Your experience at FHNW School of Business
Many of our incoming exchange students come for one semester - and then chose to stay on for another. The best compliment ever. Exchange students are fully integrated into our regular programmes and can select from a broad range of courses across various semesters and diverse bachelor’s degree programmes as well as campuses.
Your benefits
Studying at FHNW School of Business
Academic information
Undergraduate programmes
As an exchange student, you can take a wide selection of courses from various semesters, degree programmes as well as campuses. Students should check with their home coordinator the rules of their learning agreement in advance. To know more about your most suitable study programme and the course offers, please check our Study Information.
Course registration
During the application process, incoming students draft a provisional learning agreement with their preferred courses for the semester. This pre-registration process enables the FHNW School of Business to analyse the demand for individual modules and plan class sizes accordingly. Courses will be definitive once the timetable has been realised and there is no overlapping in the timetable. A week after the Info Session, the course registration takes place and students will sign up on courses.
ECTS
The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) is the credit system used at the FHNW. Normally, 30 ECTS credits are the equivalent of a semester of study or work for a full-time student. The number of credits an incoming student must acquire is determined by the home university. However, the FHNW School of Business requires a study programme of at least 15 ECTS per semester. It is not recommendable to take more than 40 ECTS per semester.
Grading System
The grading scale ranges from 1 to 6 by half-grades, with 1 representing the lowest grade and 6 the highest. For sufficient performance, at least a 4 must be achieved.
Only the academic performance of the BSc International Business Management degree programme is evaluated according to the French grading system. This scale ranges from 0 to 20, with 0 representing the lowest grade and 20 the highest. For sufficient performance at least 10 points must be achieved.
Learning Approach
Semester Dates
Application
Grants
Information for students with disabilities
Living in Switzerland
Information on Switzerland
Campuses
FHNW School of Business is in three locations and cantons. However, the short distance by train allows students to take courses from several campuses.
To decide on which campus you would like to study, please review our campus information on the following links:
