Skip to main contentSkip to navigationSkip to footer
Logo of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Degree Programmes
Continuing Education
Research and Services
International
About FHNW
DeEn
Locations and ContactFHNW LibraryMedia Relations

      Logo of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
      • Degree Programmes
      • Continuing Education
      • Research and Services
      • International
      • About FHNW
      DeEn
      Locations and ContactFHNW LibraryMedia Relations
      Life Sciences

      Life Sciences

      Research at the interface between nature, technology, medicine and the environment.

      The future of our health services is being shaped by opposite trends: while our life expectancy is increasing, causing a shift in the spectrum of diseases towards more chronically ill patients and increasing healthcare costs, the advances in medical information technology and the phenomenon of personalised and tailored medicine are promising an ever higher quality of healthcare.  New diagnostic procedures, miniature mobile devices, apps and virtual tools for self-diagnosis add to the picture.

      We conduct research along the entire healthcare value creation chain. The spectrum ranges from the development of medical products and drugs, technologies and production processes through to their production and market launch. Another research focus is the development of resource-saving technologies and environmental procedures.

      Our research focuses

      Loading

      Research highlights 2024 - FHNW School of Life Sciences

      Download PDFs:

      • Research highlights 2024
      • Research highlights 2021
      • Research highlights 2019

      Older issues on request

      Funding of Swiss participants in Horizon Europe - Current association status

      Researchers and innovators in Switzerland, including at the FHNW School of Life Sciences, can participate in Horizon Europe. Swiss entities can apply as Beneficiaries from programme year 2025 onward. Running projects and open calls until programme year 2024 are funded by the Swiss government.

      As of 1 January 2025 the EU has fully activated the transitional arrangement that allows Swiss organisations to apply as “Beneficiaries” to almost all Horizon Europe and Euratom calls from the 2025 programme year onward. Check out the Euresearch factsheet for more details.

      The transitional arrangement 2024 remains also into force, allowing researchers in Switzerland to apply in the ERC Advanced Grants 2024 call as ‘Beneficiary’.

      The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) provides regularly updated information on Switzerland’s status on its webpage:
      www.horizon-europe.ch

      For further details you can contact our researchers directly or the FHNW research support office at forschungssupport@fhnw.ch.

      Commissioned research

      Companies can use our infrastructure or commission us to conduct research into a particular issue. Our students can also work on projects to deal with certain issues from industry.

      Collaboration in research and services

      Life Sciences
      HighlightsStudent ProjectsKnowledge and Technology TransferProcess Technology Center (PTC)Research, Innovation and Education in Pharma, Medicine, and EnvironmentResearch and Services
      WI 028 PPPWI_028 Studium Fachbereich Ebene 2WI 028 research and services

      FHNW School of Life Sciences

      FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
      School of Life Sciences

      Hofackerstrasse 30

      CH - 4132 Muttenz

      E-Mailinfo.lifesciences@fhnw.ch

      More information about the location

      What we offer

      • Degree Programmes
      • Continuing Education
      • Research and Services

      About FHNW

      • Schools
      • Organisation
      • Management
      • Facts and Figures

      Information

      • Data Protection
      • Accessibility
      • Imprint

      Support & Intranet

      • IT Support
      • Login Inside-FHNW

      Member of: