The Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW; German: Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften) located in the city of Winterthur, with facilities in Zurich and Wädenswil,[3] is one of the largest University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland.

The university has eight departments, covering architecture and civil engineering, health, linguistics, life sciences and facility management, applied psychology, social work, engineering and management and law.

[5] The former Zurich University of Applied Sciences Winterthur was itself made up out of schools with long histories: the Technikum Winterthur was founded in 1874 as Switzerland's largest engineering school, and the Höhere Wirtschafts- und Verwaltungsschule was established in 1968.

A total of 34 bachelor's and 20 consecutive master's degree programmes are currently offered.

Notably all lectures at the School of Management and Law's bachelor programme in International Management are held in English, as are courses for exchange students.