TEKO Schweizerische Fachschule

Switzerland

Address: Seetalstrasse 19, 6020 Emmenbrücke, Luzern, Switzerland

Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Construction Management

TEKO is a private Swiss higher vocational school (Höhere Fachschule) with several locations, offering diploma programs (Dipl. Techniker/-in HF) in fields like mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, automation, IT, civil engineering (construction management), and industrial engineering.

Domains taught:

AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, 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*:

Diploma

Status:

Private

Partnerships:

Emphasis on practice-oriented, often part-time, education for professionals. Collaborations with industry for project work and curriculum relevance.

Research:

Focus on applied problem-solving and technology transfer in students’ projects.

Famous Alumnis:

N/A

International recognition**:

Number of staff***:

150

Current students***:

2000

Foreign students***:

Cumulative former students***:

12000

Pros

Wide range of technical diploma (HF) programs offered part-time at multiple locations, catering to working individuals.

Cons

Private school, tuition fees.

Best For

Working professionals across Switzerland seeking part-time technical diplomas (HF) in a variety of engineering and IT fields.

Most Similar Schools Locally

IBZ Schulen für Technik Informatik Wirtschaft offers a comparable education in metrology, quality and nanotechnologies: it covers software engineering as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 1,500 students against roughly 2,000 here.
sfb Bildungszentrum Dietikon, Höhere Fachschule für Technologie overlaps with this school on metrology, quality and signal processing, so the two are easy to compare, and it is smaller, enrolling about 1,200 students against roughly 2,000 here, and is also a private institution.
Akademie St.Gallen, Höhere Fachschule für Technik is the closest domestic counterpart for metrology, quality and signal processing; it runs the same diploma programmes, and is far smaller, with about 400 students against roughly 2,000 here.
STFW Schweizerische Technische Fachschule Winterthur follows much the same lines as this school, with metrology, quality and nanotechnologies as common ground, and it is slightly smaller, at about 1,500 students against roughly 2,000 here, and is public, whereas this school is private.
In terms of fields, Höhere Fachschule Südostschweiz is the nearest neighbour, with metrology, quality and nanotechnologies again at the core; it teaches at the same levels, namely diploma, and is smaller, enrolling about 700 students against roughly 2,000 here.

Most Similar Schools Abroad

For quality, industrial design and thermodynamics outside the home country, Istituto Tecnico Superiore Lombardia Meccatronica in Italy is a natural reference; it is also a private institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely diploma.
For a study option in Spain with a comparable spread of metrology, quality and nanotechnologies, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas is the reference point: it has almost the same size, at about 2,000 students, and is public, whereas this institution is private.
For quality, optics and signal processing outside the home country, Higher School of Technology in Katowice in Poland is a natural reference; it also offers bachelor's and master's programmes and covers sound engineering and transportations as well.
Istituto Tecnico Superiore Maker offers an international parallel to this institution, with quality, industrial design and project management as common ground; it is smaller, enrolling about 800 students against roughly 2,000 here, and is also a private institution.
CentraleSupélec, in France, takes a similar route through nanotechnologies, optics and signal processing; it also offers master's, doctoral and graduate certificate programmes, and covers aerospace and bioengineering 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.

Civil Engineering, Design for Manufacturing (DfM), Information Technology (IT), Lean Manufacturing, Project Management, Quality Management

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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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