Hello Everybody


I have some questions, I would like to finally get my degree, I started it in Mexico, and for reasons of life I couldn't finish it yet. However I would like to get it here (I'm working 100%, and 27 years old), I have heard of two options, university and fachhochschule, both are recognised but I have heard that a university degree has more "weight" than one from the fachhochschule.

If I want to get my degree from the university I will have to stop working 100%, maybe to work 80%. And would get the BSc in about 3 years and hopefully a master in 5 years.

Now my question is, due to the Bologna Declaration, a Fachhochschule degree would be exactly the same as a BSc of the University?

I have been putting this off for a while due to many circumstances and now I'm feeling I can do it, it wont be easy I know, but this would be a great personal satisfaction.

Any recommendations? I also thought on the possibility on doing an online degree of the University of London, but not so sure how much recognised are they(on line degrees specifically).

Thanks!

Christian

Whether a Fachhochschule or a University is right depends on what
you want to study.

Finance, Law, and Medicine require a University degree.

Is your German good enough to get in a University or Fachhochschule?

There are several threads on here regarding requirements to get into
a Swiss Uni/Fachhochschule.

Hi HollidayG,

Yes I've been through the posts but couldn't find something that particularly answer my question about the Bologna Declaration effect on Fachhochschule. The career would be Engineering in Computer/Informatics and Im not sure if Engineering is available on a Fachhochschule.

Thanks for your answer,

Regards,

Christian

There is a distance learning program that you might be interested
in. A work colleague of mine goes there.

Again you will probably have to prove your level of German. An acquaintance of mine had to have the Zentralmittelstufenprüfung(ZMP).

http://www.fernfachhochschule.ch/ffh...ngebot/diplom/

Since you are from Mexico, where are decent Mexican food restaurants here?

I've done my degree in IT & e-Business at the Fachhochschule beider Basel and translated it into a "BSc (hons)" degree.

In general, University degree courses are attended by full time students just after A levels (or Gymnasium/Matur) with little or no work experience. Fachhochschule full-time is similar.

Fachhochschule part time requires you to having worked at least 3 years in a professional environment - hence HR people quite like us (add the fact it takes 4.5 years to finish, a part time job of at least 50% with 15-20 hours of lessons a week; you'll be need to be focused, persistent and have lots of drive).

Anyway I'm slighly biased obviously but if you go down the route of FHBB, there's two options: a more technical degree (IT, networking, programming) and a business degree (with major IT / e-business).

You could also opt for the Tri-National degree allowing you to get your certificates from a German FH and a French Uni (don't remember which ones).

There's info events every now and then if you keep looking on the FH websites.

Well I have just tried one, Desperado(In Zurich) -> www.desperado.ch, and is ok, I have to try more places.
There is also a Mexican supermarket called www.elmaiz.ch, where you can get the ingredients and prepare your own mexican food

Hello Chris

A BSc at a University or at a Fachhochschule has the same level (tertiary level ) but a different orientation.
Please note that we speak here of public university and public Fachhochschule.

Roughly, Fachhochschule is application oriented (= University of Applied Sciences), University more theoretical (fundamental research) oriented.

It all depends what you want to work later and where your competences/interests are. A very important question is: where do you want to use a swiss degree later on? If you plan to go back to Mexico sometime (or if you plan to move to other countries), check by the mexican authorities if they recognise a swiss public BSc.

Beforehand you may want to check if you fullfill the prerequisites to study and stay here after your studies. For this, have a look at www.crus.ch (study in CH). There you will have a link to swiss public universities.

For Fachhochschule the best link is: www.kfh.ch.

Please note that a BSc at a Fachhochschule gives you the competences required from the labour market (the BSc at a Fachhochschule is "berufsbefähigend" as it says in German). So when you have a FH BSc you are ready to apply for a job. This is not the case for a BSc at a University which you will complete with a Master before applying for a job/position.

I hope my infos aren't too confusing

FMX