Education in Switzerland is divided into three stages: primary, intermediate and advanced. Primary and junior high schools are compulsory education, which generally lasts for 9 years. Generally speaking, children start school at the age of six or seven and receive compulsory education. In most states, primary school lasts six years: four states have five years and four states have four years.

In junior high school, students begin to divide subjects or classes according to their intelligence. For poor students, the key is to consolidate or improve their knowledge and engage in jobs with low technical requirements in the future. For middle school students, the emphasis is on imparting practical knowledge, and the way out in the future is to learn manual skills as an apprentice. For better students, we should carry out more extensive education, emphasize foreign languages and natural sciences, and finally enter universities or other advanced colleges. After compulsory education, whether to continue studying depends on the wishes of students and parents. A small number of people stop further studies and find jobs to make a living after reaching the legal age. Most students who continue to study choose to be apprentices, or go to vocational schools to learn a skill in order to engage in practical careers in the future. This is actually the mainstream in the Swiss education system and the biggest feature of Swiss education. There are still some people who continue to study in three-year ordinary high schools, and after graduation, they will be promoted to colleges of non-comprehensive universities, or junior specialized schools such as teachers' colleges, and become teachers or engage in other jobs after graduation. Top students who graduated from junior high school account for about 10%, and can be promoted to key high schools after passing the examination. This kind of school mainly trains and transports students for universities. After graduating from high school for 4 years, if you pass the exam and meet the federal standards, you can get a college entrance certificate and enter the university without taking the joint exam.

There are not many universities in Switzerland, but the education level is generally high. Swiss universities are all founded by the state. Two of them are national universities, and the rest are higher education, but people still think that comprehensive universities are better than junior colleges. At present, the total number of students in Swiss 10 comprehensive universities is about 75,000 each year. There are more than 6,000 teachers of all levels and types. The funds of national universities are allocated by the federal government, while the funds of eight state comprehensive universities are mainly borne by the states (65.438+0.6 billion francs per year), of which 40% are funded by the federal government, about 600 million francs.

University tuition in Switzerland is very low in western countries, and students have to pay about 400 francs a semester. However, various consumables (such as chemical reagents, etc. What is actually needed should be purchased by the students themselves. Every college student goes to college, and the federal and state governments subsidize his education by about 30 thousand francs.

Swiss universities are also different in organizational structure. Universities are divided into undergraduate and graduate schools. For example, is the major of Zurich University not called? Department? , say? By who? , divided into history, philosophy, biochemistry, etc. Each institute has undergraduates and postgraduates who are pursuing doctoral degrees. The academic system of a university ranges from 8 semesters to 12 semesters, depending on the major. Please look at the universities in Switzerland below.

Two high-tech universities are located in Zurich (about 7,000 students) in German-speaking area and Lausanne (2,000 students) in French-speaking area. These two universities are the only two national universities in Switzerland. After obtaining a university diploma, graduates can continue to study technology, science and mathematics and get a doctorate.

These four German universities are located in four cities, all named after their locations. The University of Zurich has 15000 students, the University of Bern has 8000 students, university of basel has 5700 students and the University of Fribourg has 4000 students. The first three universities have departments of Protestant theology, law and social sciences, medicine, philosophy, history and natural sciences. The latter has two characteristics: it is the only university with Roman Catholicism as its official belief, and it is also the only university that teaches in German and French.

The three French-speaking universities are located in Geneva (6.5438+0 million students), Lausanne (5,500 students) and Nachate (2,000 students). In addition to general university majors, there are several specialized schools in Geneva and Lausanne. Nachaat is the smallest university in Switzerland with a major in medicine.

There's one in St. Gallen University of Economic and Social Sciences? There are 2000 students in five departments. Most business teachers in Switzerland come from this school.

In addition to comprehensive universities, there are more than 20 advanced technical colleges in Switzerland. This kind of school requires students to have studied at least one major, and they must pass the exam when they enter the school. Only those who pass the graduation can get the diploma. The subjects taught are mainly mechanical engineering, electronic technology, civil engineering, architecture, chemistry and so on. In addition, there are some other types of advanced professional schools, such as business and administrative schools, advanced normal colleges and higher education colleges. Also in this category are: clergy training courses, social work colleges, translation colleges, art colleges, music colleges, hotel colleges and so on.