University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland *University

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Foundation: 1998

Mission: The HES-SO provides practice-oriented tertiary education at the university level which is primarily a continuation of basic vocational training. Its training courses are sanctioned by a Bachelor's and Master's degree from the HES-SO. The offer also includes postgraduate studies and professional development. The HES-SO carries out applied research and development projects, the results of which it integrates into its courses. It provides services to third parties and ensures exchanges with the practical world. The HES-SO encourages the transfer of knowledge, technologies and artistic practices. It is multidisciplinary and oriented towards innovation and creativity. It contributes to the broadening of knowledge and its development for the benefit of students and society. It also seeks to ensure sustainable economic, social, ecological, environmental and cultural development and takes into account bilingualism in the cantons concerned. The HES-SO collaborates with other education and research institutions in Switzerland and abroad.

Vision: Information not localized

History: www.hes-so.ch

Subordinate organizations:

  • Haute Ecole Specialisee de la Suisse Occidentale
50th
Overall percentile
41st
Research percentile
53rd
Innovation percentile
54th
Societal percentile

Evolution of the institution

The following data gives a quick reading on the scientific performance in the last years. The research ranking refers to the volume, impact and quality of the institution's research output. The innovation ranking is calculated on the number of patent applications of the institution and the citations that its research output receives from patents. Finally, the societal ranking is based on the number of pages of the institution's website and the number of backlinks and mentions from social networks.

Compared to its context

The result of the evaluation of the institution can be compared to obtain a view of the country, the region to which it belongs and the institutions of the world, placing it in their respective positions.

Compared to All sectors (percentiles)
Compared to Universities sector (percentiles)

Ranks by Subject areas/categories

We have divided the scientific output of the institution into 19 large areas of knowledge and the following table shows only the ranks in different territorial domains achieved by the institution in each of the areas. For an institution to have a presence in an area, it is necessary that it exceed in the last year a minimum output threshold equivalent to twice the percentage that this area represents in the world. If you need scientific indicators on these areas visit Scopus and/or SciVal.

 
AreaWorldWestern EuropeOECDSwitzerland
Agricultural and Biological Sciences +2303rd828th1512th23rd
Arts and Humanities 623rd255th526th8th
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2971st1078th2154th34th
Business, Management and Accounting 1442nd494th940th13th
Computer Science 1544th521st1038th21st
Earth and Planetary Sciences 929th334th587th11th
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1848th539th1071st16th
Energy 3233rd752nd1563rd18th
Engineering +2091st707th1316th22nd
Environmental Science 2020th636th1184th21st
Mathematics 803rd244th515th11th
Medicine +3597th1167th2450th35th
Physics and Astronomy 2595th842nd1603rd23rd
Psychology 1891st695th1489th21st
Social Sciences +1634th590th1154th21st

Publishing profile

These are the journals used by the institution's researchers to publish their work in the last year. The size of each circle represents the value of the SJR of the publication, and its spatial position represents its subject matter.

This visualizatión allows you to identify the knowledge areas where the institution has published, recognize the prestige of the scientific journals in which the institution knowledge has been published, and identify predominant scientific communities.

Where is the institution located?

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