A semester abroad with us is worthwhile for anyone who wants to experience and explore multilingualism in everyday life. We look forward to getting to know you if you are studying to pursue a language profession and speak German at a B2 level.

Bachelor's students can take courses from one of our three Bachelor's degree programs for one semester or for a full academic year. Choose between three courses and their specialisations and profiles:

• BA in Multilingual Communication with the specialisations in Oral Communication & Language Mediation, Multimodal Communication & Translation and Technical Communication & Information Design (courses for incoming students(PDF 302,4 KB)).
• BA in Communication with specialisations in Journalism and Organisational Communication (courses for spring semester(PDF 86,2 KB), courses for autumn semester will follow).
• BA in Language and Integration with profiles in language consulting and coaching as well as language education management (courses).

Master's students put together their programme from the four specialisations offered as part of our MA in Applied Linguistics. Students can choose between specialisations in Technical Translation, Conference Interpreting, Organisational Communication and Linguistic Diversity Management (starting autumn 2024). For more information on our courses, please contact us by e-mail: master.linguistik@zhaw.ch.

Would you like personal advice? Our academic coordinators will be happy to help you find suitable courses for your semester abroad with us.

In order to apply for a Bachelor's degree programme at the ZHAW, you must be enrolled on a Bachelor's degree programme in your home country. If a partnership agreement exists between your university and the ZHAW, you must be nominated by your home university to study at the ZHAW. Please contact the academic coordinators at your home university in this regard.

All incoming students to the ZHAW must register via the Mobility-Online portal to reserve a spot for their semester abroad. We will contact you as soon as we have received and verified your registration.

For further information related to your application (e.g. on visas and insurance), please visit:

Incoming students from our partner network pay the semester fee at their home university. There are no semester fees for them at the ZHAW.

We are also happy to receive applications from students outside our partner network (free movers). Free movers pay tuition fees of CHF 720 per semester, with additional fees of CHF 555 also applying to foreign students.

Incoming students can complete an internship in one of our main research areas. If you are interested, please contact the team of the corresponding research area to find out if there is a suitable internship opportunity.

While studying at the ZHAW, you can improve your German (and other languages) by learning in Tandem and meeting regularly with someone who is a native speaker in the language in which you want to improve. You help each other improve your language skills and get together in an informal setting either in person or online.

Additional fee-based language courses, such as German for exchange students, are offered at the ILC Institute of Language Competence.