Technology and its applications are an integral element in our society today; they have become part of the everyday lives of us all. For this reason, it is crucial that both still largely untapped research potential and the worries and apprehensions that exist in certain quarters concerning technological advances are recognised in good time and made the subject of public debate.
As a university that is dedicated to research, we consider close contact with the media and the general public to be matters of vital concern.

Facts and figures

Number of students

First degree and diploma programmes

• Bachelor’s and diploma courses approx. 1150

Post-graduate programmes

• Post-graduate courses (MAS "Master of Advanced Studies"): approx. 100

Number of staff

• Permanent faculty approx. 107
• Part-time lecturers approx. 160
• Scientific and academic support staff 105
• Clerical and technical personnel 59

Finances

• Total expenditure approx. CHF 66 million
• Total third-party income approx. CHF 30 million
• Global subsidies from contributing cantons approx. CHF 36 million

Range of services

Bachelor’s programmes

• Business Engineering
• Computer Science
• Electrical and Information Technology
• Energy and Environmental Technology
• iCompetence - a degree programme of Computer Science
• Information and Communications Systems Trinational
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronics Trinational
• Optometry
• Systems Technology

Master’s programmes

• Master of Science in Engineering with various areas of specialisation

Continuing education

Master of Advanced Studies programmes

• MAS Automation Management
• MAS Business Engineering Management
• MAS International Logistics Management
• MAS Plastics Technology
• MAS Microelectronics
• MAS Optometry
• Various symposia and workshops 

Research, consultancy services

12 institutes active in training graduates, in continuing education and in research & redevelopment.

• Humanities and Natural Sciences
• Aerosol and Sensor Technology
• Automation
• Business Engineering
• Plastics Technology
• Microelectronics
• Mobile and Distributed Systems
• Product and Production Engineering
• Thermal and Fluid Engineering
• 4D Technologies 
• Institute for Nanotechnological Plastics Applications
• Optometry