CAS UZH in Higher Education – Academic Teaching and Research-Based Learning

The CAS UZH in Higher Education is a part-time continuing education program covering all the relevant aspects of current university teaching and learning. It is an opportunity for instructors to receive a basic grounding and continuing education in teaching and learning, and acquire a qualification documenting their university teaching achievements.
Participants will learn how to plan and conduct skills-based courses and assess their teaching appropriately. They'll be introduced to innovative teaching models and approaches to evaluation.
The program is offered in a blended learning format combining a variety of teaching and learning settings: alongside in-class sessions, participants will put together a teaching portfolio, be observed by experts, take part in peer observations, and try their hand at peer counseling.
At the end of the CAS UZH in Higher Education, participants independently carry out a teaching project.
Booklet CAS UZH in Higher Education (PDF, 381 KB)

To meet the individual needs of instructors in different teaching contexts and subjects, it is possible to choose a programm focus. Participants can choose one of the following:

• Research-Based Learning
• Digital Competences

It is also possible to participate without a focus.

• Plan and implement their teaching in a high-quality, competence-oriented manner so that teaching/learning settings and assessment content and forms are systematically linked to the learning outcomes.
• Adapt complex teaching settings to their own teaching.
• Independently realize a project in teaching.
• Reflect on and appropriately fulfill the different role requirements in teaching regarding leading, counseling and supervising.

For each course the number of participants is limited to 16-20 persons. Please register early.

English or German (see "Dates" for details). Individual modules are generally in English. Assessments may be submitted in both German and/or English.

Intermediate-level language skills in the stated course language with regard to understanding, speaking, and reading are required to participate in the program.

The course takes place on site. Online participation is not possible.

Start Fall 2027 (in English)
25/26 August 2027 and 08 October 2027: Basics of Course Planning (2 ECTS Credits)
27/28 January 2028 and 10 March 2028: Competent Teaching Practice in Complex Teaching Settings (2 ECTS Credits)
Individual: Elective Module (1 ECTS Credit)
Individual: Activities in the Teaching Community (1 ECTS Credit)
31 July 2028: Deadline Teaching-Learning Portfolio (1 ECTS Credit)
08/09 June 2028 and 30 August 2028: Teaching Innovation (2 ECTS Credits) 
08/09 February 2029 and 23 March 2029 and 13 April 2029: Leading, Counseling, and Supervising in Teaching (2 ECTS Credits)
08 June 2029: Teaching Project and Final Colloquium (4 ECTS Credits)
Flyer CAS UZH in Higher Education 2025 (PDF, 487 KB)
Flyer CAS UZH in Higher Education 2026 (PDF, 519 KB)
Flyer CAS UZH in Higher Education 2027 (PDF, 258 KB)

CHF 8700,- for external participants

For internal participants (UZH employees):
CHF 4350,- without a qualifying position
CHF 1000,- with a qualifying position
(for doctoral candidates without a qualifying position see Regulation and Implementation Provisions)

Application (PDF, 139 KB)
The application for CAS UZH in Higher Education 2026 is open until 15 May 2027.

Graduates of Teaching Skills can obtain the CAS UZH in Higher Education by attending the second part of the program (so called lateral entry). They join the CAS UZH in Higher Education starting with the Teaching Innovation module. The deadline for registration for lateral entry is March 31 of the year in which the lateral entry takes place. Due to limited space, early registration is recommended. Before the Teaching Innovation module begins, there is a mandatory half-day orientation session for lateral entrants (online attendance). If you are interested, please contact hdinfo@wb.uzh.ch.

With their application participants agree to attend the entire course. A cancellation after the end of the cancellation period, no-show without indication of unforeseeable or unavoidable reasons or incomplete participation can result in consequences for the participation in other courses (detailed information about the terms of participation).

Program management
Anja Pawelleck

Program coordination
Lisa Gubler
e-mail: hdinfo@wb.uzh.ch
Tel.: +41 (0)44 634 29 84