Fhnw - Pädagogische Hochschule

Name

Fhnw - Pädagogische Hochschule

Legal name

Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW - Pädagogische Hochschule

Website

https://q2e.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education Quality Management

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Quality Rating & Improvement Systems (QRIS) Administration (EDACAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data Reporting & Outcomes Measurement for Regulators/QRIS (EDACAKAM)

Keywords

• School quality management
• Education evaluation framework
• School self-evaluation
• Educational quality consulting
• School certification services

Headquarters

HQ city

Windisch

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Q2E (Qualität durch Evaluation und Entwicklung) is an orientation model for building and developing holistic quality management at schools and other educational institutions, based on Total-Quality-Management (TQM) principles visualized through the Deming cycle. It provides practice-oriented instruments, procedures, and problem-solving approaches, including a web-based survey tool (Evaltool) for internal school evaluations, guided self-evaluation processes, and a certification pathway for schools.

Product overview

FHNW Pädagogische Hochschule operates primarily the Q2E orientation model (Qualität durch Evaluation und Entwicklung – Quality through Evaluation and Development), a comprehensive quality management framework for schools and educational institutions. The Q2E model consists of an Action Model (with six components: school quality guidelines, individual feedback, self-evaluation, Q-process management, external school evaluation, and certification), a Functions Model, and a Reference Framework. The core operational tool is Evaltool, a free web-based survey instrument (www.evaltool2.ch) for conducting internal school evaluations and feedback collection among teachers, parents, and students at school or classroom level. The offering also includes thematic orientation grids tailored to different Swiss cantons (Aargau, Solothurn, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt), downloadable documentation (Q2E handbooks, rating grids, certification materials, and self-evaluation guides), and experience reports from participating schools.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Evaltool: An evaluation tool for internal school evaluation and feedback, developed for public schools in the cantons of Aargau, Solothurn, Basel-Landschaft, and Basel-Stadt.

Products and services

• Q2E Orientation Model for Quality Management
• Evaltool
• Begleitete Selbstevaluation (Guided Self-Evaluation)
• Q2E Certification
• Projekt Schulkultur (School Culture Project)
• Audit Baselland

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• EDK (Schweizerische Konferenz der kantonalen Erziehungsdirektoren): Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education, which coordinates national education quality policy including Lehrplan 21 and harmonization; comparable as the broader governance body that sets the standards Q2E-aligned programs must satisfy.
• EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management): European quality management framework widely used in education and public services; comparable as an overarching TQM-aligned alternative that Swiss schools and education authorities could adopt instead of Q2E.
• OECD INES / PISA quality frameworks: OECD frameworks influencing school quality assessment across member countries including Switzerland; comparable as an international reference point shaping how school quality management systems are designed and evaluated.

Direct peers

• IQB (Institut für Qualitätsentwicklung im Bildungswesen): German federal-state institute developing educational quality standards, assessments, and monitoring tools for schools; comparable as a publicly funded research-driven provider of school quality frameworks and evaluation instruments.
• SQTS (Schweizerisches Qualitätssiegel für Tagesschulen): Swiss quality seal for daycare/school-age care providers operating in similar Swiss cantonal ecosystems; directly comparable as a quality certification framework addressing school/childcare institutions.
• EduQua: Swiss federal quality label for continuing education institutions, certifying bodies in adult learning; directly comparable as a Swiss school/education quality certification framework competing for the same institutional adoption.

Regional players

• Schweizerische Koordinationsstelle für Bildungsforschung (SKBF): Swiss coordination center for education research serving Swiss education policy and governance stakeholders; comparable as a Swiss public-sector body informing school quality and evaluation policy.

Others

• ZEM (Zentrum für Empirische Bildungsforschung) at PH FHNW: Adjacent research center within the same FHNW umbrella focused on empirical education research; comparable as a sibling academic unit informing and supporting school quality measurement methodologies.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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