Can someone explain the Swiss accreditation process?

I continue to be confused by the Swiss accreditation process. I have read and re-read the other threads and I especially appreciate Triggersoft's and Uncle Janko's responses since they seem to have a handle on this.

I also continue to be intrigued by the Swiss Management Center and the programs they offer. Sexy name, nice layout and the PDF files that they have describing their courses are pretty well thought out and comprehensive.

If it is not legitimate then someone went to a great deal of work to put this together. On top of that they are not all that cheap.

Someone mentioned that they may have an affiliation with a Polish institute and that makes them more credible? I cannot find anything on the website.

Thanks,

 

Does any of this help?

I notice that your post, and this thread, kinda' got ignored -- or, at least, hasn't been responded to in its two days (as of this writing) of existence.

One of the web sites listed below contained this explanatory paragraph:

• "In Switzerland, the higher education system at University-level is provided by ten cantonal Universities and two federal Institutes of Technology. However, higher education is also provided by the seven newly created Fachhochschulen and advanced Vocational Colleges. This sector is currently being reformed on a global scale. Private Universities are basically only to be found in the field of post-graduate studies. There is no numerus clausus for subjects studied at University, except for Medicine at the German-speaking Universities. Studies in Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, Chemistry and Surveying must follow national requirements and are regulated by the Federal Government."

Pethaps there's something of value on one of the following pages/sites?

• Structure of the Education System in Switzerland
  
• Center for Quality Assurance and Accreditation of the Swiss Universities (OAQ)
  
• Factsheets and Other Sources of Information on Education in Switzerland (CRUS)
  
• State Secretariat for Education and Research (SER)
  
• Federal Office for Professional Education and Technology (OPET)
  
• Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education (EDK)
  
• Educa.ch The Swiss education server
  
• Switch - Swiss Education & Research Network Universities in Switzerland
  
• SwissUp! Information on and comparison of quality of studies at Swiss universities
  
• Swiss Federation of Private Schools (SFPS)
  
• Swisslinks Education & Training
  
• CRUS Rektor's Conference of the Swiss Universities
  
• A potentiall-helpful PDF file from the Swiss University Conference website
  
• A PDF File: Guidelines for Academic Accreditation in Switzerland, draft No 6;, Organe d'Accréditation et d'Assurance Qualité des hautes Ecoles suisses
  
• The Swiss National Library's Swiss Info Desk - Education, training and research

Just tryin' to be helpful. Don't know if I was.

Of peripheral interest only: Click here to see what the U.S. Embassy in Berne, Switzerland wishes for the Swiss to know about U.S. educational opportunities. Note the glaring lack of discussion of national accreditation of DETC's type.

 

thank you

Thank you very much for the detailed reply. Swiss accreditation is at best confusing.

I will look into all of this further.

Regards,