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On 27 November 2025, H.E. Fouzia Abass, the Kenyan Ambassador to Switzerland, visited Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST) in...

The award in the field of semiconductor technologies this year was given to IMES employee and OST Student Yanick Schoch for his work in the area of...

Together with ETH Zurich and industry partners, Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST) is developing a walking robot for future...

60 students from 15 countries gathered at OST – Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences in Rapperswil-Jona for the international Summer School...

More than 400 people took part at this year's ZuriHac. Around 65% of the attendees travelled from outside Switzerland to attend.

At the end of June, the IES Institute for Energy Systems at Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST) welcomed a special guest: Dr. Tim...

In Liberia, five local students have initiated projects to improve water and electricity supply. The foundation for these projects was laid by the Winter...

Water supply is under increasing pressure—both around the world and in Switzerland, the so-called «water tower of Europe.» Climate change, pollutants, and...

To improve sustainability performance in manufacturing companies in a short time, neither high investments nor new technologies are needed, believes Dr....

At the first International Symposium on Renewable Metal Fuels – ReMeF 2025, more than 130 researchers from 13 countries across three continents gathered at...

With the robotic wheelchair and the hybrid exoskeleton, the two OST teams each won a silver medal at the Cybathlon finals!

OST is proud to announce that its School of Management achieved the prestigious, internationally recognized AACSB accreditation in August 2024.

With the project GreenHub, OST aims to develop approaches for the transformation of renewable energy into environmentally friendly liquid fuels such as its...

OST supports developing an innovative and sustainable vocational education and training system in Indonesia. This should help to combat youth unemployment...

The globally recognized supplier of semiconductor processing equipment Samco Inc. and the OST – Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences are...

OST – Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences is starting the fall semester 2024 with three new degree programs. The Buchs campus is now offering...