Transfer of Science or Research, Studies and teaching

With the Empower School of Health, Empower Swiss operates a further education institution that offers global online qualifications in the Global Health sector.
The assessment of Empower Swiss by an expert panel appointed by FIBAA began in spring 2023. Empower Swiss was able to meet the requirements of all 23 FIBAA quality criteria in the areas of strategy, personnel, technology, didactic design and quality assurance. In addition, it particularly convinced the review panel in those criteria that deal with didactic and technical support in the creation of learning content as well as content-related and technical support for learners.

The topics of digital teaching and transformation have become indispensable for universities and educational institutions. With its quality seal "Excellence in Digital Education"®, FIBAA promotes innovation in the education sector and supports higher education institutions and institutions of initial and continuing education in seeing digital challenges as an opportunity for future teaching and learning scenarios. The certification process alone enables education institutions to assess and further develop the quality of their study programmes and education courses with regard to digital teaching and the implementation of digital teaching. Accordingly, with the final report, the education institutions do not only receive a description of the status quo, but also suggestions and recommendations for further strategic, technical, didactic and personnel development. The certification with the FIBAA Quality Seal "Excellence in Digital Education"® is valid for five years.

The stated goal of Empower Swiss is to offer affordable courses in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) where there is unequal access to knowledge and learning. Currently, around 600 students are enrolled at the Empower School of Health each year. Empower Swiss has educated and trained close to 200,000 public health and humanitarian programme professionals in over 100 countries worldwide since its inception in 2008.

FIBAA (Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation) is a European quality assurance agency for higher education and continuing education programmes. Founded in 1994, FIBAA is registered as an accreditation agency in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Vietnam and Ukraine. FIBAA is also a member of the European quality network ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) and registered with EQAR (European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education). Further memberships with CEENQA (Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance), INQAAHE (International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education) and AQAN (ASEAN Quality Assurance Network) round off the international profile. With the certification "Excellence in Digital Education"®, FIBAA has created a nationally and internationally applicable instrument for quality assurance in digital teaching. It defines quality standards for digital teaching and learning and makes them nationally and internationally comparable.