Bildungszentrum Gärtner JardinSuisse (BZG), Höhere Fachschule Grün

Switzerland

Address: Bahnhofstrasse 94, 5000 Aarau, Aargau, Switzerland

Landscape Construction Management, Horticultural Technology

BZG, the education center of JardinSuisse (Swiss association of horticulturalists), offers Höhere Fachschule (HF) programs for landscaping and horticultural technicians (Dipl. Techniker/-in HF Bauführung Garten- und Landschaftsbau or Gärtnermeister).

Domains taught:

Agriculture, Civil Engineering, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Geotechnics, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metrology, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Thermodynamics

Diplomas*:

Diploma

Status:

Private

Partnerships:

Strongly supported by the Swiss horticultural and landscaping industry association. Focus on advanced technical and management skills for the green sector.

Research:

Applied projects related to landscape design implementation, horticultural production, and green space management.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

Current students***:

120

Foreign students***:

Cumulative former students***:

1000

Pros

Leading specialized institution for higher vocational diplomas (HF) in landscaping and horticulture.

Cons

Private, industry-association led. Very specific focus on the green sector.

Best For

Professionals in the horticultural and landscaping industry seeking advanced technical and management diplomas (HF).

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Most Similar Schools Locally

Think of Interkantonale Försterschule Lyss when metrology, agriculture and quality is the priority: it covers bioengineering as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 100 students against roughly 120 here.
sanu future learning ag, Höhere Fachschule für Umweltberatung offers a comparable education in metrology, agriculture and quality: it is slightly smaller, at about 100 students against roughly 120 here, and is also a private institution.
The comparison with login Berufsbildung AG, Höhere Fachschule für Verkehrssysteme is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on metrology, quality and geotechnics, and it is also a private institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely diploma.
Among national alternatives, Schweizerische Metallbautechnische Fachschule stands out for its focus on quality, civil engineering and structural engineering, and it is also a private institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely diploma.
A good alternative in the same country is Schweizerische Schule für Landtechnik, which likewise covers metrology, agriculture and quality; it is slightly smaller, at about 100 students against roughly 120 here, and is also a private institution.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

Beyond national borders, Istituto Tecnico Superiore Energia stands out as a comparable school for quality, fluid dynamics and civil engineering; it runs the same diploma programmes and covers telecommunications and automation as well.
Istituto Tecnico Superiore Energia e Ambiente Toscana, based in Italy, is built around quality, fluid dynamics and civil engineering much like this institution, and it teaches at the same levels, namely diploma, and covers automation and electrical and electronics as well.
A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on quality, signal processing and fluid dynamics is ESEPAC in France, and it is larger, enrolling about 200 students against roughly 120 here, and is also a private institution.
If this institution is on your list for quality, geotechnics and fluid dynamics, ISBA-TP in France deserves a comparison, because it covers logistics and transportations as well, and is larger, enrolling about 200 students against roughly 120 here.
CIFP Pico Frentes brings a Spain setting to the same core fields, agriculture, manufacturing and ecology and sustainability, and it teaches at the same levels, namely diploma, and covers industrial design 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.

Agriculture, Biodiversity, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Greenhouse, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Practices

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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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