FTU News: On January 12th, 2016, the Faculty of Business Administration of Foreign Trade University organised a successful workshop: "Information about Student Transfer at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW)" with the presence of Ms. Dinh Thi Ngoc Lien who in charge of international training programs and many students of Advanced and High Quality Program of International Business Administration of FTU.
According to the transition program, after finish the second or third year at FTU, students follow the Advanced and High Quality Program of FTU will be allowed to attend FHNW University under the program: "3 + 1 or 2 + 2" to obtain a bachelor's degree at this prestigious university.
The University of Applied Sciences Northwestern (FHNW) is currently in top 6 leading universities in Switzerland according to the estimate of the recruitment firms (Economiesuisse 2012). By far, there were 3 students of the Advanced and High Quality Program of FTU transfered to study abroad at FHNW University follow the program: "3 + 1 or 2 + 2".
In the first part of the workshop, Ms. Ngoc Lien shared specific information about FHNW Univesity in particular and the country of Switzerland in general. Coming to this learning environment, students will not only have the opportunity to study and exchange in the multinational learning environment, but also get a chance to improve business skills and explore new places in Europe with low cost. The FHNW Univesity always creates conditions for international students to exchange and study through workshops, group exercises.
The University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW ranks amongst Switzerland's leading and most innovative universities of applied sciences. FHNW has many majors such as Applied Psychology, Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Art and Design, Life Sciences, Music, Teacher Education, Social Work, Engineering and Business which is located at 3 campuses (Olten, Basel and Brugg). In addtion, FHNW has good quality of teaching and more chances of success when applying for companies, large corporations, so it is no surprise that FHNW is one of the top choices for FTU students to study abroad. We can say that tuition fees and the cost of living are the most concerned factors when studying abroad. According to Ms. Ngoc Lien, tuition in the final year at FHNW is approximately CHF 14,400 includes tuition, registration fees, library fees... 
Following the contents of the preamble, in the second part of the workshop, Ms. Ngoc Lien had presented an overview of the study, subjects, semester, credit,... that students can enroll when forwarding. FTU students will study with the Swiss students and exchange students from various universities in the world. In the last year studying in Switzerland, students will learn in-depth about the subjects of finance, marketing and administration. In addition, students also have the opportunity to contact with businesses, corporations to grasp the practical experience and apply to all projects.
The last part of the seminar was a direct exchange program, the representatives from the FHNW University were very enthusiastic and answered all questions of FTU students. Most of the students were interested in working part-time. Ms. Ngoc Lien said that students are allowed to work 12 hours per week and 20 hours during the holidays. Especially in the last part of the seminar, Ms. Ngoc Lien also shared her difficulties and experiences when studied abroad and worked in Switzerland. This was such valuable experiences for the students.