Nursing ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Overview

Five good reasons for doing a Master’s degree programme at ZHAW

• The close relationship between applied research and teaching will empower you to improve the health and quality of life of people affected by ill health and their families.
• We work with our students in co-creative ways. Together, we develop ideas, implement projects, and share with you a passion for nursing expertise and nursing research on an equal footing.
• By studying together with students from other disciplines of the School of Health Sciences, you will be able to gain a comprehensive understanding of your profession.
• Guest lecturers from Switzerland and abroad will enable you to expand your national and international network.

• A Master in Nursing will enable you to anticipate and develop innovative solutions in clinical practice, research, teaching, or health care management.

Outcomes

An MSc in Nursing from the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences opens up a wide scope of activities in clinical practice, research, teaching, or management. In particular, your professional activity may lie in one of the following areas:

• in the specialised care of the chronically ill in acute inpatient, psychiatric, or outpatient health care facilities and long-term institutions;
• in the basic care and support of the sick and their relatives in health care facilities and in the home; in organizations for the promotion of illness prevention and better health, such as in schools, in parental counselling, in companies, or in the field of addiction counselling; and in providing expert advice to nursing staff as well as other professional groups in inpatient and outpatient care.