The software informatics orientation is characterised by a solid foundation in programming, development methodologies, data modelling and processing, development of Internet applications and services, client-server architectures of computer systems and development of applications for mobile systems.

The skills acquired during this course enable the design of complex IT solutions from the modelling of the required applications to their implementation.

Embedded systems such as smartwatches, biomedical devices, drones, autonomous robots and wireless entertainment devices are ubiquitous. These smart and connected objects are revolutionising our daily lives.

EC engineers have the advanced skills to design embedded computing systems capable of providing a multitude of innovative services. Their skills in embedded programming and their knowledge of hardware platforms enable them to optimise the operation of systems constrained by their size, energy consumption or communication capacities.

The SR orientation trains engineers specialising in the design of modern IT infrastructures, intended to host next-generation applications. These are the specialists who develop and implement the very high performance platforms that support services such as those offered by Google or Netflix.

Cybersecurity is a crucial element in the digital transformation of our societies. The IS orientation trains engineers with advanced security skills to give them a global 'attack-defence' vision of computer systems. These specialists analyse the IT security of complex systems (threat analysis and penetration tests), design secure architectures, and select and develop appropriate protection measures.

The HEIG-VD, with its "Y-Security" competence centre, is renowned for its approach to cybersecurity, which is rooted in a dense network of industrial and institutional players in the canton of Vaud and in Switzerland. The courses of the IS orientation are thus impregnated with this economic and societal reality.

Data engineering is a branch at the crossroads of computer science and artificial intelligence. The information systems that surround us are increasingly complex and generate huge amounts of data that are difficult to interpret. Artificial intelligence allows predictions to be made using machine learning algorithms. In this way, massive volumes of data (megadata or "big data") can be used in complex computer systems, taking into account aspects of efficiency, reliability and ethics.

Combining state-of-the-art theoretical knowledge with the demands of professional practice, the UAS Bachelor's degree in Business Administration enables students to acquire skills that are adapted to the needs of the working world and to have excellent prospects for the future.

This orientation enables the acquisition of the design, dimensioning, simulation and measurement skills necessary for the energy and environmental optimization of new or renovated buildings. It covers non-architectural aspects: energy balance, building physics, physiological comfort, energy efficiency of technical installations, renewable energies produced and consumed by the building, environmental impacts (Ecobalance) of construction materials and energy agents used.

This specialization aims to acquire the design, dimensioning, simulation and measurement skills necessary for the energy and environmental optimization of industrial processes and energy production facilities, while guaranteeing technical safety. Topics covered: industrial installations for the production, distribution and storage of thermal energy (hot & cold), energy renovation of existing industrial installations, substitution of fossil energy agents by renewable energy agents, etc.

This specialization allows the acquisition of skills in design, dimensioning and simulation of electrical and thermoelectric systems and their respective control and command. All aspects of electrical or thermoelectric energy conversion are covered. Energy and industrial systems increasingly use mixed energy sources (thermal, electrical). The management of the production and distribution of thermal and electrical energy requires the use of specific electronic control systems.

This engineer brings key skills in the design and development of control systems to the machinery and equipment industry. He/she understands the full range of machine issues and automation requirements, he/she knows how to model the control system, choose the appropriate technological building blocks and masters the design and development of high value-added software for real-time control and man-machine interface. His knowledge in electronics, signal and image processing is a judicious complement to an advanced training in automation and industrial computing.

This orientation aims to train development engineers in the field of design, realisation and production of electronic systems for a wide variety of applications, ranging from information processing devices to the coordination of industrial production machine axes. Their skills integrate cutting-edge technologies requiring the implementation of modern working methods and tools (system and functional approach, analysis, modelling, simulation).

The Energy Systems Engineer is looking for new solutions using environmentally friendly energy. Aware of the different energy aspects that modern society has to face, they are able to apply methods of analysis, modelling, simulation and synthesis to the study of complex electrical and electromechanical systems. With a solid knowledge of electrical systems as a whole, the Energy Systems Engineer works in many fields such as electrical power supply, new energy sources, transport industry, machinery industry, electrical equipment, etc.

Optimal integration of mechanics + electronics + IT leads to intelligent products that perform better in terms of precision, speed, energy consumption and cost. The progress made, for example, in medical instrumentation, aeronautics, robotics or machine automation is evidence of this. These fields of application have a growing need for small, highly integrated and highly reliable microtechnical products. This progress also implies a permanent search for the adequacy of training to technological developments.

A trade with a long tradition, it evolved significantly in the 1990s with the advent of 3D CAD systems and new manufacturing processes. Mechanical design engineers now have powerful calculation and simulation tools enabling them to solve complex mechanical engineering problems, involving several disciplines and resulting in products found in fields of application as varied as machine tools, special machines, biomedical, renewable energy, transport and space.

Unique in French-speaking Switzerland, this new course, which stems from the former "Management Engineering" course and was developed in collaboration with HE-Arc, enables students to acquire technical, organisational, economic, managerial and relational knowledge and know-how.

This multi-skilled training will enable graduates to occupy engineering and management positions in the industrial sectors of production engineering and management, methods, quality, safety, environment, continuous improvement, supply chain, technical purchasing or maintenance.

Unique in French-speaking Switzerland, this new course, which stems from the former "Management Engineering" course and was developed in collaboration with HE-Arc, enables students to acquire technical, organisational, economic, managerial and relational knowledge and know-how.

This multi-skilled training will enable graduates to occupy engineering and management positions in the industrial sectors of production engineering and management, methods, quality, safety, environment, continuous improvement, supply chain, technical purchasing or maintenance.

Unique in French-speaking Switzerland, this new course, which stems from the former "Management Engineering" course and was developed in collaboration with HE-Arc, enables students to acquire technical, organisational, economic, managerial and relational knowledge and know-how.

This multi-skilled training will enable graduates to occupy engineering and management positions in the industrial sectors of production engineering and management, methods, quality, safety, environment, continuous improvement, supply chain, technical purchasing or maintenance.

The environmental engineer has skills adapted to the needs of environmental planning, impact studies, as well as problems related to the fields of water, air, soil, waste, polluted sites, noise, transport and related Swiss legislation.

To become a construction engineer is to become a major player in the creation, maintenance and development of the built environment and its infrastructures, in a sustainable economic perspective.

The orientation in construction and infrastructures responds to the multidisciplinary requirements linked to the design, realisation, renovation and maintenance of equipment and real estate assets, which are worth more than 60 billion francs annually.

The engineer in Geomatics and Land Management has a double technical and legal competence. He/she is first of all a specialist in the acquisition and processing of geodata using point, 3D surface and photogrammetric methods. He/she also masters the calculation and representation of information related to the territory, official surveying and land ownership, as well as rural planning and equipment and territorial development.

Unique in French-speaking Switzerland, the multidisciplinary Bachelor's degree enables you to acquire the knowledge and know-how essential to become a professional in the digital transition.

The training is based on three axes and six disciplines:

• Technology: web and mobile programming, user experience
• Communication: content management, communication and marketing
• Management: strategy and business models, project management

Our professional programme enables students to acquire the skills necessary for the global mastery of digital products and services. It provides graduates with a foundation of theoretical knowledge supported by technical skills rooted in practice. The training is completed by a transverse dimension covering multidisciplinary aspects, social and personal skills (soft skills) and digital culture.

Your high level of scientific, clinical and technical skills, as well as your ability to communicate and listen, enable you to play a central role in the care of patients of all ages and in the follow-up of their care.

Thanks to your expertise, your rigour and your versatility, you provide care adapted to an individual, a family or a group and develop the potential of each person. You coordinate the interventions of the various health professionals, with a view to promoting health and adapting to illness. In collaboration with the patients and their relatives as well as the interprofessional team, you propose a care plan and ensure their well-being, guaranteeing the quality and safety of the care provided.

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Your expertise in the human body, pain and movement, combined with your excellent interpersonal skills, enable you to take care of people with functional physical impairments resulting from injury, surgery, illness or prolonged inactivity. You help people in situations of pain, disability or chronic and/or progressive illness to integrate better into society and improve their quality of life.

You work with people of all ages in various fields such as acute care, rehabilitation and palliative medicine. You will also work in the field of health promotion and accident prevention with healthy people.

Your technical and scientific skills enable you to restore the quality and integrity of the human body's movements, using various methods. Your communication skills enable you to involve patients and their families in their treatment and to collaborate with the interprofessional team to ensure quality care.

Your expertise in the field of radiation protection, your scientific knowledge and your rigour will enable you to carry out examinations of the human body using various medical imaging methods based on the latest technologies.

You will work as part of an interprofessional team and ensure continuity of care in an interdisciplinary environment. Thanks to your analytical skills, your versatility and your interpersonal skills, you will play a central role in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and in the care of patients of all ages.

Your high level of scientific, clinical and technical skills, as well as your ability to communicate and listen, enable you to play a central role in the care of patients of all ages and in the follow-up of their care.

Thanks to your expertise, your rigour and your versatility, you provide care adapted to an individual, a family or a group and develop the potential of each person. You coordinate the interventions of the various health professionals, with a view to promoting health and adapting to illness. In collaboration with the patients and their relatives as well as the interprofessional team, you propose a care plan and ensure their well-being, guaranteeing the quality and safety of the care provided.

The five engineering sites of the HES-SO, including HEIG-VD, jointly offer the Master of Science HES-SO in Engineering (HES-SO//MSE) programme and collaborate with the six other Swiss public UAS.

The Master of Science HES-SO//MSE is a consecutive course of study to the Bachelor of Science HES courses in Engineering and Architecture (I&A) and is intended for the best Bachelor of Science HES engineers.

The following 7 orientations are offered:

• Civil engineering (CE)
• Computer science (CS)
• Data science (DS)
• Electrical engineering (ElE)
• Energy and environment (EnEn)
• Mechanical engineering (ME)
• Microengineering (Mic)

The Master of Science HES-SO in Integrated Innovation for Product and Business Development (INNOKICK) is an interdisciplinary course, unique in Switzerland, which brings together students from the fields of Economics and Services, Engineering and Architecture and Design and Visual Arts. Built around a practical and professionalizing project entrusted by SMEs, scientific laboratories and start-ups, this training allows students to acquire the multidisciplinary skills necessary to develop innovative products and services and market them successfully.

The MScSa is composed of five different orientations. Its aim is to cover advanced training needs in the field of health for holders of a Bachelor's degree in occupational therapy, physiotherapy, nutrition and dietetics, midwifery and medical radiology techniques.

University of Lausanne (UNIL) and HES⁠-⁠SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (HES-SO) offer a joint Master of Science in Nursing Sciences (MScSI).

The MScSI is run by the University Institute of Training and Research in Patient Care (IUFRS) in the Faculty of Biology and Medicine at the University of Lausanne.

Teaching on the MScSI is organised in modules. It may include theory lectures, seminars or classes that include close collaboration with clinical settings.

The current study plan includes three compulsory modules worth a total of 50 ECTS credits. There is a fourth elective modules worth 10 ECTS credits. Finally, the fifth module is the Master’s thesis, which is equivalent to 30 ECTS credits.

Develop a wide range of technical and human skills to move towards the company's decision-making centres and play a key role in maintaining the company's competitiveness and sustainability in the face of changes in the Clinical Affairs & Regulatory Affairs & Quality Assurance - CA & RA & QA functions.

The Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) HES-SO enables the development of skills such as :

• Optimal preparation for regulatory changes with MDR 2017/745 and IVDR 2017/746,
• Strategic, tactical and communication skills to deal with crisis situations and difficulties in interacting with Notified Bodies and Authorities,
• Managerial capabilities in production processes and in the marketing of new medical products,
• Technical expertise on key topics such as biocompatibility, fitness for use, clinical evaluations, software validation,
• Faculty of mediation and support in the management of new product development projects.