Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts

The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is the university of applied sciences of the six Central Swiss cantons. More than 7,800 students are working towards a Bachelor's or a Master's degree, while an additional 4,700 participate in continuing and executive education programs. The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is the largest university level institution in Central Switzerland.

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Bachelor’s and Master's Programmes

Regardless of whether you choose music, design, business, art, social work, engineering or information technology as your field of activity, a bachelor’s or a master’s degree from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is the perfect way to get ready for your future career.

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Continuing and Executive Education

Advancing, assuming responsibility, helping to shape your professional environment: the 550-plus continuing and executive education programmes of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts have practical relevance and are informed by cutting-edge research. Other special features include personal supervision and a modular curriculum.

News and events

News & Stories, Themenwelt Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft

The best stories

The website «News & Stories» features the best stories the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts has to offer, be it reports about student's projects or research and development. The following pages are in German.

Events

The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts holds seminars, conferences and concerts and organises talks, workshops and exhibitions. It provides regular information on its educational activities.

Students

A place of study: Lucerne and its environs

Lucerne and its environs are more than a study destination. Here in the heart of Switzerland, students benefit from a broad cultural and leisure offer as well as beautiful scenery encompassing mountains and lakes. Moreover, Lucerne is no great distance from other places in Switzerland such as Zurich, Basel or Bern.

This classic beauty connects Lucern’s old and new town: the Kappelbrücke.
Long-standing subject of debate, the KKL Culture and Congress Centre with its protruding roof has become a highly renowned cultural centre.
Pigments, binding agents and image carriers - in the Studio for Colours of the Lucerne School of Art and Design, colour can be perceived with all senses.
The Horw campus of the Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture is situated between Mount Pilatus and the lake.
A successful combination of timber and concrete: the Rotkreuz campus is home to the School of Computer Science and Information Technology and to the Institute of Financial Services Zug IFZ.

Links and information for current students

Whether it is details of the infrastructure, contacts for help and advice or links to useful information services or learning platforms, one page contains all the key information of relevance to students of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.