Swiss Technical Universities - HES and California Universities Expand Their Joint...

Swiss Technical Universities - HES and California Universities Expand Their
Joint Program
Summer University 2009

SAN FRANCISCO, July 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This summer, for the third
consecutive year, Swiss and Californian universities are offering joint summer
programs that allow Swiss, American and international students to study abroad
in Switzerland or California. Students from participating universities
Humboldt State, San Jose State, and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo have the
opportunity to study at the technical universities Hautes Ecoles Specialisees
(HES) throughout Switzerland. Classes offered include subjects as diverse as
health, technology, leadership and entrepreneurship, oenology, and sociology.

The summer university program gives students the opportunity to live in a
foreign country and explore a wider field of study. Classes at HES will be
taught in English, thus allowing students without strong French-speaking
skills to attend and experience Swiss culture.

Anne-Catherine Lyon, state councillor in charge of the Department of
Education, Youth and Culture, initiated the program and will be visiting the
participating California universities with a Swiss delegation including
directors of Swiss universities. The delegation will meet with professors and
administrators from July 11-18 to discuss adding new fields of study such as
art and music and potentially expanding the collaboration to include a Masters
degree program, a faculty exchange program, joint research programs, and a
business start-up program, which will guide students through the transition
from the academic to the professional world.

Additional information is available at
http://www.vd.ch/summeruniversity

Department of Education, Youth and Culture
State of Vaud
Switzerland

SOURCE Department of Education, Youth and Culture

Katja Schaer, +1-510-452-7949, mail@kschaer.com, for HES-SO