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Schweizerische Maturität
The Swiss baccalaureate: pass it and you can enrol in almost any Swiss university degree without a further exam.
- Who sits it
- Students in a Gymnasium or Kantonsschule.
- When it happens
- Final exams at the end of the last year.
- Preparation time
- The final two years of Gymnasium.
- How often
- Once a year.
- Cost
- Free in cantonal schools.
What the exam is like
Exams in around a dozen subjects plus a Maturaarbeit research project.
Stage by stage
1
Choose a Schwerpunktfach and Ergänzungsfach
2
Write the Maturaarbeit
3
Sit the written and oral exams
4
Enrol directly at a Swiss university
How the mark is used
Graded 1–6; you need an overall pass across subject groups.
Careers that need it
No careers are linked to this exam yet.