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Tuition fees in public universities
Public Swiss universities receive significant funding which makes tuition fees seem affordable compared to tuition fees charged by universities from the UK or the U.S. Students who come to Switzerland on an exchange programme don’t pay any tuition fee.
In both public and private universities, fees are the same for EU and non-EU students.
Average tuition fees:
Bachelor and Master programmes: 1,600 EUR per year
PhD degrees: 100 – 200 EUR per year.
Certain disciplines may have higher fees, such as medicine, where students can be charged up to around 16,000 EUR/year.
Universities from Fribourg, Lucerne, Neuchatel, St. Gallen, Zurich and Lugano charge extra tuition fees for foreign students.
Tuition fees in private universities;
Private universities usually have higher tuition fees that range from 1,500 and 16,000 EUR per year.
PhDs are very popular in Switzerland not only due to the world’s famous and acknowledged research work made by the most prestigious institutions, but also because candidates that pursue a PhD in Switzerland are also considered employees, thus, they are paid for their work.
Here are some examples of private universities and their tuition fees:
Sustainability Management School - tuition starts at 8,600 EUR/year
Swiss Business School - tuition starts at 10,000 EUR/year
Most affordable Swiss universities:
University of Geneva – average tuition fees 900 EUR/year
University of Bern – average tuition fees 1,500 EUR/year
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW – average tuition fees 1,300 EUR/year
University of Lausanne – average tuition fees 1,500 EUR/year
Here is a list of average tuition fees at the top-ranked Swiss universities:
ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich – average tuition fees 1,600 EUR/year
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – average tuition fees 1,100 EUR/year
University of Basel – average tuition fees 1,600 EUR/year
University of Zurich – average tuition fees 1,400 EUR/year
