There are 12 official higher education establishments in Switzerland (10 cantonal universities and 2 Federal Institutes of Technology) as well as a number of other colleges of higher education.

The Swiss Federal and Cantonal Universities

Swiss Universities of Applied Sciences

Swiss Academic Degree

• The Swiss academic degrees are the licentiate or the diploma, and the doctorate (PhD). The licentiate or diploma corresponds to the Master's degree in the Anglo-American system.

• Postgraduate studies leading to the doctorate are available at all Swiss universities. Candidates must hold a licentiate or diploma with very good grades.
  

Studies

• Courses generally last 4 - 5 years, depending on discipline, with medicine taking 6 years.

• Courses in medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, food chemistry and surveying have to follow national requirements and are regulated by the Federal Government. 

• Courses in law, economics and sciences and humanities are more flexible.
  

General Requirements

• A minimum age of 18.

• An adequate knowledge of the language of instruction.

• A state-recognized Swiss upper secondary school leaving certificate, or a foreign equivalent.

(With a view to further opening up higher education at the international level, Switzerland ratified the multilateral university conventions of the Council of Europe and UNESCO in 1991. Therefore, state-recognized upper secondary school-leaving qualifications or similar educational certificates from signatory states give the holder a general right to admission.)

Entrance Requirement

• Admission regulations (overview) - www.unibe.ch/UniBE/Vorbildung/index.html

• Swiss University Conference - shkwww.unibe.ch

• Recognition of qualifications or equivalencies: szfhwww.unibe.ch/szfh (Central Office of the Swiss Universities, Equivalency Information Service)
  
  

Entrance Examination

The criteria for recognition of previous qualifications or partial recognition vary from university to university.

Candidates who hold certificates which are only partly recognized or who are asked by a cantonal university to pass an entrance examination can sit for such an examination in Fribourg (it takes place once a year, in September/October).

Scholarships for Foreigners

Scholarships are available for foreign postgraduate students wishing to study at a Swiss university. Contact the Federal Commission for Scholarship for Foreign Students (FCS) for more information: www.admin.ch/bbw


Living in Switzerland

Living costs for students (including medical insurance, study expenses and study materials) run to about CHF 1850 - 2000 a month.

The Swiss Hotel Schools Association (ASEH) groups together leading Swiss hotel management schools 

teaching their progams in French, German and/or English. ASEH members meet and abide by strict 

quality standards outlined in its bylaws. For details refer to the ASEH website at http://www.aseh.ch.

SPFS comprises 250 schools, including some of the most significant and oldest in the country. The

SFPS advisory office is glad to give free and objective information on school programs and help find a 

suitable school. 

Please feel free to visit and consult the "TOSI brochure display corner" at the our office or request brochures from the following schools:


Hotel Management Schools

SCHOOL/ADDRESS	TEL/FAX	WEBSITE/E-mail
Cesar Ritz Colleges Switzerland   CH-1897 Le Bouveret University Center "Cesar Ritz"  CH-3900 Brig-Glis	Tel. : +41 24 482 82 82 Fax.: +41 24 482 88 99   Tel. : +41-27-922 0404 Fax.: +41-27-922 0405	www.ritz.edu admissions@ritz.edu
Glion Hotel School CH-1823 Glion-sur-Montreux	Tel. : +41-21-966 3535 Fax.: +41-21-966 3509	www.glion.ch; www.glionsport.ch  glion@glion.ch
HIM, Hotel Institute Montreux CH-1820 Montreux	Tel. : +41-21-966 4646 Fax.: +41-21-966 4600	www.him.ch him@him.ch
HTMi, The School of International Hotel and Tourism Management CH-6174 Soerenberg	Tel. : +41-41-488 1125 Fax.: +41-41-488 2344	www.htmi.ch                           htmi@htmi.ch
IHTTI School of Hotel Management Neuchatel  CH-2000 Neuchatel	Tel. : +41-32-720 8050 Fax.: +41-32-720 8055	www.ihtti.ch headoffice@ihtti.ch
IMI University Center CH-6047 Kastanienbaum	Tel. : +41-41-349 6400 Fax.: +41-41-349 6444	www.imi-luzern.com web-marketing@imi-luzern.com
LES ROCHES, Swiss Hotel Association, School of Hotel Management  CH-3975 Bluche Crans-Montana	Tel. : +41-21-989 2644 Fax.: +41-21-989 2645	www.les-roches.ch  info@les-roches.ch
SHMS, Swiss Hotel Management School "Caux-Palace" 1820 Caux/ Montreux	Tel. : +41-21-965 4020 Fax.: +41-21-965 4030	www.shms.ch shms@shms.com
SHML, Swiss College of Hospitality Management Lenk Rawylstrasse 23 CH-3775 Lenk	Tel. : +41-33-736 3335 Fax.: +41-33-736 3330	www.shml.ch welcome@shml.ch
SSTH Swiss School of Tourism  and Hospitality  CH-7007 Chur	Tel. : +41-81-255 1111 Fax.: +41-81-255 1119	www.ssth.ch info@ssth.ch
VATEL International Business School, Hotel & Tourism Management                        CH-1920 Martigny	Tel. : +41-27-720 1827	www.vatel.ch             admissions@vatel.ch

Boarding Schools

Remark: TOSI is engaged in the promotion of Swiss schools but does not act as agent of the above mentioned schools.
 

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