Our family of institutions
Our goal is to support our young, working students in their education and professional development by equipping them with the tools they need to advance their careers.
To this end, we offer our working students Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees – EQF levels 5, 6 and 7 – in employment-friendly disciplines. Our schools are leaders in the fields of business administration, human resources, marketing, tourism and healthcare.
Students at our schools have the opportunity to exchange best practices and learn from each other, enabling them to achieve excellence and make pedagogical progress in practice.
With over 5,000 students, HSO is the well-connected, vibrant hub for education and professional development in business and IT.

Prävensana is the specialist school for healthcare professions with locations in Rapperswil, Zürich-Altstetten and Bern.

BVS St. Gallen offers diverse opportunities for professional development and continuing education at various levels.

Founded in 1987, IST University of Applied Sciences for Tourism offers a wide range of education and professional development programmes.

The Swiss Marketing Academy offers continuing education in marketing, sales and communications.
BVSB Services is passionately committed to providing people with the highest quality.

Apamed was founded in 1990. At its Jona campus, highly qualified instructors teach a wide selection of high-quality, holistically designed education and continuing education programmes.

The Marketing & Business School Zürich (MBSZ) has been the educational institution for business administration, (digital) marketing and sales since 1996.

Bodyfeet, the leading specialist school for naturopathy and manual therapy, is dedicated to offering high-quality education and continuing education to responsible individuals.

Since 1996, Bio-Medica Basel has offered a range of interesting courses and recognised training programmes. Bio-Medica stands for living medicine. Our name is also our vision.

NBW – Network for Business Education: A leading provider of programmes in the higher vocational education system since the 1990s – a success built on the consistent upholding of our values.

Founded in 2002, Kinesport is considered a market leader in France for continuing education in sports physiotherapy – thanks to its high-quality training programmes based on Evidence Based Practice (EBP).


