On Friday, 30 August 2024, the graduates of the ZHAW Bachelor’s degree programme in Facility Management and the Master’s degree programme in Real Estate & Facility Management were presented with their diplomas at the Technopark Zurich. A total of 47 women and 40 men received their long-awaited diplomas, marking the end of an intensive and successful period of study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Prof Dr Urs Hilber, Director of the ZHAW Department of Life Sciences and Facility Management, gave the opening speech at the ceremony. He congratulated the graduates on their degrees and emphasised the importance of their future contributions in a rapidly changing world. Katrin Leuenberger, Head of the Real Estate Office of the Canton of Zurich and member of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Facility Management, gave the ceremonial address. She emphasised how essential well-trained specialists in the field of real estate and facility management are for overcoming major social challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Awards and special achievements In the Master’s programme, Prof. Dr Isabelle Wrase and Zifei Wang-Speiser were able to award 10 Master’s diplomas to five women and five men. Particularly outstanding were Tania Kornsteiner and Severin Keller, who were both honoured for their excellent performance. Severin Keller also received the prize for the best master’s thesis for his master’s thesis entitled “Asset Returns and Liquidity: Empirical Insights from Publicly Traded Real Estate Assets”, presented by Nora Dainton, board member of the IFMA Switzerland Chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n A look back at an eventful period of study The graduates can now look forward to a promising future in an industry that demands well-trained specialists and managers and in which they will contribute their skills and knowledge for the benefit of society.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On 30 August 2024, 77 Bachelor’s and 10 Master’s graduates in Facility Management and Real Estate & Facility Management were ceremoniously graduated from the ZHAW at Technopark Zurich. The graduates thus embarked on a promising future as sought-after specialists and managers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22358,12484,22305],"tags":[31410,49357,20090,14847,49358,12564,12525,12526,12528,12656,49359],"class_list":["post-113190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction","category-people","category-switzerland","tag-ausbildung-en","tag-diplomverleihung-en","tag-fachkraefte-en","tag-facility-management-en","tag-hochschulbildung-en","tag-immobilien-en","tag-immoinvest-en","tag-immonews-en","tag-news-en","tag-real-estate-en","tag-zukunftsperspektiven-en","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":{"bild_mit_ki_erstellt_worden":[],"lead":"On 30 August 2024, 77 Bachelor's and 10 Master's graduates in Facility Management and Real Estate & Facility Management were ceremoniously graduated from the ZHAW at Technopark Zurich. The graduates thus embarked on a promising future as sought-after specialists and managers.","autor":"Quelle: fmpro-swiss, Bild: ZHAW ","ort":"","bildunterschrift":"","zusammenfassung":"","bild_im_grid":false,"gallerie":"","newsim":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
<\/strong>Irene Arnold and Anja Fuchs-Barbana, head of the Bachelor’s degree programme, presented the 77 successful Bachelor’s graduates with their diplomas. Till Pl\u00fcss, who was honoured as the best student in his year, was particularly outstanding. Together with Sara Lehmann, he also received the prize for the best thesis, which was presented by Rainer Artho, Managing Director of the Swiss Association for Facility Management and Maintenance. Both theses were awarded the top grade of 6.00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Anja Balsiger and Oliver Horner for the Bachelor’s students and Elsa Jeanfavre for the Master’s graduates brought the graduation ceremony to a festive close with an entertaining look back at their time at university. They reviewed the highlights of their years of study and recalled the challenges and successes they had overcome together on their way to this important milestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n