Research in Life Sciences and Facility Management
Where theory meets practice.
A seamless transition from theory to practice
Environment, food, health: here at the School of Life Sciences and Facility Management, our expertise in these areas enables us to make a contribution towards solving some of the challenges facing society today.
Developing achievable solutions
The specialist knowledge offered by our institutes provides a sound basis for problem-solving with partners and clients. We adopt a highly practical and partner-oriented approach to implementing research proposals, whether in the form of individual undergraduate dissertations investigating specific topics or interdisciplinary projects lasting many years and dealing with complex issues.
Research-based companies
The interface between research and industry provides fertile ground for new businesses, and many start-up ideas go all the way to the market. Entrepreneurship@ZHAW acts as an umbrella programme for start-up support at ZHAW, and acts as a first point of contact and advice for prospective start-ups and ZHAW employees interested in setting up their own companies.
Harnessing synergies
The unparalleled combination of specialisms offered by our institutes means that we can examine issues from a wide variety of perspectives, giving rise to synergies at the many meeting points between different disciplines. To give just one example, energy researchers from our institutes work together with researchers from the other seven ZHAW departments to produce joined-up and viable solutions to the challenges posed by the energy transition.
Joined-up knowledge and experience
Our researchers prioritise not only research and services but also teaching activities, leading to positive cross-fertilisation which benefits all parties involved. The many research conferences which we organise ourselves and which our specialists attend testify to the industry-focused nature of our research; hundreds of experts from all over the world participate in our conferences, seminars and summer schools every year.
Solutions to the problems of the future
Our goal is to facilitate the joint and interdisciplinary approach required to solve many of the social and economic problems we currently face.