Educational Institutions
The Vantage Education Group is the largest private provider of education and training in Switzerland, with over 8,500 students at more than 20 locations. The group comprises 10 educational institutions, employs 250 administrative staff and more than 1,700 teachers.
With their offerings, our educational institutions are among the leading private providers of practice- and transfer-oriented training and continuing education:
HSO
With over 5,000 students, HSO is the well-connected, lively hub for practice-oriented training and further education in the fields of business and IT At eleven locations in German-speaking Switzerland, experienced lecturers from the field create an inspiring learning environment with a variety of online and face-to-face teaching formats. Thus, at the pulse of business and society, the HSO offers a wide range of educational opportunities that open up new perspectives for ambitious people who want to pursue and realize their personal and professional goals in a focused manner.
BVS St. Gallen
BVS St. Gallen offers a wide range of opportunities for professional development and continuing education at various levels: from basic vocational training to management courses with federally recognized degrees in business administration, marketing, human resources, logistics and accounting, to language courses at the inlingua language school. A total of around 250 lecturers, who are also professionally anchored in the private sector in addition to their teaching activities, are committed to competent, practice-oriented teaching.
IST
The IST University of Applied Sciences for Tourism, founded in 1987, offers a wide range of training and continuing education courses – from the basic course in the travel industry and the federally recognized diploma course for tourism professionals (HF) to postgraduate studies in Outdoor, Sustainability or DigitalTourism. Mehr als 500 Studierende besuchen an den beiden Standorten Zürich und Lausanne die hochstehenden praxisorientierten Lehrgänge – als Vollzeitstudium oder berufsbegleitend.
Swiss Prävensana Academy
The Swiss Prävensana Academy is the specialist school for healthcare professions with locations in Rapperswil, Zurich-Altstetten, Bern, Chur, Basel and Lucerne. It offers courses in various medical specialties for training as a qualified specialist with a diploma. The diploma courses enable a well-founded and qualified entry into the medical professional world.
Swiss Marketing Academy
The Swiss Marketing Academy provides training in the areas of marketing, sales and communications.
BVS Book Publisher
Since 1995, BVS Book Publishing has specialized in providing printed and electronic titles as well as customized scripts, supplemented with individually branded marketing materials upon request. Thanks to efficiently organized logistics, BVS Book Publishing delivers to customers within the shortest possible time – throughout Switzerland.
Apamed
Apamed Technical College was founded in 1990. At the site in Jona, fully qualified lecturers teach a wide range of holistically designed further education and training courses of the highest standard These include basic medical knowledge, anatomy, kinesiology therapy, psychology, structural integration (Rolfing) acupressure therapy, color therapy, nutrition, craniosacral and the ‘tronc commun KT’ modules Apamed also regularly holds various workshops on therapies and methods The combination of personal support for students, course content based on the latest educational principles, and a practical focus to classes all make Apamed one of the leading Swiss technical colleges for health professions.
MBSZ – Marketing & Business School Zurich
The Marketing & Business School Zurich (MBSZ) has been the educational institution for business administration, (digital) marketing and sales since 1996. We put the needs of students for successful completion at the center of everything we do. Personal support and a flexible teaching concept are our core competencies. The lessons take place on three tracks – as a face-to-face event, livestream or time-independent as a recording. Our 70 or so lecturers come from the private sector and bring a practical perspective and experience to the classroom. In this way, we accompany more than 500 students each year until they successfully complete their studies.
Bodyfeet
Bodyfeet, the leading school for naturopathy and manual therapy, founded in 1985, has set itself the goal of offering responsible people high-quality training and advanced education in various forms of manual therapy as well as in the field of naturopathy. We offer a path to professional reorientation – courses and training for home use up to diploma training or professional training with a federal qualification. It is an endeavour of Bodyfeet AG to offer education at different entry and qualification levels. The range of training and advanced education courses is based on many decades of training experience with lecturers who have practical experience.
Bio-Medica Technical School Basel
Since 1996, the Bio-Medica Fachschule Basel has been offering a range of interesting courses and recognized training programs. We offer step-by-step and in-service entry-level courses up to the federal diploma therapist:in. Bio-Medica stands for living medicine. Our name is also our vision. We have clear ideas and are committed to meaningful and healthy medicine. Bio-Medica wants to challenge, be a role model and pioneer for professional alternative medicine and complementary therapy. We are competent in Asian healing arts, selected forms of massage and Western conventional medicine. The dialogue between complementary and conventional medicine is important to us.
NBW – Netzwerk für betriebswirtschaftliche Weiterbildung
NBW – Netzwerk für betriebswirtschaftliche Weiterbildung: Leading provider of courses in the higher vocational education system for over 25 years. We cultivate personal contact with our students and only employ lecturers who have a high level of in-depth specialist knowledge, methodological and didactic skills based on experience and a high level of self-competence. In 2020, NBW became the first school in Switzerland to offer “hybrid” teaching across the board, i.e. simultaneously “live” on site and as an online conference. This means that home schooling or remote teaching and face-to-face teaching are possible simultaneously, which inspires participants and lecturers. We have a service-oriented, efficient organization and ensure that our recognized federal certificates and diplomas, as well as NBW certificates and seminars, enjoy the highest level of recognition in the market. The very high recommendation rate of over 2,000 students per year proves us right.