New training programme for professional location management
The University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) offers further education in location management. The next CAS course in this specialist area starts on 26 March 2026 on the Brugg-Windisch campus. Business, marketing and communication experts will be trained.
The University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland(FHNW) is offering a further education programme in the field of location management in collaboration with the Standort Schweiz network. According to a press release, the course is the first CAS in the field of location promotion in Switzerland. It is being organised by the FHNW for the second time, with the course starting on 26 March 2026 at the Brugg-Windisch campus.
The course comprises the modules location analysis and location marketing, business promotion and cluster management, location development, innovation, change management and communication. Participants are familiarised with the local characteristics of locations and the needs of the companies living or based there. As economic, marketing and communication experts, location managers can design development concepts for locations and represent and implement these in practice with authorities and in politics, according to the FHNW.
The certification course (CAS) comprises 15 seminar days spread over two semesters. The course fee is CHF 600 per day. Members of the Swiss Business Location Network receive a 10 per cent discount.