Continuing Education
Discover the continuing education opportunities offered by the Coffee Excellence Centre at the ZHAW. Our courses cover topics such as green coffee, roasting, grinding, extraction and sensory evaluation of coffee. Our continuing education courses are ideal for coffee industry professionals who want to deepen their knowledge and improve their skills.
Our goal is to disseminate our coffee knowledge through education. We offer courses that help individuals acquire a holistic understanding of coffee and the industry, from crop to cup. We help make the connection from craft to science. By doing so, we aim to empower our students with the skills they need to succeed in their careers.
CAS in Coffee Excellence
This science-based online learning course in english is for coffee professionals who want to deepen their knowledge of the coffee value chain from crop to cup. The continuing education programme spans 3 modules over 15 months, comprising of online lectures, virtual classrooms with recognized experts, group discussions, live lab sessions, and practical exercises at home.
Participants will have the opportunity to learn and network with coffee professionals internationally, and gain access to industry-leading research and knowledge.
Tailormade Continuing Education
We offer customised continuing education courses for companies. Our science-based courses cover the whole spectrum from workshops, to full Certificate of Advanced Studies CAS programmes. We offer flexible learning solutions that can be conducted on-site or online, or in a blended-learning format, depending on your needs. Our expertise lies in the fields of green coffee, coffee transformation, and extraction & sensory and our research feeds directly into our continuing education courses. We believe that improved coffee knowledge is the key to better coffee quality and business performance.
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Are you interested? Contact Coffee Excellence Center education team at coffee.lsfm@zhaw.ch.
Bachelor courses
Currently, we are developing a specialization (Minor) in biotechnology and chemistry in food, including a course on coffee, for the Bachelor's degree program in Chemistry at ICBT.