School of Business and Engineering Vaud

School of Engineering and Business, Vaud (HEIG-VD), Switzerland

Type	Public
Established	1956 as "Technicum Cantonal Vaudois"[1]
Affiliation	HES-SO
Director	Catherine Hirsch
Administrative staff	640
Students	1500
Location	Yverdon-les-bains, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Campus	Urban
Website	www.heig-vd.ch

HEIG-VD

Location: School of Engineering and Business, Yverdon-les-bains, Switzerland

The School of Engineering and Business of the Canton of Vaud (HEIG-VD, sometimes "Higher School of Engineering and Business of the State of Vaud") has been created from the merging of the EIVD (School of Engineering of the State of Vaud) and the HEG-VD (Higher School of Business of the State of Vaud) on 1 August 2004. With its 2000 students, the HEIG-VD is the largest branch of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO) and participates actively in regional and national industry and business in all areas covered by its teaching.

As of fall 2006, HEIG-VD is based at a larger urban campus of three adjacent sites at Yverdon-les-Bains: Route de Cheseaux, Centre St-Roch et Centre Y-Parc.

Bachelor programs^[2]

• Geomatics
• Electrical Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Microengineering
• Telecommunications
• Computer Science
• Media Engineering
• Business Administration
• Engineering and Management

Master programs^[3]

Master programs are offered in partnership with other HES-SO members. A portion of the instruction will take place at HEIG-VD and another will take place at other HES-SO universities.

Master of Science in Engineering^[4]

Started in September 2009, this Master program offer two different majors :

• Industrial Technologies (TIN)
• Information and Communication Technologies (TIC)

Master of Science in Business Administration^[5]

Launched at the start of the 2008/2009 academic year, this master offer five different majors :

• Entrepreneurship (syllabus in English/French or English/German)
• Integrated Management of Information and Communication Systems
• Service Management and Service Engineering
• Public and Quasi-public Management
• Hospitality & Tourism (syllabus in English and French)

See also

• List of largest universities by enrollment in Switzerland

References

1. "Historique"
2. "Formations Bachelor"
3. "Formations Master"
4. "HES-SO Master Of Science In Engineering"
5. "HES-SO Master Of Science In Business Administration"

External Links

• Official website

Coordinates: 46°46′53″N 6°38′50″E / 46.7813°N 6.6473°E