Basic information about the Swiss education system

The key facts in brief

•  Basics
  A short description of education in multilingual and federalist Switzerland
  
  
•  Diagram
  Simplified diagram of the Swiss education system
  
  

Swiss Education System: Detailed descriptions

•  Swiss education system on educa (the Swiss Education Server)
  Concise description of the Swiss education system with information about all educational levels (legal basis, statistical data, course content, terms of admission etc.)

•  Swiss education system on Eurybase
  Detailed description for the European database Eurybase in German
  
  

Education statistics and education research

•  Educational statistics
  The Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) is responsible for the national statistics on education
  
  
•  Education research
  The Swiss Coordination Centre for Research in Education (SKBF) publishes extensive information on education research in Switzerland. You will also find the pilot version of the 2006 Swiss education report here.