854002 Universities of applied sciences and teacher education
A six-digit type of NOGA 2025, in division 85, Education.
Where it sits
- Section
- Q Education
- Division
- 85 Education
- Group
- 854 Tertiary education
- Class
- 8540 Tertiary education
- Type
- 854002 Universities of applied sciences and teacher education
Its name in four languages
- Deutsch
- Fach- und pädagogische Hochschulen
- Français
- Hautes écoles spécialisées et pédagogiques
- Italiano
- Scuole universitarie professionali e alte scuole pedagogiche
- English
- Universities of applied sciences and teacher education
What it includes
- In addition to the traditional universities, Switzerland also has a second type of university, namely the universities of applied sciences. These offer practice-oriented and application-oriented degree programmes which lead to professional qualifications. They provide practice-oriented degree programmes at Bachelor level and Master level in different specialist areas, and a wide range of continuing education and training programmes. There are nine regional public universities of applied sciences and one private university of applied sciences.
- In particular, universities of applied sciences provide access to study at tertiary level for professionals who have completed vocational education and training (VET) and hold a Federal Vocational Baccalaureate.
- The remit of the universities of applied sciences comprises teaching (initial and continuing education and training) , application-oriented research and development, services for third parties, and cooperation with universities and research institutes in Switzerland and abroad. Due to their practice-oriented degree programmes and their research oriented towards occupational fields, the universities of teacher education are classed as universities of applied sciences. (source EDK)
NOGA 2008 codes it continues
Since the switch to NOGA 2025, companies coded under these NOGA 2008 types belong under 854002, in the share the BFS measured in its business register (BUR).
| NOGA 2008 | Share moved to 854002 |
|---|---|
| 854202 | 100% |
Other codes in the same group
What a NOGA code is, and how to find a company's code
Company counts cover the 145,068 of 782,904 active companies in the commercial register that Prospex has coded so far, from their registered purpose and website, so they are a floor. Geneva is 93% coded, because its cantonal register publishes a code per company; the other cantons 11% so far. They are Prospex's codes, not the code the BFS assigns in its business register (BUR). Codes, labels and notes: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS), NOGA 2025, through the I14Y interoperability platform and the KUBB coding tool.