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EMS – Eignungstest Medizin
The aptitude test that decides medicine places at Swiss universities when demand exceeds capacity.
- Who sits it
- Applicants to human, dental or veterinary medicine in Switzerland.
- When it happens
- Sat in early July after a February registration deadline.
- Preparation time
- Three to six months of practice.
- How often
- Once a year.
- Cost
- Around 200 CHF.
What the exam is like
A one-day test of figural, verbal, quantitative and memory-based reasoning.
Stage by stage
1
Register with swissuniversities by mid-February
2
Prepare with official practice sets
3
Sit the test in July
4
Places allocated by rank in August
How the mark is used
A percentile rank per university.
Careers that need it
No careers are linked to this exam yet.