The FHNW School of Life Sciences, located in Muttenz, offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees in fields such as molecular life sciences, chemistry, bioanalytics, pharmacology, environmental technologies, and medical informatics.
Address: Hofackerstrasse 30, 4132 Muttenz, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
Molecular Life Sciences, Chemistry, Bioanalytics, Environmental Technologies
Domains taught:
- AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metrology, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Thermodynamics
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Part of FHNW. Strong collaborations with pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, and environmental technology companies, as well as research institutes. Focus on applied research and development.
Research:
Applied research in areas like drug discovery, diagnostics, analytical chemistry, bioprocess technology, environmental monitoring, and health informatics.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
400
Current students***:
1200
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
6000
Pros
Offers industry-oriented life science programs with a strong practical component and access to modern laboratories. Located in a major life sciences hub (Basel area).
Cons
Focus on applied life sciences.
Best For
Students seeking practice-oriented education in molecular life sciences, chemistry, bioanalytics, or environmental/medical technologies, with strong industry ties.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Where this institution leans on quality, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies, ZHAW School of Life Sciences und Facility Management does the same, and it covers food science as well, and is larger, enrolling about 2,000 students against roughly 1,200 here.
- For students who like the metrology, quality and nanotechnologies focus of this school but want another option nearby, FHNW Hochschule für Technik fits well: it runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes and covers industrial design and structural engineering as well.
- Among national alternatives, FHNW Hochschule für Architektur, Bau und Geomatik stands out for its focus on metrology, quality and optics, and it covers geotechnics and industrial design as well, and is slightly larger, at about 1,500 students against roughly 1,200 here.
- Where this institution leans on metrology, quality and bioinformatics, Berner Fachhochschule, Departement Technik und Informatik does the same, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's and master's.
- Haute Ecole du Paysage, d'Ingénierie et d'Architecture de Genève follows much the same lines as this school, with metrology, quality and nanotechnologies as common ground, and it has almost the same size, at about 1,200 students, and is also a public institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- In Japan, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology teaches much the same core subjects, bioinformatics, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics, and it also offers doctoral programmes and covers agriculture and food science as well.
- Technische Hochschule Ulm, based in Germany, is built around metrology, quality and nanotechnologies much like this school, and it covers transportations and industrial design as well, and is far larger, with about 4,000 students against roughly 1,200 here.
- University of Shizuoka (Japan) works on the same fields as this institution, chiefly quality, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies; it is larger, enrolling about 3,000 students against roughly 1,200 here, and is also a public institution.
- Looking internationally, ESPCI Paris - PSL in France is where bioinformatics, nanotechnologies and microbiology and genetics get a comparable treatment; it also offers doctoral programmes and covers computer vision as well.
- For quality, bioinformatics and nanotechnologies outside the home country, Technische Hochschule Bingen in Germany is a natural reference; it is larger, enrolling about 2,500 students against roughly 1,200 here, and is also a public institution.
*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.
- Bioengineering, Biomedical Sensors, Chemistry, Environmental Engineering, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Medical Devices, Sustainable Practices
*: 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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