The diploma opens the way to every higher education institution in the country, including EPFL, ETH Zürich and management schools such as EHL. We offer flexible routes so that each student can obtain a Swiss Matura that matches their academic goals.
Bringing the level up across all subjects, choosing a direction, and learning our study method. Each student has an individual plan.
Intensive preparation for the First Partial with weekly mock tests, and deeper work on the option subjects.
Preparation for the Second Partial, writing the Travail de Maturité (TM), university visits and the final run-up to the application.
Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne
University of Lausanne
Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Switzerland and abroad
The Specific and Complementary Options a student chooses determine which university courses the diploma prepares them for. Click a card to see the recommended set of subjects.
These are recommendations, not requirements — the final set of subjects is agreed individually.
* OS — Specific Option (option spécifique) · OC — Complementary Option (option complémentaire) · TM — the research project (travail de maturité).
This sets our school apart from most Swiss gymnasiums: Russian-speaking students can take Russian as their Specific Option and sit one of the most heavily weighted examinations in their first language.
Additional lessons in the option subjects are included in the tuition fees; there is nothing extra to pay.
Lower secondary school completed (age 14–15 for the 3-year programme).
For students who have already started elsewhere, or who have completed 11 years of school in a CIS country, there are accelerated routes lasting from 1 semester to 2 years. The individual study plan is drawn up after an assessment of the current level.
