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School of Life Sciences
and Facility Management

Campus life in Wädenswil

Make your campus life creative, active, social, and above all, fun. Students and staff at ZHAW in Wädenswil benefit from a wide range courses and meeting places.

Sport

Forest bathing and forest mindfulness

Feeling stressed? The course is aimed at students and employees who want to relax in nature from everyday stress or who want to use the forest preventively to promote health. We learn various mindfulness exercises, train our senses in nature and apply various breathing and body awareness techniques.

Languages

Cambridge English exam preparation

The workshops are aimed at non-native English-speaking students and staff who would like to improve their English language proficiency skills. The overall aim of the workshops is to improve your English language proficiency and prepare you for the external Cambridge English exams in the summer of 2025. (Note: attendees are not obliged to take the exam). 

The slots in the course are organised thematically and can also be attended individually.

Even weeks (CW 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50) on site. 
Odd weeks (CW 39, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51) online on Teams.

German for Foreign Speakers / German as a Foreign Language

Der Kurs richtet sich an Studierende und Mitarbeitende, deren Muttersprache nicht Deutsch ist und die ihre Deutschkenntnisse vertiefen wollen. Wir üben Leseverstehen, Hörverstehen, schriftlichen und mündlichen Ausdruck sowie Grammatik und Stilistik.

The course is aimed at non-native German speaking students and employees who want to improve their German skills. We practice reading, listening, writing and speaking, as well as grammar and stylistics.

Spanish

¡Hola! Learn the language that is becoming increasingly important in music, culture and business. Spanish is a language spoken by more than 500 million people on both sides of the Atlantic.

French

French: precision, finesse, elegance, charm! 200 million speakers throughout the world. This course will help you express yourself better in this beautiful language by refreshing your previously acquired base knowledge.
These courses are available to students from all semesters.. There are two courses available to consolidate and expand your potential:

Italian

L′italiano è da sempre la lingua dell′arte e del buon cibo in tutto il mondo. Ora lo puoi imparare o migliorare in un′atmosfera di pura italianità.

Italian has always been the language of art and good food all over the world. The language is learnt through immersion in a purely Italian atmosphere.

ESN - Student Exchange

At the ZHAW in Wädenswil there is also an ESN (Erasmus Student Network) branch: We look after domestic and foreign exchange students and support LSFM students who are interested in an exchange semester at another university.

Would you feel like to work in a dynamic team, cultivate relationships, take care of exchange students, hold parties...?

Culture and culinary

ZHAW LSFM Choir

Do you like singing? Are you getting bored of only doing this in the shower? Then you are very welcome to join our choir, whether you are a student or an employee.

ZHAW Theatre Group - Will you join us?

We practise theatre improvisation, invent from the moment, play and tell whatever comes to mind. We slip into different characters, try things out and let ourselves be surprised. Improvisation promotes your spontaneity and creativity. Without you even noticing it, you will be trained in performance skills and work on your voice and expression.

Students and lecturers with or without theatre experience are welcome!

Drawing and painting

Do you like being creative with pencil, ink and bright colors? Then we can experiment together with pleasure. Without formality, simple and spontaneous we express what we feel at the moment in "a stroke or a spot of color".

Klimatopf Cooking class

Sustainable, enjoyable and healthy cooking - made easy!
In our test kitchen at the ZHAW in Wädenswil, you will cook vegan, vegetarian recipes from the “Klimatopf” that are good for the planet and for you. Bring an apron and a container for any leftovers.

Technology

Physical Computing HandsOn

It's that time again! Our popular Physical Computing course will be offered again in the autumn semester of 2025. The programme is diverse and provides you with exciting insights into topics, methods and techniques that you can put to good use in your studies.

Programme: In the autumn semester, we will be focusing entirely on the Raspberry Pi Pico. If you have no idea what that is, come along and find out. If you already know a little about microcontrollers, come along anyway – there's bound to be something new to learn.

Venue: The course will be held either in Grüental or Reidbach.
As we do not know which location suits you better, there will be a vote on this in the Moodle course.

Registration: To register for the course, you must enrol yourself in the “Moodle course”.  
Under the "Registration" section, you can register and immediately indicate your preference for the location.

Hardware: All you need to bring is your own laptop. The Raspberry Pi Pico and a starter kit with sensors and actuators will be provided on site. If you actively participate and attend at least 8 sessions, you can keep the set at the end.

Clubs / Associations

Learn and enjoy

Collective gardening

The collective garden offers the students the opportunity to gain experience in vegetable and herb cultivation and to share knowledge. Growing some of your food yourself is one of many steps to putting the theoretical principles of sustainability into practice. The garden is organically farmed and maintained by everyone throughout the year.