Swiss Human Institute of Forensic Taphonomy (SHIFT)

Training and Research

SHIFT's collaborators are involved in the following training and education programs:

Funeral care preparation training for professionals in the funeral industry (Funeral company agents and employees, thanatopraxy agents)

Master MSc in Human Taphonomy
- Implementation of a Master's degree (2 years, 120 ECTS) at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) in an international context (one month teaching in the field at the University of Quebec Trois-Rivières UQTR in Canada).
Academic teaching

Pre-grade education
Theme	Public	Affiliations *
Forensic Medicine	Medicine (Master)	University of Lausanne (FBM)
Biology and Genetic	Religious Sciences (Bachelor) Forensic Sciences (Master) Biology (Master)	University of Lausanne (FBM, FDCA, FTSR)
Anthropology	Forensic Sciences (Bachelor) Radiographer (Bachelor) Anthropology / Archaeology (Master)	University of Lausanne (FDCA) HES-SO (HESAV) University of Geneva
Toxicology and Entomology	Radiographer (Bachelor)	HES-SO (HESAV)

Postgraduate education
Forensic Medicine and Anthropology	Doctoral school in biomedical sciences	University of Geneva

* Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM), Faculty of Theology and Religious Sciences (FTSR), Faculty of Law, Criminal Sciences and Public Administration (FDCA), Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (SSP)
HES-SO: University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland (University of Health Vaud (HESAV))

The scientific research work carried out by SHIFT is built around disciplines such as (non-exhaustive list)