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Fernfachhochschule Schweiz MOOCs

Created in 1998, the Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences (Swiss Distance UAS) offers nationally recognised Bachelor and Master's degrees as well as a range of further education courses in economics, information technology, law and health. By allowing students to study anywhere and at their own pace, the Swiss Distance UAS enables students to combine work, family and study. 

The Swiss Distance UAS has regional centres in Zurich, Basel, Bern and Brig. It employs over 100 full-time and more than 400 part-time lecturers who focus on conveying subject-specific knowledge in a practice-orientated tuition to a total of about 2300 students (as of 2018). In 2004, the Swiss Distance UAS became an affiliated school of the Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana (SUPSI). 

The Swiss Distance UAS offers degree courses in applied sciences based on blended learning. This means that about 80% of the formation takes place through supervised distance study, while the remaining 20% is done at the regional centres in Zurich, Bern, Basel and Brig. By offering innovative courses that combine different types of e-learning with traditional education methods, and by training professionals without removing them from their jobs, the Swiss Distance UAS has closed a gap in the Swiss educational system.

Our courses

Business & Management
Fernfachhochschule Schweiz MOOCs
Business & Management
Fernfachhochschule Schweiz MOOCs
Data Analysis & Statistics Education & Teacher Training Ethics
Fernfachhochschule Schweiz MOOCs
Education & Teacher Training
Fernfachhochschule Schweiz MOOCs

Our instructors

Anastasija Tetereva

Lecturer and Coach
Distance University of Applied Sciences Switzerland (FFHS)




Anastasija holds a PhD in Economics and Finance from HSG, Switzerland, a Diploma in Mathematics from the University of Latvia, and Master's Degree in Statistics from HU Ber…

Armon Pfister

Senior Lecturer and Coach
Distance University of Applied Sciences Switzerland (FFHS)




Armon holds a PhD in Economics and a Master's degree in Applied Psychology from University of Zurich. He has broad psychological-, research and teaching expertise …

Behnam Parsaeifard

Behnam Parsaeifard joined the Institute for Open, Distance and eLearning (IFeL) as a data scientist in November 2021. Prior to that, he had received his PhD in computational physics from the University of Basel and was a research intern at the Visual Inte…

Christof Imhof

Dr. Christof Imhof is a researcher at the Institute for Research in Open, Distance, and e-Learning at the Swiss Distance University of Applied Sciences (FFHS). He received his PhD at the University of Bern in the summer of 2022. His research focus lies on…