Strategic Initiatives 2015 to 2017
New concepts are often formed at the interface between different areas of research. That is why the FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland carries out interdisciplinary Strategic Initiatives to tackle the most pressing challenges currently facing society.
The population is getting older and older, there is a shortage of skilled scientific and technical workers, we need to take a sustainable approach to energy, and we must strengthen the Swiss economy’s competitive edge. The FHNW focused on these four topical issues in its 2015 to 2017 strategic initiatives.
The interdisciplinary approach taken in these initiatives saw staff at various universities collaborating on specific issues for the first time, allowing them to deal with issues in greater depth and to lay strong foundations for close interdisciplinary cooperation in future through the transfer of knowledge and expertise.
At the beginning of 2015, the University Board approved four initiatives that came to an end in late 2017.
Final publication Strategic Initiatives 15-17 (PDF, 1.76 MB)
Strategic Initiatives 2018 to 2020
The FHNW will also be working on five projects from 2018 to 2020 to help come up with some groundbreaking solutions to pressing social issues.
More about the strategic initiatives 2018 to 2020