Institut of Humanities and Social Science, FHNW School of Engineering and Environment

To ensure that engineers and computer scientists can assess their work within an economic context, we provide students with fundamental knowledge of business administration. Key topics include cost accounting, investment appraisal, marketing, financial accounting, reporting, corporate management, and organizational structures and processes within companies.

In both engineering and computer science, professionals are required to argue in a technically sound manner, communicate effectively with different audiences, and apply professional communication principles specific to their field.

For this reason, the bachelor’s program covers argumentation and rhetoric, standards of academic writing, and conventions for professional texts, such as technical reports.

English is an integral part of the professional lives of engineers and computer scientists. We develop students’ general and subject-specific communication skills so that they can express themselves appropriately in English, both orally and in writing.

Our teaching addresses study- and career-relevant text types, such as project reports and presentations, as well as the specific characteristics of English-language texts.

The FHNW School of Engineering and Environment and the FHNW School of Computer Science place great importance on a holistic perspective and way of thinking.

Students from all degree programmes therefore benefit from a broad range of courses in culture and history, society, economics and law, as well as ethics, ecology, and sustainability.