and is also a public institution.
Télécom Paris, based in France, is built around quality, signal processing and project management much like this school, and it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral and graduate certificate programmes.
For signal processing, computer vision and telecommunications outside the home country, Barcelona School of Telecommunications Engineering in Spain is a natural reference; it also offers doctoral programmes and covers nanotechnologies and optics as well.
In Japan, Aichi Prefectural University teaches much the same core subjects, signal processing, project management and computer vision, and it also offers doctoral programmes and covers ergonomics and UX and optics as well.

*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.

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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.

**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:

known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications

***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.

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