
Swiss Human Institute of Forensic Taphonomy (SHIFT)
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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 |
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Forensic Medicine |
Medicine (Master) |
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Biology and Genetic |
Religious Sciences (Bachelor) Forensic Sciences (Master) Biology (Master) |
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Anthropology |
Forensic Sciences (Bachelor) Radiographer (Bachelor) Anthropology / Archaeology (Master) |
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Toxicology and Entomology |
Radiographer (Bachelor) |
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Postgraduate education |
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Forensic Medicine and Anthropology |
Doctoral school in biomedical sciences |
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* 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)
- Anthropology and archaeology
- Environmental, animal and plant genetics
- Biology including entomology
- Taphonomy