Wood Technology

Your passion is wood. As an engineer with a Bachelor of Science in Wood Technology, you design and develop structures, buildings, furniture, wood-based products, and processes.

This degree opens up excellent career prospects—both in Switzerland and abroad. You lead interdisciplinary teams and projects from concept through to implementation.

You can structure your studies flexibly – as a full-time, part-time or Practice-integrated Bachelor’s degree PiBS.

Start your studies in autumn.

Specialisation Timber Industry (Veriset AG)

Specialisation Timber Construction (Pirmin Jung Schweiz AG)

Factsheet

  • Title/Degree Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Wood Technology
  • Specialisations Timber Industry
    Timber Construction

    Minor
    Circular and Sustainable Construction
    Integrated Digital Design and Construction
  • Mode of study Full-time (6 semesters) or part-time (7-8 semesters) + optional one-year work placement
    Practice-integrated Bachelor’s degree PiBS (8 semesters)
  • Start date 20 September 2027
  • Application deadline 31 July
  • ECTS credits 180 ECTS credits; with work placement 210 ECTS credits
  • Teaching language German; some lessons in French or English
  • Location Biel
  • School School of Architecture, Wood and Civil Engineering

This degree programme is offered in German. For detailed information, please go to the German page.