Admissions Requirements in Switzerland for Pakistani Students

There is no doubt that Switzerland is one of the most beautiful countries in the Europe and home to more than eight million residents, the country’s world class higher education institutions and high standards and quality of education attracts countless prospective students looking for quality higher education.

Higher Education System in Switzerland

Switzerland has one the best higher education system in Europe. There are a lot of public sector and private higher education institutions in Switzerland, providing education to all level and study fields. The education system of Switzerland is divided into three levels, primary level, secondary level and tertiary level. Higher education is given under tertiary level in universities and higher technical institutes. Universities have two different categories, one is which give general education and other is universities in applied sciences. There are quite a lot of institutes providing both study system, general and technical education system. Most of the courses are offered in French, Italian or German language, very few courses are offered in English language. International students are required to provide a language proficiency certificate in any of these language.

Universities in Switzerland

There are around 70-80 technical school and colleges working under 8 universities of applied sciences, these universities are providing technical education in quite a lot of fields. In these universities of applied sciences, studies are research based. Swiss Universities of applied sciences are also providing applied vocational science based training. These kind of universities are quite popular in Switzerland and a lot of student prefer this kind of study system.

Also, there are a lot of private universities in Switzerland. Most of these universities offers courses in French, German or Italian language, and some of them offers courses in English too. These institutes are world famous for their high standards and world class education. 

Top Universities in Switzerland

• ETH Zurich

• Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

• University of Zurich

• University of Basel

• University of Bern

• University of Geneva

• University of Lausanne

• Universität Freiburg / Université de Fribourg

• University of St. Gallen (HSG)

• University of Neuchâtel   

• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Admission Requirements

The Swiss higher education institutions offers a lot of study programs for both national and international students. Admission requirements of these higher education institutions vary from one institute to another institute. Following are the general requirements from Swiss higher education institutions but you may check the requirements from your desired institute for additional documents required.

Admission Requirement for Bachelor’s Program in Swiss Universities

For admission in bachelor degree program, following documents are required.

• Admission application form (filled and signed).

• CNIC.

• Recent passport size photos.

• Secondary school certificate or equivalent (intermediate or A level).

• University entrance exam passed (if any).

• All transcripts issued by past education institutions.

• Language proficiency certificate (French, Italian or Germen), and for English language proficiency ( TOEFL or IELTS).

Admission Requirement for Masters Program in Swiss Universities

For admission in Master’s degree program, following documents are required.

• Admission application form (filled and signed).

• CNIC.

• Passport size pictures.

• Bachelor’s degree (16 year of education) with a satisfactory CGPA.

• University entrance exam passed (if any).

• Good grades in required subject.

• Language proficiency certificate (French, Italian or Germen), and for English language proficiency ( TOEFL or IELTS).

Admission Requirements for Doctorate Degree Program (PhD.) in Swiss University

For admission in doctorate degree program (PhD.), following documents are required.

• Admission application form (filled and signed).

• Master’s degree (18 years of education) with satisfactory results.

• CNIC.

• Recent passport size photos.

• Good research work in relevant field.

• Impressive thesis.

• Good grades in required subject.

• Language proficiency certificate (French, Italian or Germen), and for English language proficiency ( TOEFL or IELTS).