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Registration date for Fall 2025: 27th June 2025
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Apply now for the Bachelor Immersive Technologies

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Apply now for the Bachelor Immersive Technologies

Registration date for Fall 2025: 27th June 2025
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Apply now for the Bachelor Immersive Technologies

Registration date for Fall 2025: 27th June 2025

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Bachelor in Immersive Technologies Augmented and virtual reality, serious/applied games and other forms of immersive media production

In this unique degree program, you will acquire a wide-ranging set of skills to develop and produce immersive applications for various industries. 

Immersive applications are used in a host of sectors such as engineering, medicine, entertainment, architecture, and design. This creates a high demand for specialists with the associated skills. Are you looking for a study program that comes with excellent career prospects? Are you keen to gain considerable practical experience even while you study? Is creative freedom an absolute must for you? Then this bachelor program is for you.

 

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Definition and characteristics of immersive technologies

To immerse oneself means to delve into something. In the context of this program, “immersive” refers to:

  • the effect that virtual, fictitious worlds and simulations have on us.
  • that our perception of the real world is increasingly diminishing, while we identify more and more with the digitally created «illusory world». 


“Immersive technologies” include serious/applied games, augmented and virtual reality, and other forms of immersive media production. These technologies appeal to the visual, auditory and haptic senses and merge the physical world with digitally enhanced or simulated reality.

 

Potentials and applications

The times of immersive technologies as niche products - ranging from Snapchat filters to funny marketing stunts to entertaining games - are over. They have found their way into the mainstream. For companies, this merger of reality and virtuality offers great potential, including optimizing processes, increasing productivity (repairs, maintenance, construction, plant manufacturing, etc.), realistic training environments, targeted customer approach and optimized experience, three-dimensional visualization of data in architecture/design, healthcare applications (treatment of psychosis and phobias, therapy for stroke patients), and so on. Do you want to shape the future with immersive technologies? Read all the facts and learn more in the FAQ.

6 reasons to study immersive technologies at the HSLU

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Structure of the bachelor’s program

Strong practical focus and a great deal of space to shape one’s curriculum. The program’s structure is just as innovative as its learning content. Learn more about our project-focused approach (learning by doing).

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Learning content

Become a professional with deep skills in areas ranging from AR/VR to game design/production, human-computer interaction, entrepreneurship, and project management: explore the modules you will attend.

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Time models

You can complete this degree course full time (three years) or part time (four years) – whichever suits your needs. Find out more here.

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Network of the Immersive Realities Center

The Immersive Realities Center maintains a strong network in the field of immersive technologies. Find out how it can benefit you during your studies.

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Career prospects

Technology sector with huge potential for growth: Immersive technologies are used across industries and for countless use cases. Learn more about your future career prospects.

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Infrastructure

The Immersive Realities Center on the Rotkreuz Campus boasts state-of-the-art facilities. Cutting-edge hardware and software is waiting to be tried out and explored.

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Application deadline for the 2025 fall semester
The application deadline for the 2025 fall semester is Friday, 27 June 2025 (we recommend you apply as early as possible).
For applicants from non-EU/EFTA countries, the application deadline for the 2025 fall semester is Friday, 28 February 2025.

Bachelor of Science in Immersive Technologies: Insight and benefits

The Bachelor of Science in Immersive Technologies, which is the only study program in Switzerland that focuses on the design and realization of immersive experiences, offers many opportunities to its students.

  • After graduation, you will have the qualification to work as a specialist in the immersive tech sector which comes with exciting career options in Switzerland and abroad.
  • “Learning by doing” is one of the core tenets of our curriculum. By working on real-life projects, our students gain valuable practical experience even while they study.
  • The predominant language in the IT sector is English. That is why the degree program is taught in English. You will be best prepared for your future career.
  • Through our collaboration with international companies (e.g., in project modules) and with international partner universities – be it in summer schools, semesters abroad, jointly organized modules in which students collaborate remotely in mixed teams (a common occurrence in real life) – you will already gain extensive international experience and intercultural skills during your studies. 
  • The state-of-the-art Zug-Rotkreuz campus is situated next to the Rotkreuz train station and equipped with cutting-edge hardware and software. 
 
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Visa information for international students
A visa is required to study in Switzerland. Learn more about the visa process here.

Facts

Degree

Bachelor of Science Hochschule Luzern/FHZ in Immersive Technologies

Graduate profile

This BSc program teaches deep specialist skills and knowledge in the fields of augmented and virtual reality, serious/applied games, 3D modelling, human-computer interaction and immersive media production as well as a solid understanding of key adjacent fields (e.g., agile project management, usability/user experience, psychology). Graduates have the skills to design and develop immersive applications for various sectors and to apply the knowledge acquired in practice. 

Field of activity

Graduates have the qualifications to start a career in a wide range of professional fields. Notably, these include corporate research and development divisions, educational institutions, research labs, and agencies. Your expertise will allow you to:

  • design interactive learning applications
  • effect behavioral changes with simulations and serious games
  • create solid decision-making bases in complex systems using innovative visualization techniques
  • use the virtualization of new products for validation
  • minimize the need for costly prototypes
  • use immersive technologies to accelerate the development process

Exemplary fields of application for these skills range across industries and include rail traffic, the automotive industry, the consumer goods sector, the chemical and healthcare sectors, architecture, energy, and education.

 
Admission
  • Vocational training with a vocational baccalaureate. In the case of a non-technical degree/training, it may be necessary to complete preparatory courses in mathematics and/or computer science (decision of the head of degree program).
  • High school diploma plus one year of professional experience in the technical or digital design field.
  • Graduates of international schools who also have at least one year of qualified professional experience in an IT or digital design-related field.
  • Comparable foreign qualifications, supplemented by at least one year of qualified professional experience in an IT or digital design-related field.
  • If you are not a native speaker of English, you must provide proof of English language proficiency (B2 and above). In case of doubt, the head of degree program will decide after an admissions interview. 

Requirements for students' private laptops can be found here.

Application deadline

The application deadline for the 2025 fall semester is Friday, 27 June 2025 (we recommend you apply as early as possible). For applicants from non-EU/EFTA countries, the application deadline for the 2025 fall semester is Friday, 28 February 2025.

Commencement of studies

The program starts on 15 September 2025. The introductory days take place the week before. 

Information events
Language of instruction
  • English
Head of studies/Study coordinator
Study fees

Enrollment fee: CHF 200
Semester fee:  CHF  800 for domestic students / CHF 1300 for foreign students (students who enter Switzerland for the purpose of studying and whose civil law domicile is abroad at the time of matriculation)
Overview of fees

Place of study

Rotkreuz

Time model
  • full-time
  • part-time
Further studies
 

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News

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Immersive Realities Center

Showroom, projects, training and knowledge transfer between universities, SMEs and schools

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Church, art and AI: dialog with a Jesus avatar

St. Peter's Chapel Lucerne is launching a new AI art project: “Deus in machina” invites visitors to discuss artificial intelligence and spirituality. Our Immersive Realities Center has developed an AI-supported representation of Jesus for the project. What is it like to talk to this avatar? A self-experiment with comments from a theological and ethical perspective.

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Everything in the blue zone: radiation protection with virtual reality

The Lucerne Cantonal Hospital wants to better protect radiation-exposed specialist staff with augmented reality training. Also at work: computer science researchers from HSLU (only German).

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Cystic fibrosis: computer game facilitates respiratory therapy

Steer a submarine by breathing in and out and dive to the bottom of the sea for a virtual treasure hunt - this computer game makes respiratory therapy easier for children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis. A research team at HSLU helped develop it (only German).

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Federal government supports augmented reality research project at HSLU

AR makes urban and community planning more accessible to the general public. In an Innosuisse project, HSLU researchers are exploring the potential of the technology together with the city of Lucerne and the companies Planteam S AG and Sinus AG. For the first time, acoustics are also playing a role (only German).

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HSLU involved in EU research project on "Extended Reality"

The European Union has established an international research network to promote the use of extended reality technologies in the creative and cultural sector. The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is the only Swiss institution involved in the 10 million euro project (only German).

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EU project: HSLU makes Munch's "Scream" a virtual experience

The European Union is supporting a research project on the preservation and presentation of European cultural heritage with the help of artificial intelligence and virtual experiences. The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is involved in the project, which is worth almost 3.8 million euros (only German).