School of Business and Engineering Vaud

School of Engineering and Management Vaud (HEIG-VD), Switzerland

Type	Public
Established	1956 as "Technicum Cantonal Vaudois"[1]
Affiliation	HES-SO
Director	Catherine Hirsch
Administrative staff	640
Students	2000
Location	Yverdon-les-bains, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Campus	Urban
Website	www.heig-vd.ch/international

HEIG-VD

Location: School of Engineering and Management Vaud, Yverdon-les-bains, Switzerland

The School of Engineering and Management Vaud or the School of Business and Engineering Vaud (abbrev. HEIG-VD, in the official french form Haute Ecole d'Ingénierie et de Gestion du Canton de Vaud) is a public university in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland. It was created by the merger of the EIVD (School of Engineering of the State of Vaud) and the HEG-VD (School of Business of the State of Vaud) on August 1, 2004. With its 2000 students, the HEIG-VD is the largest branch of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO) and participates actively in regional, national, and international research and industry development in all areas covered by its teaching.

As of fall 2006, HEIG-VD is based at a larger urban campus of three adjacent sites at Yverdon-les-Bains: Route de Cheseaux, Centre St-Roch et Centre Y-Parc.

Bachelor programs^[2]

• Geomatics
• Electrical Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Microengineering
• Telecommunications
• Computer Science
• Media Engineering
• Business Administration
• Engineering and Management

Master programs^[3]

Master programs are offered in partnership with other HES-SO members. A portion of the instruction will take place at HEIG-VD and another will take place at other HES-SO universities.

Master of Science in Engineering^[4]

Started in September 2009, this Master program offer two different majors :

• Industrial Technologies (TIN)
• Information and Communication Technologies (TIC)

Master of Science in Business Administration^[5]

Launched at the start of the 2008/2009 academic year, this master offer five different majors :

• Entrepreneurship (syllabus in English/French or English/German)
• Integrated Management of Information and Communication Systems
• Service Management and Service Engineering
• Public and Quasi-public Management
• Hospitality & Tourism (syllabus in English and French)

See also

• List of largest universities by enrollment in Switzerland

References

1. "Historique"
2. "Formations Bachelor"
3. "Formations Master"
4. "HES-SO Master Of Science In Engineering"
5. "HES-SO Master Of Science In Business Administration"

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 46°46′53″N 6°38′50″E / 46.7813°N 6.6473°E