Engineering and Architecture, Computer Science and Information Technology
The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU) is one of Switzerland’s seven public universities of applied sciences. Its School of Engineering and Architecture and School of Computer Science and Information Technology offer relevant technical programs.
Domains taught:
AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Ergonomics, Fluid Dynamics, Geotechnics, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metrology, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
Bachelor, Diploma, Master
Status:
Public
Partnerships:
Strong connections with regional and national industries for student projects, internships, and applied research. International partnerships for student and staff mobility.
Research:
Applied research in areas like building technology, sustainable energy, mechanical engineering, data science, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and human-computer interaction.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
1200
Current students***:
8000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
30000
Pros
Offers a range of practice-oriented technical programs with a focus on regional needs and innovation. Good infrastructure.
Cons
Arts programs are also prominent at HSLU, but Engineering/IT schools are distinct.
Best For
Students in Central Switzerland seeking practice-oriented education in engineering, architecture, or computer science.
Both schools build their programmes around metrology, quality and geotechnics, and OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule is the one to compare first within the country, since it covers agriculture and food science as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 6,000 students against roughly 8,000 here.
Berner Fachhochschule is the closest domestic counterpart for ergonomics, metrology and quality; it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and diploma, and covers agriculture and food science as well.
In terms of fields, Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften is the nearest neighbour, with ergonomics, metrology and quality again at the core; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and diploma programmes, and covers agriculture and food science as well.
Also strong in metrology, quality and geotechnics, Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz makes a sensible second look at home; it is larger, enrolling about 13,000 students against roughly 8,000 here, and is also a public institution.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of ergonomics, metrology and quality can consider Haute École Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale, and it covers agriculture and food science as well, and is larger, enrolling about 21,000 students against roughly 8,000 here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
Looking internationally, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven in the Netherlands is where nanotechnologies, optics and fluid dynamics get a comparable treatment; it is larger, enrolling about 14,000 students against roughly 8,000 here, and is also a public institution.
Hochschule Wismar brings a Germany setting to the same core fields, quality, geotechnics and optics, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and diploma, and covers sound engineering and logistics as well.
Wrocław University of Science and Technology (Poland) works on the same fields as this school, chiefly metrology, quality and geotechnics; it also offers doctoral programmes and covers aerospace and transportations as well.
Institut Polytechnique de Paris, in France, takes a similar route through nanotechnologies, optics and signal processing; it also offers doctoral programmes and covers aerospace and bioinformatics as well.
In Poland, Warsaw University of Technology teaches much the same core subjects, metrology, quality and geotechnics, and it also offers doctoral programmes and covers aerospace and transportations 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.
*: 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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