{{Short description|University in Switzerland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Use British English|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox university | name = University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland | native_name = Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale<br/>Fachhochschule Westschweiz | image = Fachhochschule_Westschweiz_2012_logo.svg | established = | type = Public University | president = | students = | administrative_staff = | accreditation = Swiss Accreditation Council | budget = | city = | state = | country = Switzerland | coordinates = {{coord|47.3625|7.3522|type:edu_globe:earth_region:CH|display=inline,title}} | website = {{URL|https://www.hes-so.ch/}} }} The '''University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland''' ({{langx|fr|HES-SO Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale}}) is situated in Western Switzerland. It is formally accredited by the Swiss Accreditation Council.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Institutional accreditation of the Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (HES-SO) and the Haute école pédagogique du canton de Vaud (HEP Vaud) {{!}} Swiss Accreditation Council - Schweizerischer Akkreditierungsrat|url=https://akkreditierungsrat.ch/en/institutional-accreditation-of-the-haute-ecole-specialisee-de-suisse-occidentale-hes-so-and-the-haute-ecole-pedagogique-du-canton-de-vaud-hep-vaud/|access-date=2021-12-20|language=en-US}}</ref> The university is divided into six faculties: Design and Fine Arts; Business, Management and Services; Engineering and Architecture; Music and Performing Arts; Health; and Social Work.
==The University of Applied Sciences and Arts and its schools== The HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland (HES-SO Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale) has 28 institutions of higher education. Its various study streams and research activities fall into six faculties: Design and Fine Arts; Business, Management and Services; Engineering and Architecture; Music and Performing Arts; Health; and Social Work.
Various Bachelor, Master, MBA degrees are awarded by affiliated schools.<ref>[http://www.hes-so.ch/fr/hautes-ecoles-hes-so-167.html HES-SO School List]</ref>
===HE-ARC=== * HE-Arc Conservation-restauration * Haute école de gestion (HEG-Arc) * HE-Arc Ingénierie * HE-Arc Santé
===HES-SO Fribourg=== * Haute école d'ingénierie et d'architecture de Fribourg (HEIA-FR) * Haute école de gestion Fribourg (HEG-FR) * Haute école de santé Fribourg (HEdS-FR) * Haute école de travail social Fribourg (HETS-FR)
===HES-SO Genève=== * Haute école d'art et de design de Genève (HEAD) * Haute école du Paysage, d'Ingénierie et d'Architecture (Hepia) * Haute école de gestion Genève (HEG Genève) * Haute école de santé Genève (HEdS-GE) * Haute école de travail social Genève (HETS-GE) * Haute école de musique (HEM)
===HES-SO Valais-Wallis=== * École cantonale d'art du Valais (ECAV) * Haute école de gestion & Tourisme (HEGT) * Haute école de travail social Valais (HETS-VS) * Haute école de santé Valais (HEdS-VS) * Haute école d'ingénierie Valais (HEI-VS)
===Hautes écoles vaudoises de type HES=== * Haute école d'ingénierie et de gestion du canton de Vaud (HEIG-VD) * École cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL) * Haute école de la santé - La Source * Haute école de la santé Vaud (HESAV) * Haute école de travail social et de la santé (HETSL) * Haute école de musique de Lausanne (HEMU)
===Hautes écoles associées à la HES-SO par une convention=== * Haute école de viticulture et oenologie de Changins * École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) * Haute école des arts de la scène - La Manufacture
==Master's degree== The university also offer numerous Master's degrees. Most applied master's degree courses take place in multiple affiliated schools while the central courses are given on the Lausanne Campus. Selected programs:
* Master of Arts HES-SO/BFH in Architecture ([http://www.jointmaster.ch/jma/ch/de-ch/index.cfm Jointmaster]) * Master of Arts HES-SO en Travail social (avril or novembre) * Master of Science HES-SO in Life Sciences * Master of Science HES-SO Integrated Innovation for Product and Business Development ([http://www.hes-so.ch/fr/master-integrated-innovation-product-business-innokick-4596.html Innokick]) * Master of Science HES-SO in Engineering ([https://www.msengineering.ch/en/home.html MSE]), with 3 possible orientations: ** Technologies industrielles (TIN) ** Technologies énergétiques (TE) ** Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (TIC) * Master of Science HES-SO en Ingénierie du territoire * Master UNIL-HES-SO in Nursing Sciences ([https://www.unil.ch/formations/en/home/menuinst/masters/sciences-infirmieres.html MSc SI]) * Master UNIL-HES-SO in Health Sciences ([https://www.hes-so.ch/en/master/hes-so-master/programmes/health-sciences-mscsa MSc Sa]) * Master of Science HES-SO en Business Administration, with 3 possible orientations: ** Entrepreneurship ** Management des Systèmes d'information ** Management et Ingénierie des services
==See also== * List of largest universities by enrollment in Switzerland
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==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.hes-so.ch/}} * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110717173131/http://www.universitieshandbook.com/index.php?option=com_mtree&link_id=35&task=viewlink&Itemid=53 Information about the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland]}}
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