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Study in Switzerland

The mention of Switzerland brings the mesmerizingly amazing beauty of nature of Swiss Alps. A country of beauty with historic blended cultures of French, German as well as Italians niches a remarkable line on the map of globe.

Switzerland is mostly covered with green thick forests, crystal clear lakes and majestic mountains, kind of magnificent natural beauty all around. The roaming vineyards and mixed historical cultures make the Swiss cities ever enchanting.

This elegant country also brings along vivid images of mouth-watering chocolates, cheeses, swiss watches, world-renowned banks, the Red Cross…

The fun & frolic events like Zurich Street parade, Fete du Geneve, Verbier Extreme, Swiss Open Tennis Tournament add to the excitement of tourist attractions from all over the world. The exotic mountain ranges have been favourably responsible for the peoples entertainment through skiing and snowboarding.

Why One should choose Switzerland for Education?

Since Switzerland has no natural resources, the main industry developed here is of Service industry of knowledge and education. Here, the products have to be imported, processed and sold, but can not manufactured. So, the services of banking, insurance, tourism along with first ranked Hotel, Finance and Dairy Products Business have been evolved as an integral part of the economy. The most popular of the educational facilities for foreign students are the Swiss Hospitality Schools which are located across the country and are highly famous worldwide to be a natural and an inevitable choice for first class education in hospitality.

Education System In Switzerland

Choice of Students Education System Public schools Universitat (“University”):
  • High quality system
  • European business hub
  • Various Business options linked with University Courses which is in favour of international
  • Great Expertise in banking, machine tool and precision engineering
  • Special strengths include chemical and pharmaceutical engineering
  • Command over hotel and tourist educational departments.
  • Strong economy with high investments from foreign multi-nationals, businesses
  • The Swiss being multi-lingual eases the travel and expands trade options
  • Precise approach to detail earning highest ranks to worlds finest research institutes.
  • Reputed for stability, safety and multicultural understanding.

In Switzerland, most children go to public schools. Private schools usually are expensive and people send the children as of last resort being unfamous for quality compared to Public schools.

Municipalities — provide kindergarten, primary and secondary schools.

Cantons – provide at least one secondary school and have nine universities

Confederation- run 2 Universities

  • Kindergarten – Not Compulsory, though children aged 4-6 years go for 1-2 years.
  • Volksschule (“elementary school”)- Mandatory for every child. Must attend at least the elementary school, compulsorily at the age of seven up to 15-16 years, run by the cantons. They can go to either public or private schools
  • Apprenticeship & Fachhochschule (FH)- After Elementary School, Child may go to apprenticeship , then , either to Secondary School or Fachhochschule (FH) i.e. (“Technical College”).
  • Gymnasium (“secondary school”) and
  • Universitaten (“universities”). Total eleven universities in Switzerland, nine are run by cantons, and two are run by the confederation.

There are eleven Universitaten (“universities”) in Switzerland, nine of them are run by a canton, two are run by the confederation.

Universities run by the cantons provide non-technical subjects. Universities run by the confederation provide technical subjects. They are therefore called “Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology”.

To be eligible to attend an university for study of 4.5 years, a student must have finished a Gymnasium and own a graduation diploma.
The education is now broken up into two parts similar to the education in the USA:

  • a bachelor study (three years)
  • a masters study (one and a half or two years))
  • After a successful completion of the masters study, one can start working on a thesis in order to get a doctor title. This takes usually three to four years

Popular Courses

  • At Undergraduate level: 
    Tourism, Business administration, Tourism Marketing Management, Banking, Communication design, Human resources, Accounting, Sports management, Media Science, Systems Engineering, Civil Engineering, Multimedia Production.
  • At Postgraduate level:
    Hospitality Management, Tourism, Business Administration, Entrepreneurship management, information science, Engineering.

Additional Information

Entry Requirements / Eligibility Application Procedure Documents Required Work Permit

Undergraduate:

  • 65% in XII (Senior Secondary Certificate (10+2)) in best 4 subjects (excluding local languages).
  • Successful completion of IELTS/TOEFL

Postgraduate:

  • A Bachelor Degree with good scores /First-class
  • IELTS / TOEFL
  • 2 – 3 Years Work Experience preferable

At undergraduate level:

  • Submitting Application form alongwith certified true copies of relevant documents
  • After the successful check, receiving the provisional acceptance from University within a week.
  • The deposit of 3000 CHF must be paid within 4 weeks.
  • The confirmation from university will be received for the deposit payment paid.
  • Applying for Visa with the confirmation received as above.
  • An application for an entry visa to Switzerland. The procedure may take from 4 – 8 weeks.

At undergraduate level:

  • Resume , SOP, Passing Mark sheets & Certificates from Xth Std. onwards, Two LORs from College /employer, Passport Copy, Birth Certificate
  • Photographs
  • Photocopied score reports of GMAT / IETLS / TOEFL
  • Others (Certificates / achievements at the State and National Level and extracurricular activities).
  • Earn & Learn
  • For International students, weekly work hours allowed= 15 with flexible hours at say, for e.g., Geneva, where can work up to 30 hours per week.
  • Not advisable to take up extra work due to heavy workload in university.

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