Pr. Mostapha BOUSMINA receives His Excellency the Swiss Ambassador Mr. Guillaume SCHEURER

The President of the University received on March 29 His Excellency the Swiss Ambassador Mr. Guillaume SCHEURER, accompanied by Mrs. Christine PIRINOLI, Vice-Rector of HES-SO, the largest university of applied sciences in Switzerland, as well as other embassy officials. The University’s Vice Presidents and heads of institutions were also invited to this meeting, during which the two institutions were presented. Many common points and convergences were highlighted in the ensuing discussion, particularly regarding opportunities for cooperation in education and research in areas of mutual interest, as well as possibilities to establish reciprocal mobility for students and professors. 

The supervision of joint PhD theses and the possibilities for developing research in partnership with companies were also discussed there. A visit to several infrastructures and technological and valorisation platforms was organized in honor of the distinguished guests following this meeting. Like the eight other Swiss HES, HES-SO has in 20 years become an indispensable partner in education and research in Switzerland, and with its six fields and its network of 28 higher education institutions bringing together 22'000 students, it is a major actor in socio-economic and cultural development in the seven cantons of Western Switzerland.