Education in Switzerland is of high quality and practical orientation: students of Swiss universities are constantly trained at partner enterprises of universities, acquiring professional skills by graduation. Swiss universities care about the employment of their graduates - the best students receive several offers during their studies from employers from Europe, Asia, the UAE, Canada. For the rest, job fairs are arranged, the career office of the university is negotiating with employers. Graduates of universities are extended for 6 months visa to find a job.
The amazing nature of Switzerland, environmental safety, the lowest crime rate in Europe create a comfortable environment for studying.
How to enter a university in Switzerland?
In Swiss education, there are a huge number of different systems and programs, it provides a large selection. There are 4 state languages in Switzerland, so you can study in French, German and Italian in state universities.
The cost of education in state universities is relatively inexpensive for Europe - about 2,500 euros. But programs in English are much more expensive. The main share of programs in English is implemented by private universities, in public in English there are master's and PhD programs.
In private universities in Switzerland, prices are at the level of the UK, in addition, they organize language course, while in state universities, in addition to a language certificate, you need to present the results of a single exam that Swiss graduates pass. You can also enter a University in Switzerland by studying at a Swiss vocational college.
International students pay close attention to 2 areas in higher education in Switzerland: hospitality and banking. The Swiss were the first to open faculties for training specialists in the field of tourism, hotel business, restaurant management. And to study banking in the country of the best banks is natural and reasonable.
How to study in Switzerland for free?
There is no budgetary education in Switzerland for either foreign students or citizens of the country. Grants and scholarships can help pay for tuition, many of which are created specifically to help foreigners. Most scholarships are provided by universities to the best students or foreigners to study in a master's / postgraduate program in order to attract talented researchers to the country.
Popular Swiss scholarships and grants for students:
- Swiss Federal Scholarships for Foreign Citizens from the Embassy of Switzerland for 2022-2023
- Universite de Genuve Scholarships
- MBA at The Institute for Management Development (IMD)
- Scholarship for masters and postgraduates in Switzerland
- Excelence Scholarship at ETH Zurich
- ETH-D Scholarship at ETH Zurich
- Scholarship for doctoral students at the Université de Fribourg
- Postdoctoral Scholarship at the Université de Fribourg
- Master's Degree Grant from the University of Lausanne
- Scholarship International awards at University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
- LLM in International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights (LLM).
Swiss federal scholarships are intended for young scientists - graduate students, young candidates of science (postdoctoral programs), to obtain a bachelor's degree in the arts. It is easier for students of creative specialties to get a scholarship at the bachelor's in Switzerland level, for them there are more options.
MBA-scholarships at the Institute for Management Development are designed for business professionals.
There are scholarships for short-term internships of students and graduate students in Switzerland (CERN Short Term Internship) - a great opportunity to look around in Switzerland and decide whether to aspire here for postgraduate programs.
