Universities

A major part of the Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften ZHAW (öffnet neues Fenster) (Zurich University of Applied Sciences) is located in the city of Winterthur, where around 7,000 students are currently enrolled. The ZHAW not only produces highly qualified specialists in a variety of fields, it also enables and encourages research and project-based cooperation with private-sector companies.

The ZHAW departments: 
 

School of Engineering (öffnet neues Fenster)
School of Management and Law (öffnet neues Fenster)

School of Architecutre, Design and Civil Engineering (öffnet neues Fenster)
School of Healt Professions (öffnet neues Fenster)
School of Applied Linguistics (öffnet neues Fenster)
School of Life Sciences and Facility Management (öffnet neues Fenster)
School of Applied Psychology (öffnet neues Fenster)
School of Social Work (öffnet neues Fenster)

The highly reputed Universität Zürich (öffnet neues Fenster) and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ETH (öffnet neues Fenster) - with an outpost in the municipality of Lindau – are only 20 minutes by train from Winterthur. The Universität St.Gallen (öffnet neues Fenster), specializing in economics and law, and the  Universität Konstanz (öffnet neues Fenster), just across the border in Germany, are slightly over 30 minutes away by rail. 

Vocational and professional training

The city and region of Winterthur have a wide range of high-quality training institutions on offer. A selection:

Schweizerische Technische Fachschule Winterthur (STF) (öffnet neues Fenster): Basic and advanced training for technical professions

SWISSMECHANIC (öffnet neues Fenster), Effretikon: Basic and advanced training for technical and engineering professions

Baumeisterkurszentrum (öffnet neues Fenster), Effretikon

Berufswahlschule Effretikon (öffnet neues Fenster): Vocational training for adolescents

Ausbildungszentrum Winterthur (öffnet neues Fenster) (azw): Vocational training for commercial and industrial professions

msw-winterthur (öffnet neues Fenster): Vocational training for technical professions

Swissmem Kaderschule (öffnet neues Fenster): Management training for industrial professions

Swissmem Berufsbildung (öffnet neues Fenster): Center of competence for training in the industrial sector

Elektro-Bildungs-Zentrum (öffnet neues Fenster), EBZ, Effretikon: Vocational training for electricians

Zentrum für Ausbildung im Gesundheitswesen (öffnet neues Fenster): Basic training for healthcare professions

Der Strickhof (öffnet neues Fenster): Lindau and Winterthur-Wülflingen: Basic and advanced training for agricultural professions

International schools

For information on international schools in Winterthur and its surroundings, click  here.