World's First University of Applied Sciences Launches edX Courses

(Zurich University of Applied Sciences, October 06, 2020)

The Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) recently launched its first two freely accessible online courses on edX. ZHAW is the first university of applied sciences worldwide and the third university in Switzerland to offer courses on edX, which, according to Minna Maria Koponen, the edX Production Process Project Leader, “offer an accessible opportunity to study versatile and high-quality courses.” The first two ZHAW online courses – "Global Business and Human Rights" from the School of Management and Law and "Aquaponics: The Circular Food Production System" from the Department of Life Sciences and Facility Management – are offered in English and will start on 1 March 2021. Further ZHAW online courses from various departments are already in planning or in production as well and will be offered in German or English.