Changins is the Swiss center of excellence for education in viticulture, oenology, and arboriculture. It offers programs from vocational training to university-level degrees (HES Bachelor and Master, associated with HES-SO).
Address: Route de Duillier 50, 1260 Nyon, Vaud, Switzerland
Viticulture, Oenology
Domains taught:
- Agriculture, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Food Science, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Signal Processing, Statistics, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Diploma, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Associated with HES-SO. Strong connections with the Swiss wine industry, research institutes (Agroscope), and international viticulture and oenology schools.
Research:
Applied research in grape growing techniques, winemaking processes, terroir studies, plant protection, and wine analysis.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
80
Current students***:
300
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
2000
Pros
Leading institution for education and research in viticulture and oenology in Switzerland. Strong practical and scientific focus.
Cons
Highly specialized field.
Best For
Students passionate about viticulture and winemaking, seeking specialized scientific and technical education.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Agroscope sits close to this school on agriculture, food science and quality; it covers robotics and automation as well, and is smaller, enrolling about 100 students against roughly 300 here.
- Think of Paul Scherrer Institut when quality, bioinformatics and signal processing is the priority: it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral programmes.
- Both schools build their programmes around agriculture, food science and quality, and Strickhof, Höhere Fachschule für Agrarwirtschaft is the one to compare first within the country, since it does not run the bachelor's and master's programmes found here and covers automation as well.
- Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften is the closest domestic counterpart for agriculture, food science and quality; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and diploma programmes, and covers ergonomics and metrology as well.
- On content, ZHAW School of Life Sciences und Facility Management and this school are close, as both teach food science, quality and bioinformatics; it is also a public institution and does not run the diploma programmes found here.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on agriculture, food science and quality is Bordeaux Sciences Agro in France, and it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral programmes.
- Istituto Tecnico Superiore per l'Agroalimentare e Vitivinicolo - Conegliano in Italy is the nearest foreign match on agriculture, food science and quality; it does not run the bachelor's and master's programmes found here and covers life sciences as well.
- For agriculture, bioinformatics and fluid dynamics outside the home country, Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación in Spain is a natural reference; it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral programmes.
- ESPCI Paris - PSL (France) works on the same fields as this institution, chiefly bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and signal processing; it is slightly larger, at about 400 students against roughly 300 here, and is also a public institution.
- A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on agriculture, food science and bioinformatics is Hochschule Geisenheim University in Germany, and it covers logistics and aerospace as well, and is far larger, with about 1,700 students against roughly 300 here.
*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, Environmental Impact, Food Safety, Process Improvement, Product Development, Quality Management
*: 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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