Annual report
Bachelor students in the Multilingual Communication degree programme are currently translating the highlights of the 2022 annual report as part of a translation course. The English version will be published here in June 2023.
The German version of the annual report 2022 is available here.
Editorials 2021
Dr. Silvia Steiner, Government Councillor and President of the Council of the Zurich Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts
Together for society
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Andrea Schenker-Wicki, Member of the Council of the Zurich Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts, ZHAW consultant
Dr. Matthias Kaiserswerth, Member of the Council of the Zurich Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts, ZHAW consultant
Dr. Thomas Ulrich, Member of the Council of the Zurich Universities of Applied Sciences and Arts, ZHAW consultant
Responding quickly to labour market needs with new degree programmes
Prof. Dr. Jean Marc Piveteau, President
A new understanding of the concept of education
Our highlights in 2021

Whether you’re interested in research projects on renewable energies, innovative solutions for the challenges posed by the digital transformation, insights into the new Sustainable Impact Program, changes in teaching formats due to the coronavirus pandemic or the launch of new degree programmes, you can read about all of these topics as well as others in the “Insights into research, academic programmes and university operations” section of the current annual report.
Facts and figures
In 2021, there were 14,382 students enrolled at the ZHAW with 5,459 being first-year students. The students were distributed over 30 Bachelor's and 18 Master's degree programmes and 3,524 students successfully completed their studies. The ZHAW employed over 3,500 people.
Archive (annual reports in German)
- Jahresbericht 2021(PDF 2,2 MB)
- Jahresbericht 2020(PDF 3,2 MB)
- Jahresbericht 2019(PDF 3,4 MB)
- Jahresbericht 2018(PDF 5,1 MB)
- Jahresbericht 2017(PDF 5,4 MB)
- Jahresbericht 2016(PDF 4,5 MB)
- Jahresbericht 2015(PDF 4,8 MB)
- Jahresbericht 2014(PDF 3,6 MB)
- Jahresbericht 2013(PDF 1,9 MB)
- Jahresbericht 2012(PDF 6,4 MB)
- Jahresbericht 2011(PDF 3,7 MB)
- Jahresbericht 2010(PDF 2,4 MB)
- Jahresbericht 2009(PDF 2,6 MB)
- Jahresbericht 2008(PDF 2,5 MB)
- Jahresbericht 2007(PDF 758,6 KB)