The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts closed its anniversary year with a positive result of CHF 0.97 million. The number of Bachelor's and Master's students remains high at around 8,300. A total of 12,724 people continued their education in 2022. Around 5,000 of these were in one of the CAS, DAS or MAS programs. Income from research and development increased by around five million francs to 65 million francs.

The European Union is supporting a research project that focuses 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.

One and a half million times a year, the instruments of eye surgery specialist Oertli Instrumente AG are used for cataract operations. In cooperation with the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, the Rhine Valley company is working on instruments that will make the operation safer and even more efficient.

The sustainability program Swisstainable for Swiss tourism has been growing continuously since its launch two years ago: Meanwhile, more than 1,700 tourism businesses from all over Switzerland are already committed to sustainable development with concrete measures. The operating program has now been further developed and will be open to tourism destinations from April 2023 under the name Swisstainable Destination.

The shoulder rest of violinists does not emit any sound. However, violist Fabian Aschwanden has experienced for himself that it has a great influence not only on posture, but also on sound. With his start-up ErgoRest, he therefore adapts it precisely to the player's shoulder.

Modern brick facades mostly consist of homogeneous bricks. The Keller companies and HSLU researchers have developed a production process for bricks that opens up completely new design possibilities for architects. The joint Innosuisse research project arose from an award-winning thesis in the Master Design at HSLU.

Hardly any snow in winter, increasingly hot summers, droughts, heavy precipitation, floods: the consequences of climate change are also being felt in Switzerland. Approaches for a sustainable climate and energy future were therefore the focus of the 19th IGE seminar of the Institute of Building Technology and Energy of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts - Engineering & Architecture, which took place on March 15, 2023.

After a decline in 2021, the Swiss FinTech sector grew again in 2022. Insights into the dynamic financial technology market are provided by the results of this year's FinTech study by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts.