Courses in electrical engineering have been offered at the former technical schools, today's technical colleges, since 1971. Accordingly, this profession is well known and firmly established in the Swiss economy. And with the increasing electrification of all areas of life and electronic control systems and circuits, the need for well-trained specialists in electrical engineering and electronics continues to grow. Electrical engineers HF (formerly technicians HF electrical engineering) are therefore sought-after specialists and have good career prospects.