The Swiss Matura (Maturité fédérale) in 1 to 3 years. Once you hold the diploma you have direct access to EPFL, ETH Zürich and the other public universities in Switzerland.
Who it is for
Your child is between 15 and 19 and wants to move into a Swiss upper-secondary school and take the diploma here rather than at home.
Your child is finishing school abroad and you need a diploma that Swiss universities recognise.
You already hold a school-leaving certificate from a CIS country, an IB or a French Baccalauréat, and you are looking for a clear, direct way to make up the difference.
A first attempt at the Swiss Matura did not succeed and serious preparation for a resit is needed.
Small classes and individual attention from teachers matter to you more than a year group of 30.
You want a clear route to university: an assessment at the start and support all the way to the university application.
Not sure which route fits? Send an enquiry — we will assess the current level and suggest a path.
Swiss universities set their own requirements for international students. The Swiss Matura gives direct access to Switzerland's public universities, with no entrance examinations and no selection process.
Admission requirements at Swiss universities can change from year to year — please check the current rules with the school office.
Maturité fédérale
The Swiss Matura opens the way to higher education in Switzerland and abroad.
Direct access to Switzerland's public universities — no entrance examinations and no selection process once you hold the diploma.
Our graduates go on to EPFL, ETH Zürich, UNIL and other universities in Switzerland and abroad.
A 90% pass rate at the Swiss Matura.
Additional lessons in the core disciplines are included in the tuition fees.
Admission requirements at Swiss universities can change from year to year — please check the current rules with the school office.
Admissions
Not promises — the actual destinations of our graduates.
18%
EPFL
Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne
26%
UNIL
University of Lausanne
16%
ETH Zürich
Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
40%
Other universities
Switzerland and abroad
About the school
We prepare students for the Swiss Matura (Maturité fédérale), the diploma that gives direct access to Switzerland's public universities without entrance examinations or a selection process. As an alternative route we also offer the French Baccalauréat over 3 years. Our teaching follows a clear method that produces consistent results.
Small enough for every student to get attention.
Each holds a doctorate or a master's degree in their subject.
They come from far afield. The school has 30 to 40 students this academic year.
Our partnership with the boarding school Chantemerle gives us our own boarding provision with well-organised daily life.
How to start
We assess the current level and the student's goals, then choose the right programme.
An intensive programme across all Swiss Matura subjects, with teacher support at every stage.
The student sits the federal Swiss Matura examinations and receives the diploma that opens the way to Swiss universities.
2 routes to the Swiss Matura. Choose one to see the details.
The full Swiss Matura programme: the 1st year brings the level up and settles the choice of options, the 2nd is intensive preparation for the First Partial, and the 3rd covers the Travail de Maturité — the Matura research project — and the university application.
About this programme → Accelerated routeFor holders of a foreign certificate (11 years of school in a CIS country, IB, French Baccalauréat), for resitting the Swiss Matura, and for less standard paths. The length depends on the starting level.
About this programme →Questions
The Swiss federal school-leaving diploma (Maturité fédérale), recognised by every public university in Switzerland. It gives the right to enter EPFL, ETH Zürich, the University of Geneva and other universities without entrance examinations.
Our students are aged 15 to 19, including those moving into upper-secondary school from another education system. Which year of the programme they start in is decided after an initial assessment.
Not directly. With the Swiss Matura obtained at Léman Maturité, however, you have direct access to EPFL, ETH Zürich and the other public universities in Switzerland, with no selection process.
There is an intensive resit programme with an individual plan covering the subjects still to be passed.
The Swiss Matura is recognised by Switzerland's public universities and is taken into account by many universities abroad.
No. Through our partnership with Chantemerle boarding with well-organised daily life is available for students from other regions and from abroad.
Cannot find your question? Write to us — we will reply personally.
Study and sport
Dimitri combined intensive Swiss Matura preparation with basketball. He now plays in NJCAA Division I in the United States and is ranked among the country's top 100 junior college players.
Engineer, graduate of CentraleSupélec. Responsible for the academic and administrative running of the school.
Thanks to our partnership with Chantemerle the school has its own boarding provision with well-organised daily life. Together the 2 schools teach more than 110 students.
Our school
The teaching atmosphere, student life and the setting of our school in Switzerland.
Contact
Get in touch and we will answer your questions about the programmes, the fees and admission.
Programmes, results, boarding and fees in a single document, in English.
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