Study / Teaching at the Institute for Applied Simulation
Solid scientific foundations are the prerequisite for successful studies.
The IAS's courses
The study programmes offered by the School of Life Sciences and Facility Management include practically oriented Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes in Natural Resource Sciences, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Food and Beverage Innovation, and Facility Management.
The Institute of Applied Simulation makes vital contributions to all these programmes and provides teaching at a consistently high level. All our lecturers are involved in research: our research methods and findings are incorporated into our teaching and ensure lessons that are both practical and unique.
Bachelor’s degree programme
We offer a broad range of taught courses and other services in the Bachelor's degree programmes, including a range of basic subjects such as mathematics, physics, statistics, computer science, and supply chain management that take place in the initial semesters. Apart from supporting students during their studies, we also offer them help before matriculation.
Our services in the Bachelor’s degree programmes (German pages)
Master’s degree programme
Our lecturers teach various specialization modules or specialized courses in the two Master’s courses (MSc in Life Sciences, MSc in Facility Management).
Our services in the Master’s degree programmes (German pages)
New: Specialisation Applied Computational Life Sciences
We're proud to present you our new master's specialisation in Applied Computational Life Sciences, starting in September 2017. This is an exclusive offer in Switzerland at a university of applied sciences.
Life in numbers: With the advent of new technologies, the life sciences are developing rapidly and producing vast amounts of data. Computational methods are assuming a fundamental role in addressing the challenges of analysing the data, extracting useful information, making it available in databases, and modelling and understanding the underlying complex systems...
Plan a promising future and get a Master’s degree in Applied Computational Life Sciences.
IAS teaching staff
Half of the IAS's employees are involved in teaching at the School of Life Sciences and Facility Management. Our lecturers and academic staff teach on all the Master's and Bachelor's degree programmes at the ZHAW in Wädenswil.
Student assignments at the IAS
As part of their Master's, Bachelor's and semester theses, our students provide answers to problems from everyday business. Practically-oriented training and guidance provided by our lecturers ensures that the results are actionable.
To the overview of student assignments at the IAS (German page)
ZHAW Teaching Award
The ZHAW actively promotes the quality of its teaching. An annual teaching award is given to a lecturer, selected by a jury for the most innovative teaching concept.
Since 2012, each final selection for the ZHAW Teaching Award has included one of the IAS lecturers.
To the Teaching Award topics and IAS finalists from the last four years (German page)