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title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Institute_of_Technology_in_Lausanne" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne">École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne</a></span></span> (EPFL) and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Lausanne" title="University of Lausanne">University of Lausanne</a>, at the shores of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Geneva" title="Lake Geneva">Lake Geneva</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Education" title="Education">education</a> system in <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> is very diverse, because the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Constitution of Switzerland">constitution of Switzerland</a> delegates the authority for the school system mainly to the <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Canton of Switzerland">cantons</a>. The Swiss constitution sets the foundations, namely that primary school is obligatory for every child and is free in state schools and that the confederation can run or support universities. </p><p>The minimum age for primary school is about six years in all cantons but <a href="/wiki/Obwalden" title="Obwalden">Obwalden</a>, where it is five years and three months. After primary schools, the pupils split up according to their abilities and intentions of career paths. Roughly 25% of all students attend lower and upper secondary schools leading, normally after 12 school years in total to the federal recognized <a href="/wiki/Matura" title="Matura">matura</a> or an academic <a href="/wiki/International_Baccalaureate" title="International Baccalaureate">Baccalaureate</a> which grants access to all universities.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The other students split in two or more school-types, depending on the canton, differing in the balance between theoretical and practical education. It is obligatory for all children to attend school for at least 9 years. </p><p>The first university in Switzerland was founded in 1460 in <a href="/wiki/Basel" title="Basel">Basel</a>, with a faculty of medicine.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This place has a long tradition of chemical and medical research in Switzerland. In total, there are <a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Switzerland" title="List of universities in Switzerland">12 Universities in Switzerland</a>; ten of them are managed by the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_canton" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss canton">cantons</a>, while two <a href="/wiki/ETH_Domain" title="ETH Domain">federal institutes of technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/ETH_Zurich" title="ETH Zurich">ETH</a> in <a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zürich</a> and <a href="/wiki/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_F%C3%A9d%C3%A9rale_de_Lausanne" title="École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne">EPFL</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lausanne" title="Lausanne">Lausanne</a>, are under the authority of the <a href="/wiki/State_Secretariat_for_Education,_Research_and_Innovation" title="State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation">State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, there are seven regional associations of Universities for Applied Sciences (<i><a href="/wiki/Fachhochschule" title="Fachhochschule">Fachhochschulen</a></i>) which require vocational education and a special <i>Berufsmatura</i>, or a <i>Fachmatura</i> (a graduation by a <i><a href="/wiki/Mittelschule" title="Mittelschule">Fachmittelschule</a></i>) to study. Switzerland has a high rate of foreign students in <a href="/wiki/Tertiary_education" title="Tertiary education">tertiary education</a> including one of the highest in the world of doctoral level students.<sup id="cite_ref-OECD2015_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OECD2015-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many <a href="/wiki/Nobel_prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Nobel prize">Nobel prizes</a> have been awarded to Swiss scientists. More recently <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Prelog" title="Vladimir Prelog">Vladimir Prelog</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Rohrer" title="Heinrich Rohrer">Heinrich Rohrer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_R._Ernst" title="Richard R. Ernst">Richard Ernst</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edmond_H._Fischer" title="Edmond H. Fischer">Edmond Fischer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rolf_Zinkernagel" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolf Zinkernagel">Rolf Zinkernagel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Didier_Queloz" title="Didier Queloz">Didier Queloz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michel_Mayor" title="Michel Mayor">Michel Mayor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kurt_W%C3%BCthrich" title="Kurt Wüthrich">Kurt Wüthrich</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Dubochet" title="Jacques Dubochet">Jacques Dubochet</a> have received nobel prizes in the sciences. In total, 113 Nobel Prize winners stand in relation to Switzerland and the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded nine times to organizations residing in Switzerland.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a> hosts the world's largest <a href="/wiki/Particle_physics" title="Particle physics">particle physics</a> laboratory, the <a href="/wiki/CERN" title="CERN">CERN</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other important research centers are the <a href="/wiki/Empa" class="mw-redirect" title="Empa">Empa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Scherrer_Institute" title="Paul Scherrer Institute">Paul Scherrer Institute</a> which belong to the ETH domain. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Primary">Primary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Switzerland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Primary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Schweizer_Bildungssystem.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Schweizer_Bildungssystem.svg/220px-Schweizer_Bildungssystem.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Schweizer_Bildungssystem.svg/330px-Schweizer_Bildungssystem.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Schweizer_Bildungssystem.svg/440px-Schweizer_Bildungssystem.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="535" /></a><figcaption>Simplified Swiss education system</figcaption></figure> <p>The obligatory school system usually includes primary education (<i>Primarschule</i> in <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>, <i>école primaire</i> in <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, <i>scuola primaria / elementare</i> in <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a> and <i>scola primara</i> in <a href="/wiki/Romansh_language" title="Romansh language">Romansh</a>) and secondary education I (<i>Sekundarschule</i> or <i>Sekundarstufe I</i> in German, <i>secondaire I</i> in French and <i>scuola secondaria / media</i> in Italian and <i>scola secundar</i> in Romansh). Before that, children generally go to <i><a href="/wiki/Kindergarten" title="Kindergarten">Kindergarten</a></i>, with one or two years is required in most cantons. In the Canton of Ticino, an optional, third year is available for three-year-old children. In some German speaking cantons kindergarten and the first one or two years may be combined into a <i>Grundstufe</i> or <i>Basisstufe</i> where they are all taught together in a single class. In French speaking cantons kindergarten is combined into a four-year <i>cycle primaire 1</i> or <i>cycle 1</i> which is followed by a four-year <i>cycle primaire 2</i> or <i>cycle 2</i> which completes their primary school.<sup id="cite_ref-educa_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-educa-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The minimum age for primary school is about six years in all cantons but <a href="/wiki/Obwalden" title="Obwalden">Obwalden</a>, where it is five years and three months. The cantons <a href="/wiki/Thurgau" title="Thurgau">Thurgau</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nidwalden" title="Nidwalden">Nidwalden</a> allow five-year-olds to start primary school in exceptional cases. Primary school continues until grade four, five or six, depending on the school/canton. Any child can take part in school if they choose to, but pupils are separated depending on whether they speak French, German or Italian. </p><p>At around age 11–12, depending on which canton in Switzerland the child goes to school in, there <i>could</i> be a screening exam to decide how to separate the students for secondary school. Some cantons have a system of examination in the second semester of the final year of primary school, some cantons have an exam in second semester and continuous evaluation in both first and second semesters. In some cases, parents or legal guardians of the child are also asked for their recommendations (see Indicator C below) along with a self-evaluation done by the child. Parents' recommendation in combination with child's self-evaluation is called the third indicator (Indicator C) for evaluating the student, the first being teacher's evaluation (Indicator A), the second the results of tests (Indicator B) held in first semester. The fourth criterion is the final exam that takes place in the middle of the second semester of the final year primary school (usually held before Easter Break).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Secondary">Secondary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Switzerland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Secondary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the end of primary school (or at the beginning of secondary school), pupils are separated (see Indicator C for Fribourg under Primary School) according to their capacities and career-intentions in several (often three) sections for a period of 2–3 years (<i>Sekundarschule</i>) in either Pre-higher secondary school section, General section, or Basic section (Basic may be called <i>Realschule</i> in German or <i>Classe d'exigence de base</i> in French). Students who aspire for an academic career enter <i><a href="/wiki/Mittelschule" title="Mittelschule">Mittelschule</a></i> (also named <i>Gymnasium</i>, or <i>Kantonsschule</i>, a public school by the canton/state) to be prepared for further studies and the <a href="/wiki/Matura" title="Matura">Matura</a> (normally obtained after 12 or 13 years of school usually at the age of 18 or 19). Students intending to pursue a trade or vocation complete three to four additional years before entering <a href="/wiki/Vocational_education#Switzerland" title="Vocational education">Vocational Educations</a> which are regulated by federal law and are based on a cooperation of private business offering educational job-positions and public schools offering obligatory school-lessons complementary to the on-the-job education. This so-called "dual system" splitting academic and vocational training has its continuation in the higher education system. While the academic training leads to the matura and free admission to universities, successfully completed vocational education gives access to third level of practical education, the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=H%C3%B6here_Fachschule_(Schweiz)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Höhere Fachschule (Schweiz) (page does not exist)">Höhere Fachschule (Schweiz)</a></i>. If in addition to the vocational training the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Berufsmaturit%C3%A4tsschule&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Berufsmaturitätsschule (page does not exist)">Berufsmaturitätsschule</a></i> is completed the <a href="/wiki/Fachhochschule" title="Fachhochschule">Fachhochschule</a> may be visited instead. Rather recently introduced is a third, middle path via the <a href="/wiki/Mittelschule" title="Mittelschule">Fachmittelschule</a> which leads to a direct access to a <i>Fachhochschule</i> after a successful graduation of a <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fachmatura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fachmatura (page does not exist)">Fachmatura</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-SwissSchooling_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SwissSchooling-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SwissSchoolingOverview_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SwissSchoolingOverview-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some cantons, students with a <i>Fachmatura</i> may also get access to universities after a successful additional year. In the <a href="/wiki/Scientific_literacy" title="Scientific literacy">science literacy</a> assessment of <a href="/wiki/PISA" class="mw-redirect" title="PISA">PISA</a>, 15-year-old students in Switzerland had the 16th highest average score of 57 countries.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In the lower second level, there are several different teaching and school models that may exist. Some cantons define a specific model, while others allow the individual municipalities to determine which model to follow. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center"> <caption>2015 <a href="/wiki/Matura" title="Matura">Matura</a> completion rates per canton and gender<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Canton</th> <th>Gender</th> <th>Total matura %</th> <th>Gymnasium matura %</th> <th>Berufsmatura %</th> <th>Fachmatura % </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Switzerland</td> <td>Total</td> <td>37.5%</td> <td>20.1%</td> <td>14.7%</td> <td>2.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>42.1%</td> <td>23.7%</td> <td>14.0%</td> <td>4.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>33.1%</td> <td>16.7%</td> <td>15.4%</td> <td>1.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Zürich</td> <td>Total</td> <td>36.3%</td> <td>19.7%</td> <td>15.8%</td> <td>0.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>39.7%</td> <td>23.4%</td> <td>15.0%</td> <td>1.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>33.1%</td> <td>16.2%</td> <td>16.6%</td> <td>0.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Bern</td> <td>Total</td> <td>35.4%</td> <td>17.9%</td> <td>16.3%</td> <td>1.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>40.2%</td> <td>22.6%</td> <td>15.6%</td> <td>2.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>30.7%</td> <td>13.5%</td> <td>17.0%</td> <td>0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Lucerne</td> <td>Total</td> <td>31.1%</td> <td>18.6%</td> <td>11.0%</td> <td>1.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>35.4%</td> <td>21.7%</td> <td>11.0%</td> <td>2.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>26.9%</td> <td>15.5%</td> <td>11.0%</td> <td>0.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Uri</td> <td>Total</td> <td>29.7%</td> <td>14.7%</td> <td>13.1%</td> <td>1.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>30.1%</td> <td>12.7%</td> <td>13.3%</td> <td>4.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>30.0%</td> <td>17.0%</td> <td>13.0%</td> <td>-% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Schwyz</td> <td>Total</td> <td>32.9%</td> <td>17.9%</td> <td>13.6%</td> <td>1.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>36.0%</td> <td>21.0%</td> <td>12.2%</td> <td>2.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>29.8%</td> <td>14.8%</td> <td>14.8%</td> <td>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Obwalden</td> <td>Total</td> <td>33.8%</td> <td>18.2%</td> <td>15.1%</td> <td>0.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>40.7%</td> <td>22.0%</td> <td>17.8%</td> <td>0.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>27.3%</td> <td>14.4%</td> <td>12.9%</td> <td>-% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Nidwalden</td> <td>Total</td> <td>31.3%</td> <td>16.1%</td> <td>14.3%</td> <td>0.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>35.3%</td> <td>22.4%</td> <td>11.1%</td> <td>1.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>28.1%</td> <td>11.0%</td> <td>17.1%</td> <td>-% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Glarus</td> <td>Total</td> <td>27.0%</td> <td>11.7%</td> <td>13.7%</td> <td>1.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>31.4%</td> <td>15.4%</td> <td>13.3%</td> <td>2.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>22.8%</td> <td>8.2%</td> <td>14.2%</td> <td>0.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Zug</td> <td>Total</td> <td>42.2%</td> <td>21.4%</td> <td>17.9%</td> <td>2.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>45.9%</td> <td>23.4%</td> <td>18.4%</td> <td>4.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>38.8%</td> <td>19.6%</td> <td>17.4%</td> <td>1.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Fribourg</td> <td>Total</td> <td>45.4%</td> <td>22.6%</td> <td>17.2%</td> <td>5.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>50.4%</td> <td>26.9%</td> <td>14.5%</td> <td>9.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>40.4%</td> <td>18.7%</td> <td>19.7%</td> <td>2.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Solothurn</td> <td>Total</td> <td>30.7%</td> <td>14.7%</td> <td>12.3%</td> <td>3.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>34.3%</td> <td>15.7%</td> <td>12.3%</td> <td>6.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>27.2%</td> <td>13.7%</td> <td>12.3%</td> <td>1.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Basel-Stadt</td> <td>Total</td> <td>48.4%</td> <td>32.1%</td> <td>10.6%</td> <td>5.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>54.3%</td> <td>37.2%</td> <td>9.8%</td> <td>7.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>42.4%</td> <td>27.1%</td> <td>11.5%</td> <td>3.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Basel-Landschaft</td> <td>Total</td> <td>46.3%</td> <td>23.1%</td> <td>17.4%</td> <td>5.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>53.0%</td> <td>27.7%</td> <td>15.4%</td> <td>9.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>39.8%</td> <td>18.6%</td> <td>19.3%</td> <td>1.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Schaffhausen</td> <td>Total</td> <td>34.4%</td> <td>15.4%</td> <td>16.1%</td> <td>2.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>40.0%</td> <td>19.9%</td> <td>15.5%</td> <td>4.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>29.0%</td> <td>11.1%</td> <td>16.7%</td> <td>1.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Appenzell <br />Ausserrhoden</td> <td>Total</td> <td>32.4%</td> <td>17.5%</td> <td>13.4%</td> <td>1.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>34.4%</td> <td>18.4%</td> <td>13.3%</td> <td>2.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>30.8%</td> <td>16.7%</td> <td>13.6%</td> <td>0.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Appenzell <br />Innerrhoden</td> <td>Total</td> <td>30.0%</td> <td>14.4%</td> <td>14.6%</td> <td>0.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>34.8%</td> <td>19.2%</td> <td>14.7%</td> <td>0.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>26.0%</td> <td>10.4%</td> <td>14.6%</td> <td>1.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">St. Gallen</td> <td>Total</td> <td>30.5%</td> <td>14.0%</td> <td>14.6%</td> <td>1.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>34.0%</td> <td>16.3%</td> <td>14.1%</td> <td>3.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>27.2%</td> <td>11.9%</td> <td>15.1%</td> <td>0.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Graubünden</td> <td>Total</td> <td>37.8%</td> <td>18.6%</td> <td>17.0%</td> <td>2.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>41.7%</td> <td>20.9%</td> <td>16.9%</td> <td>3.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>34.1%</td> <td>16.5%</td> <td>17.1%</td> <td>0.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Aargau</td> <td>Total</td> <td>34.2%</td> <td>15.8%</td> <td>15.7%</td> <td>2.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>38.9%</td> <td>19.7%</td> <td>14.4%</td> <td>4.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>30.0%</td> <td>12.3%</td> <td>16.9%</td> <td>0.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Thurgau</td> <td>Total</td> <td>29.8%</td> <td>13.2%</td> <td>14.7%</td> <td>1.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>34.9%</td> <td>16.9%</td> <td>14.3%</td> <td>3.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>25.1%</td> <td>9.7%</td> <td>15.1%</td> <td>0.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Ticino</td> <td>Total</td> <td>50.5%</td> <td>27.5%</td> <td>20.8%</td> <td>2.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>55.6%</td> <td>31.1%</td> <td>21.2%</td> <td>3.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>45.6%</td> <td>24.1%</td> <td>20.4%</td> <td>1.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Vaud</td> <td>Total</td> <td>36.8%</td> <td>24.2%</td> <td>9.8%</td> <td>2.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>41.3%</td> <td>27.3%</td> <td>9.4%</td> <td>4.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>32.4%</td> <td>21.2%</td> <td>10.2%</td> <td>1.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Valais</td> <td>Total</td> <td>37.1%</td> <td>16.1%</td> <td>14.8%</td> <td>6.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>42.8%</td> <td>18.8%</td> <td>13.9%</td> <td>10.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>31.4%</td> <td>13.6%</td> <td>15.7%</td> <td>2.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Neuchâtel</td> <td>Total</td> <td>46.3%</td> <td>24.4%</td> <td>19.5%</td> <td>2.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>52.8%</td> <td>29.0%</td> <td>20.2%</td> <td>3.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>40.2%</td> <td>20.1%</td> <td>18.7%</td> <td>1.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Geneva</td> <td>Total</td> <td>45.8%</td> <td>28.9%</td> <td>10.6%</td> <td>6.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>50.6%</td> <td>33.1%</td> <td>8.6%</td> <td>8.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>41.2%</td> <td>24.9%</td> <td>12.5%</td> <td>3.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">Jura</td> <td>Total</td> <td>39.3%</td> <td>22.2%</td> <td>13.8%</td> <td>3.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Female</td> <td>50.9%</td> <td>29.0%</td> <td>16.5%</td> <td>5.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Male</td> <td>29.8%</td> <td>16.8%</td> <td>11.6%</td> <td>1.4% </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Separated_model">Separated model</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Switzerland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Separated model"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pupils are allocated to institutionally separate school types, according to their performance levels. The structure is based on the principle of equal capacities among pupils. Generally, each school type has its own adapted curricula, teaching material, teachers and, in some cases, its own range of subjects. In general, there are 2 to 3 school types (4 in a minority of cantons), the names of which vary. In the structure with 2 school types, a distinction is made between the performance-based group at basic level (with the least demanding requirements), and the performance-based group at advanced level. In the structure with 3 school types, there is a performance-based group at basic level, a performance-based group at intermediate level and a performance-based group at advanced level. The requirements of the performance-based group at advanced level are the most demanding and this school type generally prepares pupils for transfer to the matura schools.<sup id="cite_ref-educa_secondary_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-educa_secondary-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cooperative_model">Cooperative model</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Switzerland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cooperative model"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The cooperative model is based on core classes with different performance requirements. Each pupil is assigned to a core class according to his or her performance level. The pupils attend lessons in certain subjects in differentiated requirement-based groups (whereby the core classes are mixed).<sup id="cite_ref-educa_secondary_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-educa_secondary-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Integrated_model">Integrated model</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Switzerland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Integrated model"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The integrated model does not use different school types or core classes. Pupils with different performance levels attend the same class and mixing is maintained. In certain subjects, teaching occurs on differentiated requirement-based levels.<sup id="cite_ref-educa_secondary_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-educa_secondary-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_education">International education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Switzerland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: International education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of March 2016, the International Schools Consultancy (ISC)<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> listed Switzerland as having 103 international schools.<sup id="cite_ref-iscresearch.com_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iscresearch.com-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ISC defines an 'international school' in the following terms "ISC includes an international school if the school delivers a curriculum to any combination of pre-school, primary or secondary students, wholly or partly in English outside an English-speaking country, or if a school in a country where English is one of the official languages, offers an English-medium curriculum other than the country’s national curriculum and is international in its orientation."<sup id="cite_ref-iscresearch.com_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iscresearch.com-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This definition is used by publications including <a href="/wiki/The_Economist" title="The Economist">The Economist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Switzerland was the birthplace of the <a href="/wiki/International_Baccalaureate" title="International Baccalaureate">International Baccalaureate</a> in 1968<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 50 schools in Switzerland offer one or more of the IB programmes (Primary, Middle Years, Diploma and Career-related Programmes).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tertiary">Tertiary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Switzerland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tertiary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Tertiary education depends on the education chosen in secondary education. For students with a <a href="/wiki/Matura" title="Matura">matura</a>, university is the most common one. Apprentices who attended a vocational high school will often add a Fachhochschule or a Höhere Fachschule to their curriculum. </p><p>There are 14 public and generic universities in Switzerland, 10 of which are maintained at cantonal level and usually offer a range of non-technical subjects. Of the remaining 4 institutions, 2 are run by the Swiss Confederation and are known as "Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology". </p><p>Switzerland is well known for its advanced business education system. A number of world-class universities and <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">MBA</a> programmes, such as the <a href="/wiki/International_Institute_for_Management_Development" title="International Institute for Management Development">International Institute for Management Development</a>, <a href="/wiki/HEC_Lausanne" title="HEC Lausanne">HEC Lausanne</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_St._Gallen" title="University of St. Gallen">University of St. Gallen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalaidos_University_of_Applied_Sciences" title="Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences">Kalaidos FH</a> and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Zurich" title="University of Zurich">University of Zurich</a> belong to that category. All of them are also registered in the <a href="/wiki/Financial_Times" title="Financial Times">Financial Times</a> ranking. See also the <a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_in_Switzerland" title="List of universities in Switzerland">list of universities in Switzerland</a>. </p><p>Switzerland has a high rate of international students. In 2013, 16.9% of the total tertiary enrollment in Switzerland came from outside the country, a rate that is the 10th highest of the 291 countries included in the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> Institute for Statistics. This rate was just higher than Austria (16.8) and just lower than the United Kingdom (17.5). However, due to the much smaller tertiary system in Switzerland their 47,000 foreign tertiary enrollments are dwarfed by much larger countries such as the United States (740,000), the United Kingdom (416,000), France (228,000) and Germany (196,000).<sup id="cite_ref-IFS_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IFS-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many international students attend Swiss universities for advanced degrees. In 2013 masters programs enrolled about 27% foreign students (fourth highest rate) and doctoral programs were 52% foreign (second behind Luxembourg).<sup id="cite_ref-OECD2015_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OECD2015-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Switzerland also has a high rate of PhD students and inhabitants with doctoral degrees. In 2014 Switzerland had the highest rate of inhabitants (2.98%) with doctoral degrees in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-IFS_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IFS-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2010, with 2.5%, Switzerland had the second-highest rate of inhabitants with doctoral degrees in Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-urlSWITZERLAND_second_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlSWITZERLAND_second-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, the number of students graduating with a PhD was 3209 (up from 2822 in 2000) of which 45% were foreigners (up from 31% in 2000).<sup id="cite_ref-urlSWITZERLAND_second_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlSWITZERLAND_second-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center"> <caption>2015 University enrollment<sup id="cite_ref-pxweb.bfs.admin.ch_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pxweb.bfs.admin.ch-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>University</th> <th>License/<br />Certificate</th> <th>Bachelor</th> <th>Master</th> <th>Doctorate</th> <th>Continuing<br />Education</th> <th>Other</th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Basel" title="University of Basel">University of Basel</a></td> <td>3</td> <td>6,588</td> <td>3,363</td> <td>2,691</td> <td>694</td> <td>82</td> <td>13,421 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Bern" title="University of Bern">University of Bern</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>7,869</td> <td>4,424</td> <td>2,647</td> <td>1,566</td> <td>155</td> <td>16,662 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Fribourg" title="University of Fribourg">University of Fribourg</a></td> <td>125</td> <td>5,729</td> <td>3,000</td> <td>1,325</td> <td>197</td> <td>133</td> <td>10,509 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Geneva" title="University of Geneva">University of Geneva</a></td> <td>237</td> <td>7,831</td> <td>4,561</td> <td>2,503</td> <td>976</td> <td>283</td> <td>16,391 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Lausanne" title="University of Lausanne">University of Lausanne</a></td> <td>206</td> <td>7,157</td> <td>4,178</td> <td>2,175</td> <td>204</td> <td>183</td> <td>14,103 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Lucerne" title="University of Lucerne">University of Lucerne</a></td> <td>58</td> <td>1,436</td> <td>954</td> <td>325</td> <td>57</td> <td>15</td> <td>2,845 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="University of Neuchâtel">University of Neuchâtel</a></td> <td>91</td> <td>2,166</td> <td>1,376</td> <td>614</td> <td>37</td> <td>40</td> <td>4,324 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_St._Gallen" title="University of St. Gallen">University of St. Gallen</a></td> <td>15</td> <td>4,163</td> <td>3,010</td> <td>684</td> <td>593</td> <td>300</td> <td>8,765 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Zurich" title="University of Zurich">University of Zurich</a></td> <td>746</td> <td>13,513</td> <td>5,938</td> <td>5,076</td> <td>700</td> <td>77</td> <td>26,050 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Lugano" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Lugano">University of Lugano</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1,370</td> <td>1,114</td> <td>275</td> <td>197</td> <td>7</td> <td>2,963 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/%C3%89cole_polytechnique_f%C3%A9d%C3%A9rale_de_Lausanne" class="mw-redirect" title="École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne">EPF Lausanne</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>4,720</td> <td>2,552</td> <td>2,058</td> <td>195</td> <td>383</td> <td>9,908 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ETH_Zurich" title="ETH Zurich">ETH Zurich</a></td> <td>229</td> <td>8,704</td> <td>5,270</td> <td>4,021</td> <td>405</td> <td>115</td> <td>18,744 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: center"> <caption>2015 University subjects studied<sup id="cite_ref-pxweb.bfs.admin.ch_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pxweb.bfs.admin.ch-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>University</th> <th>Social Sciences</th> <th>Economics</th> <th>Law</th> <th>Physical and <br />Natural Sciences</th> <th>Medicine and<br />Pharmacy</th> <th>Engineering and <br />Technical Sciences</th> <th>Interdisciplinary<br />and other </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Basel" title="University of Basel">University of Basel</a></td> <td>4,098</td> <td>1,463</td> <td>1,285</td> <td>2,349</td> <td>2,936</td> <td>0</td> <td>1,290 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Bern" title="University of Bern">University of Bern</a></td> <td>5,965</td> <td>2,387</td> <td>1,960</td> <td>2,276</td> <td>3,419</td> <td>0</td> <td>655 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Fribourg" title="University of Fribourg">University of Fribourg</a></td> <td>5,400</td> <td>1,334</td> <td>1,728</td> <td>1,407</td> <td>363</td> <td>0</td> <td>277 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Geneva" title="University of Geneva">University of Geneva</a></td> <td>7,924</td> <td>1,496</td> <td>1,957</td> <td>1,963</td> <td>2,497</td> <td>0</td> <td>554 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Lausanne" title="University of Lausanne">University of Lausanne</a></td> <td>4,911</td> <td>2,831</td> <td>1,938</td> <td>1,868</td> <td>1,968</td> <td>0</td> <td>587 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Lucerne" title="University of Lucerne">University of Lucerne</a></td> <td>1,295</td> <td>131</td> <td>1,344</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>75 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="University of Neuchâtel">University of Neuchâtel</a></td> <td>2,049</td> <td>420</td> <td>824</td> <td>735</td> <td>122</td> <td>1</td> <td>173 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_St._Gallen" title="University of St. Gallen">University of St. Gallen</a></td> <td>539</td> <td>7,272</td> <td>840</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>114 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Zurich" title="University of Zurich">University of Zurich</a></td> <td>10,706</td> <td>3,393</td> <td>3,702</td> <td>4,286</td> <td>3,872</td> <td>0</td> <td>91 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/University_of_Lugano" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Lugano">University of Lugano</a></td> <td>855</td> <td>1,026</td> <td>0</td> <td>281</td> <td>0</td> <td>801</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/%C3%89cole_polytechnique_f%C3%A9d%C3%A9rale_de_Lausanne" class="mw-redirect" title="École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne">EPF Lausanne</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>68</td> <td>0</td> <td>3,872</td> <td>0</td> <td>5,804</td> <td>164 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/ETH_Zurich" title="ETH Zurich">ETH Zurich</a></td> <td>205</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>6,721</td> <td>469</td> <td>11,175</td> <td>174 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Educational_rankings">Educational rankings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Switzerland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Educational rankings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1995 Switzerland took part in the <a href="/wiki/Trends_in_International_Mathematics_and_Science_Study" title="Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study">Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study</a> (TIMSS) assessment.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> TIMSS is an international assessment of the mathematics and science knowledge of fourth- and eighth-grade students around the world. It was developed by the <a href="/wiki/International_Association_for_the_Evaluation_of_Educational_Achievement" title="International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement">International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement</a> (IEA) to allow participating nations to compare students' educational achievement across borders. In 1995, Switzerland was one of forty-one nations that participated in the study. They did not participate in later studies. Among 8th graders, Switzerland ranked 15th overall, 8th in math and 25th in science.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/National_Center_for_Education_Statistics" title="National Center for Education Statistics">National Center for Education Statistics</a> (NCES) study that used the TIMSS assessment among 12th graders found similar results. The Swiss students were in their upper secondary education and were attending either a <a href="/wiki/Gymnasium_(school)" title="Gymnasium (school)">gymnasium</a>, general education, teacher training or advanced vocation training. In math, the Swiss scored a 540 (the average score was 500), and were 3rd out of 21. Their science score was 523, which was 8th out of 21. In physics, they scored 488 (the average was 501) and were tied for 9th place out of 16. The advanced mathematics score was 533 which was 3rd out of 16.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/World_Economic_Forum" title="World Economic Forum">World Economic Forum</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Global_Competitiveness_Report" title="Global Competitiveness Report">Global Competitiveness Report</a> for 2010-11 ranked Switzerland as first overall. Under the fifth pillar of the report, <i>Higher education and training</i>, the Swiss had a score of 5.79, which is the fourth highest among all the countries surveyed.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to one <a href="/wiki/EPFL" class="mw-redirect" title="EPFL">EPFL</a> source, globally, 4 out of the 20 top labs in the field of <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">AI</a> are located in Switzerland.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cantonal_school_systems">Cantonal school systems</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Switzerland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Cantonal school systems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While compulsory schooling in Switzerland is between 9 and 11 years long, many of the specifics of the system vary by canton. In most cases, kindergarten lasts 1 to 2 years, primary level lasts 6 years, and the lower secondary level 3 years. In Ticino, there is a third, non-mandatory, kindergarten year, primary lasts 5 years, followed by 4 years of lower secondary. In some German speaking cantons kindergarten and the first one or two years may be combined into a <i>Grundstufe</i> or <i>Basisstufe</i> where they are all taught together in a single class. In the French speaking cantons (FR, GE, JU, NE, VD, VS) kindergarten is combined with primary to create 2 primary levels, each 4 years long.<sup id="cite_ref-EDK_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EDK-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 17 cantons, it is compulsory to attend pre-school. In almost all cantons, the municipalities are obliged to provide at least one year of pre-school classes.<sup id="cite_ref-educa_preschool_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-educa_preschool-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This table shows the school system for 2017/2018 and how the lower secondary schools are organized:<sup id="cite_ref-EDK_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EDK-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="overflow-x: auto"> <table class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:6%;"><a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">Canton</a> </th> <th style="width:3%;">Total Years<br /> Required </th> <th style="width:3%;">Years of<br /> Kindergarten required </th> <th style="width:3%;">Years of<br /> Kindergarten offered </th> <th style="width:3%;">Length of Primary School </th> <th style="width:3%;">Length of mandatory Secondary School </th> <th style="width:3%;">Combined Kindergarten and early Primary Classes (<i>Basisstufe</i>)? </th> <th style="width:3%;">Separate Secondary Schools? </th> <th style="width:3%;">Cooperative Secondary Schools? </th> <th style="width:3%;">Integrated Secondary Schools? </th> <th style="width:3%;">Students attending Compulsory Schools (2014/15)<sup id="cite_ref-schoolnumber_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schoolnumber-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="width:3%;">Students attending non⁠-⁠Compulsory Secondary Schools (2014/15)<sup id="cite_ref-schoolnumber_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schoolnumber-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Canton_of_Z%C3%BCrich.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Z%C3%BCrich.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Canton_of_Z%C3%BCrich.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Z%C3%BCrich.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Canton_of_Z%C3%BCrich.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Z%C3%BCrich.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="474" data-file-height="474" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zurich" title="Canton of Zurich">Zürich</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">154,800</td> <td style="text-align:center;">62,194 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Canton_of_Bern.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Bern.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Canton_of_Bern.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Bern.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Canton_of_Bern.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Bern.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="470" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">Bern</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">106,365</td> <td style="text-align:center;">46,486 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Canton_of_Lucerne.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Lucerne.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Canton_of_Lucerne.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Lucerne.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Flag_of_Canton_of_Lucerne.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Lucerne.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Lucerne" title="Canton of Lucerne">Lucerne</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">42,526</td> <td style="text-align:center;">21,397 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Canton_of_Uri.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Uri.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Canton_of_Uri.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Uri.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Canton_of_Uri.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Uri.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="471" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Uri" title="Canton of Uri">Uri</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3,951</td> <td style="text-align:center;">980 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Canton_of_Schwyz.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Schwyz.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Canton_of_Schwyz.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Schwyz.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Flag_of_Canton_of_Schwyz.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Schwyz.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="475" data-file-height="475" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schwyz" title="Canton of Schwyz">Schwyz</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">16,827</td> <td style="text-align:center;">4,500 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_Canton_of_Obwalden.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Obwalden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_Canton_of_Obwalden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Obwalden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Flag_of_Canton_of_Obwalden.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Obwalden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Obwalden" title="Obwalden">Obwalden</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">4,016</td> <td style="text-align:center;">1,156 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Canton_of_Nidwalden.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Nidwalden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Canton_of_Nidwalden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Nidwalden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Canton_of_Nidwalden.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Nidwalden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="470" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nidwalden" title="Nidwalden">Nidwalden</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">4,280</td> <td style="text-align:center;">1,069 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Canton_of_Glarus.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Glarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Canton_of_Glarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Glarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_Canton_of_Glarus.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Glarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="470" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Glarus" title="Canton of Glarus">Glarus</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">4,277</td> <td style="text-align:center;">1,396 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Canton_of_Zug.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Zug.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Canton_of_Zug.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Zug.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Canton_of_Zug.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Zug.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zug" title="Canton of Zug">Zug</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">13,759</td> <td style="text-align:center;">4,860 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Canton_of_Fribourg.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Fribourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Canton_of_Fribourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Fribourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_Canton_of_Fribourg.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Fribourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Fribourg" title="Canton of Fribourg">Fribourg</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">0</td> <td style="text-align:center;">0</td> <td style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">39,818</td> <td style="text-align:center;">12,789 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Canton_of_Solothurn.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Solothurn.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Canton_of_Solothurn.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Solothurn.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Canton_of_Solothurn.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Solothurn.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="470" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Solothurn" title="Canton of Solothurn">Solothurn</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">27,883</td> <td style="text-align:center;">8,537 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Flag_of_Canton_of_Basel.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Basel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Flag_of_Canton_of_Basel.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Basel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Flag_of_Canton_of_Basel.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Basel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="470" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Basel-Stadt" title="Basel-Stadt">Basel-Stadt</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">17,635</td> <td style="text-align:center;">11,155 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Canton_of_Basel_Land.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Basel_Land.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Canton_of_Basel_Land.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Basel_Land.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Canton_of_Basel_Land.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Basel_Land.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Basel-Landschaft" title="Basel-Landschaft">Basel-Landschaft</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">31,139</td> <td style="text-align:center;">11,555 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Flag_of_Canton_of_Schaffhausen.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Schaffhausen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Flag_of_Canton_of_Schaffhausen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Schaffhausen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Flag_of_Canton_of_Schaffhausen.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Schaffhausen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="470" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schaffhausen" title="Canton of Schaffhausen">Schaffhausen</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">8,186</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2,880 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Flag_of_Canton_of_Appenzell_Ausserrhoden.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Appenzell_Ausserrhoden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Flag_of_Canton_of_Appenzell_Ausserrhoden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Appenzell_Ausserrhoden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Flag_of_Canton_of_Appenzell_Ausserrhoden.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Appenzell_Ausserrhoden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="470" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Appenzell_Ausserrhoden" title="Appenzell Ausserrhoden">Appenzell Ausserrhoden</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">9</td> <td style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">5,892</td> <td style="text-align:center;">1,476 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Canton_of_Appenzell_Innerrhoden.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Appenzell_Innerrhoden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Canton_of_Appenzell_Innerrhoden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Appenzell_Innerrhoden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Canton_of_Appenzell_Innerrhoden.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Appenzell_Innerrhoden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="470" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Appenzell_Innerrhoden" title="Appenzell Innerrhoden">Appenzell Innerrhoden</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">10</td> <td style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">1,907</td> <td style="text-align:center;">151 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_Canton_of_Sankt_Gallen.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Sankt_Gallen.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_Canton_of_Sankt_Gallen.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Sankt_Gallen.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Flag_of_Canton_of_Sankt_Gallen.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Sankt_Gallen.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="420" data-file-height="420" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_St._Gallen" title="Canton of St. Gallen">St. Gallen</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">57,482</td> <td style="text-align:center;">25,396 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Canton_of_Graub%C3%BCnden.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Graub%C3%BCnden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Canton_of_Graub%C3%BCnden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Graub%C3%BCnden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Canton_of_Graub%C3%BCnden.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Graub%C3%BCnden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="471" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Grisons" title="Grisons">Graubünden</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">9</td> <td style="text-align:center;">0</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">19,503</td> <td style="text-align:center;">7,552 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Flag_of_Canton_of_Aargau.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Aargau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Flag_of_Canton_of_Aargau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Aargau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Flag_of_Canton_of_Aargau.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Aargau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Aargau" title="Aargau">Aargau</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">73,999</td> <td style="text-align:center;">24,530 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Flag_of_Canton_of_Thurgau.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Thurgau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Flag_of_Canton_of_Thurgau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Thurgau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Flag_of_Canton_of_Thurgau.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Thurgau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="470" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Thurgau" title="Thurgau">Thurgau</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">6</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">29,991</td> <td style="text-align:center;">8,448 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Flag_of_Canton_of_Ticino.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Ticino.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Flag_of_Canton_of_Ticino.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Ticino.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Flag_of_Canton_of_Ticino.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Ticino.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="470" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ticino" title="Ticino">Ticino</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">2</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">5</td> <td style="text-align:center;">4</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">38,268</td> <td style="text-align:center;">16,712 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Canton_of_Vaud.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Vaud.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Canton_of_Vaud.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Vaud.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Flag_of_Canton_of_Vaud.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Vaud.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="472" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud">Vaud</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">0</td> <td style="text-align:center;">0</td> <td style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">94,827</td> <td style="text-align:center;">37,732 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Canton_of_Valais.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Valais.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Canton_of_Valais.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Valais.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Canton_of_Valais.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Valais.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="471" data-file-height="472" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Valais" title="Valais">Valais</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">0</td> <td style="text-align:center;">0</td> <td style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">36,692</td> <td style="text-align:center;">14,527 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Flag_of_Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Flag_of_Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Flag_of_Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="540" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Canton of Neuchâtel">Neuchâtel</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">0</td> <td style="text-align:center;">0</td> <td style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">21,185</td> <td style="text-align:center;">8,937 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Canton_of_Geneva.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Geneva.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Canton_of_Geneva.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Geneva.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Canton_of_Geneva.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Geneva.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="470" data-file-height="470" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Geneva" title="Canton of Geneva">Geneva</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">0</td> <td style="text-align:center;">0</td> <td style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">56,943</td> <td style="text-align:center;">26,424 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:center;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Canton_of_Jura.svg/15px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Jura.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Canton_of_Jura.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Jura.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_Canton_of_Jura.svg/30px-Flag_of_Canton_of_Jura.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="350" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Jura" title="Canton of Jura">Jura</a> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11</td> <td style="text-align:center;">0</td> <td style="text-align:center;">0</td> <td style="text-align:center;">8</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">Yes</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">No</td> <td style="text-align:center;">8,807</td> <td style="text-align:center;">3,301 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education_demographics">Education demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Switzerland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Education demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Immigration_to_Switzerland#Racism" title="Immigration to Switzerland">Immigration to Switzerland § Racism</a></div> <p>During the 2008/09 school year there were 1,502,257 students in the entire Swiss educational system. In kindergarten or pre-school, there were 152,919 students (48.6% female). These students were taught by 13,592 teachers (96.0% female) in 4,949 schools, of which 301 were private schools. There were 777,394 students (48.6% female) in the obligatory schools, which include primary and lower secondary schools. These students were taught by 74,501 teachers (66.3% female) in 6,083 schools, of which 614 were private. The upper secondary school system had 337,145 students (46.9% female). They were taught by 13,900 teachers (42.3% female) in 730 schools, of which 240 were private. The tertiary education system had 234,799 students (49.7% female). 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cantonal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Basel" title="University of Basel">University of Basel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Bern" title="University of Bern">University of Bern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Fribourg" title="University of Fribourg">University of Fribourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Geneva" title="University of Geneva">University of Geneva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="University of Neuchâtel">University of Neuchâtel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Lausanne" title="University of Lausanne">University of Lausanne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Lucerne" title="University of Lucerne">University of Lucerne</a></li> <li><a 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/>Applied Sciences</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bern_University_of_Applied_Sciences" title="Bern University of Applied Sciences">Bern University of Applied Sciences</a> (BFH)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Applied_Sciences_of_the_Grisons" title="University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons">University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons</a> (FHGR)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucerne_University_of_Applied_Sciences_and_Arts" title="Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts">Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts</a> (HSLU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Applied_Sciences_Northwestern_Switzerland" title="University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland">University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland</a> (FHNW)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Applied_Sciences_of_Eastern_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland">University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland</a> (OST)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Applied_Sciences_Western_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland">University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland</a> (HES-SO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/SUPSI" title="SUPSI">Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana</a> (SUPSI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zurich_University_of_Applied_Sciences/ZHAW" title="Zurich University of Applied Sciences/ZHAW">Zurich University of Applied Sciences/ZHAW</a> (ZHAW)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zurich_University_of_the_Arts" title="Zurich University of the Arts">Zurich University of the Arts</a> (ZHdK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalaidos_University_of_Applied_Sciences" title="Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences">Kalaidos University of Applied Sciences</a> (<i>private</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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0.25em"> <ul><li>Hochschulinstitut Schaffhausen (HSSH)</li> <li>IMD - <a href="/wiki/International_Institute_for_Management_Development" title="International Institute for Management Development">International Institute for Management Development</a> (IMD) (<i>private</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graduate_Institute_of_International_and_Development_Studies" title="Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies">Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies</a> (IHEID), Geneva (<i>semi-private</i>)</li> <li>Schweizerisches universitäres Institut für traditionelle chinesische Medizin (SWISS TCM UNI) (<i>private</i>)</li> <li>Stiftung Universitäre Fernstudien Schweiz, Brig / Fondation Formation universitaire à distance, Suisse à Brigue (part of SUPSI)</li> <li>Theologische Hochschule Chur</li> <li>Universitäre Theologische Hochschule Basel (STH Basel)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">university of applied<br 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cantons_of_Switzerland" title="Cantons of Switzerland">Cantons</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appenzell_Innerrhoden" title="Appenzell Innerrhoden">AI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aargau" title="Aargau">AG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appenzell_Ausserrhoden" title="Appenzell Ausserrhoden">AR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Bern" title="Canton of Bern">BE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basel-Landschaft" title="Basel-Landschaft">BL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basel-Stadt" title="Basel-Stadt">BS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Fribourg" title="Canton of Fribourg">FR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Geneva" title="Canton of Geneva">GE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Glarus" title="Canton of Glarus">GL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grisons" title="Grisons">GR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Jura" title="Canton of Jura">JU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Lucerne" title="Canton of Lucerne">LU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Canton of Neuchâtel">NE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nidwalden" title="Nidwalden">NW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obwalden" title="Obwalden">OW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_St._Gallen" title="Canton of St. Gallen">SG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schaffhausen" title="Canton of Schaffhausen">SH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Solothurn" title="Canton of Solothurn">SO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Schwyz" title="Canton of Schwyz">SZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thurgau" title="Thurgau">TG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ticino" title="Ticino">TI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Uri" title="Canton of Uri">UR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud">VD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valais" title="Valais">VS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zug" title="Canton of Zug">ZG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Zurich" title="Canton of Zurich">ZH</a></li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Switzerland" title="Districts of Switzerland">Districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Switzerland" title="Municipalities of Switzerland">Municipalities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Switzerland" title="List of cities in Switzerland">list of cities and towns</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NUTS_statistical_regions_of_Switzerland" title="NUTS statistical regions of Switzerland">Statistical regions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Climate of Switzerland">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Switzerland" title="List of earthquakes in Switzerland">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_Switzerland" title="List of extreme points of Switzerland">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Switzerland" title="Fauna of Switzerland">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forests_of_Switzerland" title="Forests of Switzerland">Forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_glaciers_in_Switzerland" title="List of glaciers in Switzerland">Glaciers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrology_of_Switzerland" title="Hydrology of Switzerland">Hydrology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Switzerland" title="List of islands of Switzerland">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Switzerland" title="List of lakes of Switzerland">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mountain_passes_in_Switzerland" title="List of mountain passes in Switzerland">Mountain passes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prominent_mountains_of_Switzerland" title="List of prominent mountains of Switzerland">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nature_parks_in_Switzerland" title="Nature parks in Switzerland">Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Switzerland" title="List of rivers of Switzerland">Rivers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Switzerland" title="Politics of Switzerland">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Subdivisions_of_Switzerland" title="Subdivisions of Switzerland">Administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Constitution" title="Swiss Federal Constitution">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_courts_of_Switzerland" title="Federal courts of Switzerland">Courts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Supreme_Court_of_Switzerland" title="Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland">Supreme Court</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Switzerland" title="Elections in Switzerland">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Switzerland" title="Foreign relations of Switzerland">Foreign relations</a></li> <li>Government <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Council_(Switzerland)" title="Federal Council (Switzerland)">Federal Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Swiss_Confederation" title="President of the Swiss Confederation">President of the Confederation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_administration_of_Switzerland" title="Federal administration of Switzerland">Federal administration</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Switzerland" title="Human rights in Switzerland">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Switzerland">LGBT</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landsgemeinde" title="Landsgemeinde">Landsgemeinde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Switzerland" title="Law of Switzerland">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Switzerland" title="Law enforcement in Switzerland">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Armed_Forces" title="Swiss Armed Forces">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Redoubt_(Switzerland)" title="National Redoubt (Switzerland)">National Redoubt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_neutrality" title="Swiss neutrality">Neutrality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Assembly_(Switzerland)" title="Federal Assembly (Switzerland)">Parliament</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_(Switzerland)" title="National Council (Switzerland)">National Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_States_(Switzerland)" title="Council of States (Switzerland)">Council of States</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Switzerland" title="List of political parties in Switzerland">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Popular_initiative_in_Switzerland" title="Popular initiative in Switzerland">Popular initiative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voting_in_Switzerland" title="Voting in Switzerland">Voting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_decree" title="Federal decree">Federal decree</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Switzerland" title="Economy of Switzerland">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_Switzerland" title="Economic history of Switzerland">Economic history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Switzerland" title="Agriculture in Switzerland">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_Switzerland" title="Banking in Switzerland">Banking</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_National_Bank" title="Swiss National Bank">Central bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_banks_in_Switzerland" title="List of banks in Switzerland">Private banks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Switzerland" title="List of companies of Switzerland">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Switzerland" title="Energy in Switzerland">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">Franc <span style="font-size:85%;">(currency)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical_industry_in_Switzerland" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharmaceutical industry in Switzerland">Pharmaceutical industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Switzerland" title="Science and technology in Switzerland">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SIX_Swiss_Exchange" title="SIX Swiss Exchange">Stock exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_made" title="Swiss made">Swiss made</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Switzerland" title="Taxation in Switzerland">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Switzerland" title="Telecommunications in Switzerland">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Switzerland" title="Tourism in Switzerland">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trade_unions_in_Switzerland" title="Trade unions in Switzerland">Trade unions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Switzerland" title="Transport in Switzerland">Transport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Switzerland" title="List of airports in Switzerland">air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Switzerland" title="Rail transport in Switzerland">rail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Swiss_main_roads" title="List of Swiss main roads">road</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waste_management_in_Switzerland" title="Waste management in Switzerland">Waste management</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Switzerland" title="Category:Society of Switzerland">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abortion_in_Switzerland" title="Abortion in Switzerland">Abortion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Switzerland" title="Capital punishment in Switzerland">Capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_Switzerland" title="Conscription in Switzerland">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_Switzerland" title="Corruption in Switzerland">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Switzerland" title="Crime in Switzerland">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Switzerland" title="Demographics of Switzerland">Demographics</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Euthanasia_in_Switzerland" title="Euthanasia in Switzerland">Euthanasia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firearms_regulation_in_Switzerland" title="Firearms regulation in Switzerland">Firearms regulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_in_Switzerland" title="Health in Switzerland">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Healthcare_in_Switzerland" title="Healthcare in Switzerland">Healthcare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Switzerland" title="Homelessness in Switzerland">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_trafficking_in_Switzerland" title="Human trafficking in Switzerland">Human trafficking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immigration_to_Switzerland" title="Immigration to Switzerland">Immigration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pension_system_in_Switzerland" title="Pension system in Switzerland">Pensions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prisons_in_Switzerland" title="List of prisons in Switzerland">Prisons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_Switzerland" title="Poverty in Switzerland">Poverty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_Switzerland" title="Prostitution in Switzerland">Prostitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_security_in_Switzerland" title="Social security in Switzerland">Social security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_people" title="Swiss people">Swiss people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Welfare_Policy_in_Switzerland" title="Public Welfare Policy in Switzerland">Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Switzerland" title="Women in Switzerland">Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Switzerland" title="Culture of Switzerland">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Psalm" title="Swiss Psalm">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Switzerland" title="Architecture of Switzerland">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Switzerland" title="Cinema of Switzerland">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Switzerland" title="Coat of arms of Switzerland">Coat of arms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_cuisine" title="Swiss cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Switzerland" title="Flag of Switzerland">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_folklore" title="Swiss folklore">Folklore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helvetia" title="Helvetia">Helvetia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Switzerland" title="Languages of Switzerland">Languages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Standard_German" title="Swiss Standard German">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_French" title="Swiss French">French</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Italian" title="Swiss Italian">Italian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romansh_language" title="Romansh language">Romansh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%B6stigraben" title="Röstigraben">Röstigraben</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_literature" title="Swiss literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_Switzerland" title="Mass media in Switzerland">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Switzerland" title="Music of Switzerland">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Switzerland" title="Public holidays in Switzerland">Public holidays</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_National_Day" title="Swiss National Day">National Day</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Switzerland" title="Religion in Switzerland">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Switzerland" title="Sport in Switzerland">Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_symbols_of_Switzerland" title="National symbols of Switzerland">Symbols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Inventory_of_Cultural_Property_of_National_and_Regional_Significance" title="Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance">Cultural Property of National Significance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Switzerland" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Switzerland">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;"><div><div style="margin-bottom:-0.4em;"><ul><li><span class="nobold"><a 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