Federal Act
on Funding and Coordination of the Swiss
(Higher Education Act, HEdA)

¹ Ad­mis­sion to the first level of stud­ies at uni­versit­ies of ap­plied sci­ences is open to hold­ers of:

a.

a Fed­er­al Vo­ca­tion­al Bac­ca­laur­eate in com­bin­a­tion with a Fed­er­al VET Dip­loma in the de­sired field of study;

b.

a bac­ca­laur­eate and at least one year of work ex­per­i­ence that has en­abled the hold­er to gain prac­tic­al know-how and know­ledge in an oc­cu­pa­tion re­lated to the de­sired field of study; or

c.

a spe­cial­ised bac­ca­laur­eate in an oc­cu­pa­tion re­lated to the de­sired field of study.

² In the Co­oper­a­tion Agree­ment, the High­er Edu­ca­tion Coun­cil es­tab­lishes spe­cif­ic ad­mis­sion re­quire­ments for in­di­vidu­al fields of study. It may also de­cide that ad­di­tion­al ad­mis­sion re­quire­ments are needed.