HFS Lyss, part of Bildungszentrum Wald Lyss, is the intercantonal higher vocational school for forestry, training forestry technicians (Dipl. Förster/-in HF). This involves forest management, ecology, and technical forestry operations.
Address: Hardernstrasse 20, 3250 Lyss, Bern, Switzerland
Forestry Management, Forest Engineering, Ecology
Domains taught:
- Agriculture, Bioengineering, 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:
- Public
Partnerships:
Key training institution for forestry professionals in Switzerland, supported by multiple cantons. Strong links with forest services and enterprises.
Research:
Applied projects in sustainable forest management, silviculture, forest protection, and technical forestry operations.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
40
Current students***:
100
Foreign students***:
0%
Cumulative former students***:
1500
Pros
National competence center for higher vocational training of forestry technicians.
Cons
Highly specialized in forestry.
Best For
Individuals aiming to become qualified forestry technicians (HF) with expertise in forest management and operations.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Bildungszentrum Gärtner JardinSuisse, Höhere Fachschule Grün offers a comparable education in metrology, agriculture and quality: it is slightly larger, at about 120 students against roughly 100 here, and is private, whereas this school is public.
- Think of Bildungszentrum Wald Lyss, Höhere Fachschule Holz when quality, civil engineering and structural engineering is the priority: it is also a public institution and runs the same diploma programmes.
- Schweizerische Schule für Landtechnik takes a similar route through metrology, agriculture and quality, and it covers automation and electrical and electronics as well, and has almost the same size, at about 100 students.
- The comparison with Strickhof, Höhere Fachschule für Agrarwirtschaft is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on agriculture, quality and bioengineering, and it covers food science and microbiology and genetics as well, and is larger, enrolling about 150 students against roughly 100 here.
- sanu future learning ag, Höhere Fachschule für Umweltberatung works in much the same fields, chiefly metrology, agriculture and quality, and it covers marine science and food science as well, and has almost the same size, at about 100 students.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- Istituto Tecnico Superiore per l'Efficienza Energetica - L'Aquila, based in Italy, is built around quality, geotechnics and fluid dynamics much like this school, and it covers automation and electrical and electronics as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 80 students against roughly 100 here.
- Istituto Tecnico Superiore per le Costruzioni - Reggio Emilia brings a Italy setting to the same core fields, quality, geotechnics and fluid dynamics, and it runs the same diploma programmes and covers industrial design and automation as well.
- BRGM offers an international parallel to this school, with quality, geotechnics and signal processing as common ground; it covers marine science and transportations as well, and has almost the same size, at about 100 students.
- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (Spain) works on the same fields as this school, chiefly metrology, fluid dynamics and bioengineering; it also offers master's and doctoral programmes and covers astroscience and nanotechnologies as well.
- The closest overseas parallel on agriculture, manufacturing and ecology and sustainability is CIFP Pico Frentes, located in Spain; it is also a public institution and runs the same diploma programmes.
*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, Environmental Impact, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Materials, 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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