Support and counselling

Student services

Living in and around Wädenswil

Self study

Various preliminary courses are available not only to prepare you for your studies, but also as a refresher during your studies.

Online courses for self study (German)

Q&A and practice sessions

Consultation sessions

Teaching staff will be on hand during additional consultation sessions for the sole purpose of answering questions from first and second-semester students and providing personalised support on a variety of topics.

Practice sessions

Extra maths, chemistry and physics lessons are offered during the first semester to ensure that students can keep up with the lectures. Participants work through tasks either independently or in groups, and teaching staff are available at all times to provide support.

Tutoring

Arrangements can be made for students who are further along in their studies to provide support to new students in the run-up to exams.

Tandem rendez-vous

«Tandem rendez-vous» is intended for anyone who would like to improve their communication skills in a another language.

Tandem learning involves two people with different native languages practising together. They can share their own cultural experiences, practise correct pronunciation, and learn how to perform daily interactions in the other language.

Information and registration

Language Services

The Department Transversalis (ATV) provides proof-reading and translation services for employees working with English texts (e.g. scientific articles and papers, websites, presentations and posters).

Reference service

You need literature on a specific topic and have the feeling that you could improve your search strategies.
You have a project topic and don’t know where to begin your search.
You’ve discovered a database which would be ideal for your research topic but you’re not sure how to find your way.

e-learning and blended learning

E-learning methods are used as supplementary teaching tools and lecture handouts are uploaded to the learning platform Moodle.

e-Learning platforms

IT / notebooks and tablets

Laptop problems? Our support team, of tech-savvy students are familiar with the IT solutions used at the ZHAW and can help with the following:

Problems accessing the Internet
Security issues
Operating system or software queries

Support hours during the semester can be found on the info wall at GA and RT.

Any issues which cannot be resolved are passed on to the ZHAW Service Desk ZHAW, Tel: 058 934 66 77

ZHAW counselling services

Diversity

We support our students and staff by addressing their individual needs in university life.

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Students with disabilities or chronic illnesses

Our aim is to provide equal access for students with disabilities or chronic health conditions by ensuring that they can study independently and that the necessary infrastructure is as easily accessible as possible.