University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland

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University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
Established	January 1, 2006
President	Crispino Bergamaschi[1]
Academic staff	524 (2018)
Total staff	2947 (2018)
Students	12'419 (2018)
Website	www.fhnw.ch

The University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (German: Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, FHNW) is a university of applied sciences in Switzerland. It is one of the largest universities in the country in terms of student enrollment. It is an inter-cantonal public law institution with its own legal personality. The cantons are Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, and Solothurn.^[2]

As part of the state treaty, the supporting cantons manage the FHNW with a fourfold performance mandate. This includes training and further education, application-oriented research and development as well as services for the benefit of third parties.