Haute École Arc Ingénierie (HE-Arc Ingénierie)

Switzerland

Address: Espace de l’Europe 11, 2000 Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Microengineering, Computer Science, Industrial Design Engineering

HE-Arc Engineering, part of HES-SO, has campuses in Neuchâtel, St-Imier, and Delémont. It offers bachelor’s degrees in industrial design, computer science, microengineering, and industrial engineering. Strong links to the watchmaking and microtechnology industries.

Domains taught:

AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Ergonomics, Fluid Dynamics, Industrial Design, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Metrology, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics

Diplomas*:

Bachelor, Master

Status:

Public

Partnerships:

Part of HES-SO. Very close ties with the precision manufacturing, watchmaking, and medtech industries in the Jura Arc region. Applied research projects.

Research:

Research focused on micro and nanotechnologies, precision manufacturing, industrial automation, data management, and interaction design.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

150

Current students***:

600

Foreign students***:

10%

Cumulative former students***:

4000

Pros

Highly specialized programs relevant to the Jura Arc’s industrial strengths, particularly microengineering and watchmaking. Strong practical focus.

Cons

Distributed across smaller campuses.

Best For

Students interested in microengineering, industrial design, computer science, or industrial engineering, with a focus on precision industries of the Jura Arc.

Most Similar Schools Locally

The comparison with Haute Ecole du Paysage, d'Ingénierie et d'Architecture de Genève is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on metrology, quality and nanotechnologies, and it covers agriculture and geotechnics as well, and is larger, enrolling about 1,200 students against roughly 600 here.
Also strong in metrology, quality and nanotechnologies, HES-SO Valais-Wallis – Haute Ecole d’Ingénierie makes a sensible second look at home; it is slightly larger, at about 800 students against roughly 600 here, and is also a public institution.
Haute école d'ingénierie et d'architecture Fribourg is the closest domestic counterpart for metrology, quality and nanotechnologies; it covers geotechnics and civil engineering as well, and is larger, enrolling about 1,000 students against roughly 600 here.
Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of metrology, quality and nanotechnologies can consider Haute École d'Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's and master's, and covers geotechnics and civil engineering as well.
SUPSI Dipartimento tecnologie innovative overlaps with this school on metrology, quality and nanotechnologies, so the two are easy to compare, and it covers bioengineering as well, and is larger, enrolling about 1,200 students against roughly 600 here.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

In Germany, Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd teaches much the same core subjects, optics, signal processing and industrial design, and it covers sound engineering and ergonomics and UX as well, and is slightly larger, at about 700 students against roughly 600 here.
Students considering a move abroad can look at State University of Applied Sciences in Racibórz in Poland, where optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics also form the core, and it covers civil engineering and ecology and sustainability as well, and is larger, enrolling about 1,500 students against roughly 600 here.
Abroad, École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques (France) covers metrology, quality and nanotechnologies in a comparable way, and it covers bioengineering and life sciences as well, and is larger, enrolling about 900 students against roughly 600 here.
ENSIBS offers an international parallel to this institution, with quality, optics and signal processing as common ground; it covers logistics and civil engineering as well, and has almost the same size, at about 600 students.
State University of Applied Sciences in Konin brings a Poland setting to the same core fields, quality, fluid dynamics and industrial design, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's and master's, and covers logistics 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.

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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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