However, it is not always easy to find the right offer, as the choice on the Swiss education market is huge. From a seminar on Administrator XP to training as a health specialist, karate training or training in estate planning, to a course on quality assurance, language travel or continuing education, further training as a train traffic manager, there is something for everyone interested in education. You just have to find it.

It is therefore important that you first find out about all your options and narrow them down. We will help you step by step to find the most interesting educational opportunities for you. Simply use our free educational guides for vocational training or continuing education, further training (see navigation point "Educational help" above) and find out about educational opportunities in a wide range of industries. Once you have made your pre-selection, get in touch with some of the providers, for example via our contact form, and ask for comprehensive information documents to help you make your decision.

In certain sectors, there is higher vocational training in the form of a professional examination (BP) or higher professional examination (HFP) to become a project manager. In most cases, there is no specific training. In other sectors, courses or specific further vocational training are offered that qualify a person for this function upon completion. There are also various training providers that offer general training in project management. However, internationally recognized certifications such as that of the IPMA (International Project Management Association) are also becoming increasingly important nowadays. In some sectors, however, a tertiary-level qualification (federal professional examination or higher professional examination, higher technical college, university of applied sciences, university of applied sciences) or further training at postgraduate level is a prerequisite for the role of project manager. In most cases, project managers must have professional experience in the respective professional field.

To be able to answer this question, you should first narrow down what kind of continuing education, further training you are looking for. Do you want to make your free time more exciting with an attractive further education opportunity, such as martial arts or cooking courses? Would you like to learn a new language? Are you thinking of a career change or would you like to continue your education in a very specific area at a school? The choice is vast and therefore requires a little research. Further education opportunities, such as courses, training and courses that will help you advance professionally, are available in a wide variety of areas at many established schools throughout Switzerland.

• Commercial training and continuing education, further training
• Computer science
• Industry / Trade / Technology
• Health / Wellness / Beauty
• Education / Social Affairs / Psychology
• Gastronomy / Hotel industry / Tourism
• Universities
• Seminars
• Other areas of training and further education

Once you have decided on a sector, you will find that a whole range of attractive training measures are available to you, among which you are sure to find the right training opportunity for your needs.

There are the following possible qualifications in the field of project leadership and project management through project leader and project management training:

• qualified project manager NDS HF
• Project manager with federal diploma (industry-specific)
• Project manager with a federal certificate (general or industry-specific)
• internationally recognized certifications such as IPMA
• Certificate courses with school diplomas

The following requirements are set for a project management course with Advanced Federal Professional Examination (AFPE), e.g. as a Web Project Manager:

• Specialist certificate or diploma of higher vocational education in the fields of IT, organization or sales or equivalent certificate and at least 3 years of professional experience in web project management since graduation

or

• Degree from a Universities in the fields of computer science, organization or sales or equivalent degree and at least 3 years of professional experience in web project management since acquisition

or

• Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training in the fields of mediamatics, information technology, organization or sales, a high school diploma or equivalent and at least 5 years of professional experience in web project management since obtaining the diploma

and

• Proof of the required module qualifications or certificates of equivalence

There are various options for management training:

• Course as a certificate course in management, leadership, management course, project manager, risk manager, corporate management, board of directors and management
• Professional examination as an SME management specialist or management specialist
• Higher professional examination as a retail manager
• Dipl. Management HF
• Bachelor FH in Business Administration with specialization in General Management or Management and Law
• NDS-HF in Corporate Management, General Management, Management and Leadership
• Postgraduate courses such as CAS, DAS, MAS, MBA, EMBA at universities of applied sciences or universities