Your experience.Your academic future.
A private Swiss academic institution with online teaching and an international outlook. Programmes from the bachelor's degree to the doctorate, built around the skills you have gained at work through the V.A.E. method.
A Swiss institution designed for working professionals.
I.S.F.O.A. is a private non-profit institution based in the Canton of Zug. It offers flexible academic programmes to students and professionals, with distance learning and an individual assessment of every applicant.
Flexibility
Online teaching lets you study without stepping away from work.
Personalisation
Every study plan starts from your profile, qualifications and experience.
International outlook
Four working languages and a community of students and lecturers beyond national borders.
What you have learned at work has value. The V.A.E. method turns it into academic credit.
Validating learning gained through experience is an established European principle: it is promoted by the Council of the European Union and provided for in French, Italian and Swiss law.
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Profile
You send qualifications, CV and documented experience.
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Assessment
Your dossier is reviewed against the programme requirements.
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Credits
Demonstrated learning becomes recognised credit.
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Study path
You complete only what is still needed for the qualification.
From bachelor's degree to doctorate.
Qualifications follow the cycle structure of the European Higher Education Area: each level gives access to the next.
Bachelor's degree
First cycle: the foundations of a discipline.
Master's degree
Second cycle: advanced specialisation.
Doctorate
Third cycle: original research.
Seven faculties, one multidisciplinary vision.
Fifty-nine programmes across law, engineering, economics, the humanities, sport, education and health.
- 01Legal and Political SciencesLegal services, political science, communication and international law10programmes
- 02Industrial EngineeringIndustry, environment, computing and automation21programmes
- 03Economics and BusinessEconomics, management, enterprise, tourism and sustainability11programmes
- 04Human and Social SciencesPsychology, sociology, social work and pedagogy05programmes
- 05Sport and Movement SciencesPhysical activity, exercise, health and wellbeing03programmes
- 06Education and Training SciencesHumanities, arts, fashion, education, philology and linguistics07programmes
- 07Osteopathic Medicine and Oncological AestheticsTwo bachelor's programmes in health and wellbeing02programmes
Leading the Institution.
The Rectorate is the reference point for every enquiry and for programme assessment.
Prof. Stefano Masullo
Rector
Part of the UniCESD Olympo network.
I.S.F.O.A. has officially joined a network of Italian and international universities and training bodies, on an equal footing with the other members.
Start with an assessment of your profile.
Write to the Rector's Office: you will receive guidance on the programme best suited to your experience and goals.